Marbaniang, Domenic

Zacharias is a curious personality in the New Testament . The Gospel of Luke begins with his story, and he and his wife are introduced with the words: "they were both righteous before God , walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless." (1:6). Note that  (1) They were both righteous "before God". There were many, and still are many, who would like to only look (or at least only look) righteous before people. The Pharisees used to wear white robes, stand in public places, and try to show how righteous and godly they were. But, Jesus called them "white washed tombs". They were not righteous in God's sight. But, these were the same persons who called Jesus a blasphemer, a violator of law, and condemned him to the death of the cross. However, Jesus was the perfect fulfillment of divine righteousness. It's not important whether think we are righteous or not. But, it's important what the True and Rightful Judge says about us...