- Blessing and Righteousness
Psalm 24: 5
- He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
- He shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of His salvation.
The condition of verse 4 applies to the promise in verse 3 and to the promise of verse 5. If you are clean and pure, then you will receive blessing and righteousness from God. The Good News is: “The blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.”(I John 1:7). “If we confess our sins he…(will) cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (I John 1:9). He makes us clean and pure; the clean and pure and holy and righteous person shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of His salvation.
This means that for the NT believer every time (weekly and daily) he confesses his sin and receives forgiveness he will receive Blessing from the Lord. Forgiveness itself is a blessing but it also brings many other blessings from the Lord: a life of peace and joy, the love and presence of God, present hope of eternal life, sure promise of future life, and all the spiritual, material, physical, mental, emotional and relational blessings God promises.
The confessor also receives righteousness from the God of His salvation. The amazing promise of righteousness from God opens him up to all the promises of God that are based on the condition of being righteous: “If you are righteous, then these blessings follow.” So many blessings are promised to the righteous (the obedient, the forgiven, the cleansed, the pure, the holy, the one who trusts and fears and loves God) that once we are declared righteous by faith in Christ we are not able to remember and receive them all. But, little by little, we conquer more promised land and enjoy more blessing by believing the promises for those who have received righteousness from the God of their salvation. Possess what has been given.