BEING VIRTUOUS

PSALM 1:6 STATES:

FOR YAHWEH TAKES CARE OF THE WAY THE VIRTUOUS GO, BUT THE WAY OF THE WICKED IS DOOMED.

MEDITATION:

OUR GOD YAHWEH TAKES CARE OF THE WAY OF THE VIRTUOUS.

IF ONE WALKS IN THE WAY OF THE VIRTUOUS, OUR GOD WILL PROTECT THAT PERSON.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE VIRTUOUS?

PSALM 11:7 STATES

A) For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face. (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION 1984)

B) For the righteous LORD loves justice. The virtuous will see his face.(NEW LIVING TRANSLATION 2007)

BEING VIRTUOUS AND UPRIGHT IS SYNONYMOUS IN TRANSLATION.

THEREFORE BEING UPRIGHT IS EQUIVALENT TO BEING VIRTUOUS IN CONTEXT.

PROVERBS 11:6 STATES

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.

THEREFORE, ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTIC OF UPRIGHT/VIRTUOUS PEOPLE IS RIGHTEOUSNESS.

WHAT IS RIGHTEOUSNESS?

IN EZEKIEL 18:9 STATES:

He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. 
That man is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign LORD.

BEING A RIGHTEOUS MAN IS FOLLOWING THE DECREES AND LAWS OF GOD.

WHAT ARE THE DECREES AND LAWS OF GOD?

IN SUMMARY, IT IS WRITTEN IN LUKE 10:26-28

"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"

He answered: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."

IS LOVE OF GOD AND NEIGHBOR INCLUDED IN THE 7 GOALS AND PRINCIPLES OF OUR ORGANIZATION?

YES

ON WHAT PRINCIPLE/GOAL IS LOVE FOR GOD AND NEIGHBOR INCLUDED?

1) TO LIVE BY THE 3 GOLDEN PRINCIPLES: TO BE GODLY, TO BE PATRIOTIC (FOR GOD'S NATION), AND HUMANITARIAN.

COMMENT: YOU CANNOT BE GODLY WITHOUT LOVING GOD, AND YOU CANNOT BE HUMANITARIAN WITHOUT LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR.

2) TO DO GOD'S LOVE, FAITH AND HOPE BY CONTINUOUS PRACTICE.

COMMENT: YOU CANNOT PRACTICE GOD'S LOVE WITHOUT LOVING GOD AND OTHERS.

4) TO SPREAD UNITY, LOVE, HELP OF NEIGHBOR, MISSIONS, CLEANSING OF THE SELF, AND CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.

COMMENT: YOU CANNOT SPREAD LOVE AND HELP OUR NEIGHBOR, NOR DO MISSIONS IF YOU DON NOT HAVE THE LOVE FOR GOD AND OUR NEIGHBOR.

5) TO HAVE RESPECT, UNDERSTANDING, AND LOVE AMONG US AS BRETHREN AND NEIGHBOR.

COMMENT: YOU CANNOT HAVE LOVE AMONG BRETHREN AND NEIGHBOR IF YOU DO NOT LOVE OTHERS AS GOD WILLS US TO DO SO.

THEREFORE, THE GOALS/PRINCIPLES OF DEUS(GOD) NUMBER 1, 2, 4, 5 HAVE DIRECT REFERENCE TO LOVE: EITHER THE LOVE OF GOD OR NEIGHBOR OR BOTH.

PRINCIPLE/GOAL NUMBER 3 HAS DIRECT REFERRAL TO BEING RIGHTEOUS:

3) TO FULFILL WHAT IS GOOD, RIGHTEOUS, CLEAN, TRUE, PURIFIED, WITH LIGHT, AND HUMILITY.

THEREFORE, THE PRINCIPLES/GOALS OF DEUS (GOD) IS VIRTUOUS AND RIGHTEOUS.

IF ANYONE WILL FOLLOW IT, ONE WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE PATH OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND THEREFORE, IN THE PROCESS OF FOLLOWING IT, ONE WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF GOD AS IT IS WRITTEN IN PSALM 1:6.

THEREFORE, IN SUMMARY, IF ONE DOES FOLLOW THE 7 PRINCIPLES OF DEUS(GOD), ONE WILL BECOME RIGHTEOUS AND VIRTUOUS, AND GOD WILL PROTECT THAT PERSON WALKING ON THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.

MAY THIS MEDITATION HELP EVERYONE.

TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.