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Introduction
Understanding the names of God always requires understanding the context in which it is mentioned.
For example, our study leads us to the His name, YHWH-Tsidkenu, which means “the LORD (Jehovah) Our Righteousness.”
Write this name in the sixth box next to the term “YHWH or Jehovah.”
This name is one that many may not be familiar with.
However, as I said, it is best to learn the context of how it is used.
An excellent illustration is its use in the book of Jeremiah.
Look with me in your Bible at these passages.
Now look again at one more.
If you study the context of these two passages, we find that the prophet Jeremiah is speaking to the Southern Kingdom of Judah.
Remember that after Solomon’s death, Israel divided into Northern and Southern Kingdoms.
The Southern Kingdom was mainly one tribe, the tribe of Judah.
Later, the tribe of Benjamin made an alliance with Judah forming this Kingdom.
As for the Northern Kingdom, it consisted of all the other tribes.
Jeremiah was God’s prophet to the Southern Kingdom, the Kingdom by which God’s Son would be born and the Kingdom through which God would keep His promises to Abraham and David.
Yet, like the Northern Kingdom, the people sinned grievously against Jehovah.
As a result, God used men like Jeremiah to preach about His coming judgment upon them to see them repent and return to Him.
As we know, they did not.
Thus, God, through Jeremiah, predicted that they, the Kingdom of Judah, would be conquered and taken captive by the mighty Babylonian empire.
However, the great news was this would not prevent God from fulfilling His promises.
He would establish one Who would come out of Judah to sit on David’s throne forever.
You see that in the text we just read.
“I will raise unto David a RIGHTEOUS Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper...”
Now, note that this King will be known as the “THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.”
YHWH Tsidkenu
The word “tsidkenu” cannot be adequately translated utilizing just one English word.
It is derived from the Hebrew word “tsedek” (sedek), which means straight or right.
It is often used to represent God’s dealings with men regarding righteousness, justification, and acquittal.
As we already have learned, Jehovah is a God of righteousness and truth.
He cannot deal with men outside of righteousness.
As a righteous God, He demands that we be righteous even as He is righteous.
Therefore, we are to have right and righteous relationships not just with God but with others as well.
This name, Jehovah Tsidkenu, emphasizes that thought.
Note these verses in Leviticus.
Jehovah, the Righteous God, demanded that His people deal righteously and justly with others by carefully considering weight and measurement.
In other words, they were to live and practice righteousness.
In fact, the conditions of their prosperity were directly related to their willingness to live righteously.
When our forefathers established our nation, they did so using the many principles of God’s Word.
In those early days of our nation, justice and righteousness permeated politics, government, and education.
In fact, we adopted a symbol of justice that has continued to stand until now.
Do you recall what the symbol of justice is in America?
It is a woman holding in her hand a BALANCED pair of scales.
Where do you think they got that idea from?
As we think about the word “tsedek” (remember that is the Hebrew word from which “tsidkenu” is derived), it is the term used of a full weight or measurement toward God spiritually.
This word is used over 100 times in Scripture and translated as righteous, just, just, and right.
Let’s explore the importance of Jehovah and His righteousness as we find it in Scripture.
Here are four very relevant and practical truths related to Jehovah Tsidkenu.
His Righteousness Proclaimed
I will not belabor this point as this is territory that we always cover.
From Genesis to Revelation, the righteousness of God is proclaimed repeatedly.
Here are just a few verses that speak to God’s righteousness.
I will close this point with our text.
His Righteousness Prescribed
Again, this territory we have already covered; however, we must remember that as God is righteous, He commands His people to be righteous as well.
Interestingly, we cannot be righteous in and of ourselves.
God knows this.
And, as we know, God, who is righteous, demands His people be righteous and also makes way for us to be righteous.
His name, Jehovah Tsidkenu, reminds us of our hopelessness and helplessness.
However, praise God; by this name, we are reminded of His mercy and grace as He paved the way for our righteousness.
Isn’t it amazing that men genuinely think they can be righteous despite their unrighteousness?
In his famous Commentary on Galatians, Martin Luther noted four ways men think they can be righteous.
“A political or civil righteousness which emperors, princes of the world, philosophers and lawyers deal withal.
Ceremonial righteousness, which the traditions of men teach.
A righteousness of the law, or of the Ten Commandments which Moses teaches.
A righteousness of faith or Christian righteousness which must be carefully discerned from the fore-rehearsed.”
Each of these leaves a false impression upon men that they can be righteous when none of them stand righteous before God.
You see the gospel of Christ that goes beyond civil and ceremonial codes and the outward appearance of morality.
Through the gospel of Christ, men understand how truly unrighteous they are as we have violated God’s law and incurred condemnation.
As a result, we all stand guilty before Him.
However, the great news is this.
Due to Christ’s actions, His death, burial, and resurrection, all who put their complete faith in Him have His righteousness imputed and imparted upon them.
For, you see, Jehovah Tsidkenu, the LORD our righteousness, made it so.
The biggest issue for all men and women is the idea they can do something to attain enough righteousness through their own efforts.
We saw this in full effect during Christ’s ministry on earth.
How often did Christ point out the artificial righteousness practiced and preached by the Pharisees?
He pointed out their false righteousness as those who paraded themselves in the streets, lifting up their voices to pray so that all could hear and know how righteous they were before others.
Even Saul, long before he became known as Paul, sought to establish his own righteousness.
Genuinely remarkable and sad is that a person can honestly observe every ordinance of the law and still be as lost as a goose before God.
Martin Luther’s friend once confided to him the following story.
“I have vowed a thousand times that I would become better, but I have never performed that which I vowed.
Hereafter I will make no such vow, for I have learned from experience that I am not able to perform it.”
Yet, Jehovah Tsidkenu desires and demands of man what man cannot do for himself.
We cannot work out justifying righteousness capable of satisfying the LORD of righteousness.
No amount of observance or good work can save us.
Praise God, there is more to the story!
His Righteousness Provided
As we know, we must turn to the Gospels to see God’s righteousness provided.
The good news of Jesus Christ is about Jehovah Tsidkenu who became flesh and was made unto us righteousness.
It was Jehovah Tsidkenu, the LORD our righteousness, who pronounced the judgement of death as our penalty of sin.
It is a penalty no sinner can escape.
Yet, the great and wonderful news of Scripture is the fact that Jehovah Tsidkenu, the Lord our righteousness, sent Himself (as the Son of God), as the Righteous Branch, to die for our sins.
In doing so, He provided righteousness.
It is transferred and imputed to each repentant and believing sinner.
All of which provides an opportunity for sinful men to be accepted by God once again.
It is the only way a sinner who is destitute of any righteousness can obtain the righteousness that God desires.
God’s righteousness is personified in Christ.
He, the One Who know no sin, suffered as the Just for the unjust.
His perfect and holy life was a prerequisite of His efficacious death.
Had Christ no obeyed God’s law without sin, He would not have been qualified to die for our sins.
Yet, even in His trial, no one could convict Him of sin.
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