Righteous Before God: The Ideal Couple

 "And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless." — Luke 1:6

Is there no perfect couple? The world's ideal couple is nothing like what God describes. It is often said that there is no perfect couple. Yet, the Bible describes an ideal couple: Zacharias and Elizabeth. It’s not written that one of them was righteous, but that both were righteous—not righteous before men, but righteous before God. They walked blamelessly not in a few of the Lord's commandments, but in all of them.

There are many exemplary couples in the Bible, but two stand out to me: Zacharias and Elizabeth, and Aquila and Priscilla.

From my diary,

July 29, 2024