Luke 1:6

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Summary

Luke 1:6

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Righteous

Walking

General references

Bible References

Righteous

And He told them: “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.

These are the family records of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries; Noah walked with God.

Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before Me in this generation.

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, “I am God Almighty. Live in My presence and be blameless.

There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of perfect integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.

Yes, I know what you’ve said is true,
but how can a person be justified before God?

What then? Are we any better? Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews and Gentiles

are all under sin,

regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

Walking

As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and in what is right, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

“Please Lord, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and wholeheartedly and have done what pleases You.”

And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Then I would not be ashamed
when I think about all Your commands.

Paul looked intently at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience until this day.”

I always do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and men.

Now I praise you because you always remember me and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you.

For this is our confidence: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with God-given sincerity and purity, not by fleshly wisdom but by God’s grace.

regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.

For the grace of God has appeared with salvation for all people,

This is how we are sure that we have come to know Him: by keeping His commands.

Little children, let no one deceive you! The one who does what is right is righteous, just as He is righteous.

General references

And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and fathered other sons and daughters.

When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

You are to practice My ordinances and you are to keep My statutes by following them; I am Yahweh your God.

be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances I set before you today.