September 2026

That Ye May Know the Righteousness of the LORD

The Unshakable Kingdom

Hebrews 12:18-29 “For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: for they could not endure that which was commanded…so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake…But, ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God…and to God, the Judge of all…and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape him that speaketh from heaven…Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.”

 

Romans 10:4-9 “For Christ is the end of the law for RIGHTEOUSNESS to every one that believeth. For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth these things shall live by them. But the RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF FAITH speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (That is to bring Christ down from above.) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (That is to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart: that is, the WORD OF FAITH, which we preach. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. FOR WITH THE HEART MAN BELIEVETH UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS; AND WITH THE MOUTH CONFESSION IS MADE UNTO SALVATION.”

I Sought to Cry Out This Message

It was Sunday, July 5th, 2026, the very Lord’s Day following the “250th Anniversary of America” at Minch Park in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania that I preached from the context of the noted scriptures. In the open air of that ‘hour’ I sought to cry out the message:

“That Ye May Know the Righteousness of the LORD!”

The message title came directly from Micah 6:5-8

“O my people, remember now what Barak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beer answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; THAT YE MAY KNOW THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LORD. Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgressions, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy; and to walk humbly with thy God?”

(Numbers 22-25 is the context from which Micah writes of our ‘knowing the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LORD.’ )

O, that I might be able to weep this message to any one who would listen, today!

Ignorance of the manifest ‘RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LORD’ makes the following, manifest behaviors impossible:

• Man is incapable of ‘doing justly’ apart the Righteousness of the LORD

• Man is incapable of ‘loving mercy’ apart the Righteousness of the LORD

• Man is incapable of ‘walking humbly with God’ apart from the Righteousness of the LORD

The Witness of Christ

John 3:11-16 “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you heavenly things? And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” (Quote: Jesus, the Christ)

I am fully convinced that Jesus Christ, Alone, has accomplished so great a salvation for those who believe! It is in HIM we can truly know, understand and believe:

‘The Righteousness of the LORD.’ 

I’ve long asked these questions: “What do repenters look like? What do they believe? How do they behave?”

Any ‘awakening’ or ‘revival’ is contingent on our answers! While we all ought to cry out to God for this nation, no less, the nations of the world; the greatest longing of my heart is: ‘To Know the Righteousness of the LORD.’                              

John 3:19 “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil.” (Jesus Christ)

I Desperately Need Him

Nothing more threatens the future of our families, our governments or freedoms than the ignorance or blindness concerning: ‘The Righteousness of the LORD!’

O, that everything we believe, and are led to do flows from our fullest surrender to the Righteousness of the LORD! It’s in Christ Alone that I can know true justice; it’s in Christ Alone that I can begin to know true mercy; and any hope of ‘walking humbly with God’ is made possible through realizing I desperately need Him as Savior and LORD.

Jack Crans, “only a sinner, saved by grace!”

Ephesians 2:8-10

Stay Connected

Donate Online

Follow us on @CCGMtweets

Email us at: office@countycorrectionsgospelmission.org

Watch our videos on CCGMproductions, our YouTube Channel

Join the “Friends of County Corrections Gospel Mission” group on LinkedIn

Subscribe to The Contender, our monthly newsletter by sending us a request containing your first name, last name and email address