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1 | hwat does righteousness of GOD means | Bible general Archive 1 | Risen | 41407 | ||
Christ our Righteousness! The Righteousness of God Salvation requires that we be totally righteous (meaning to be holy, without blemish, and free from accusation). Jesus said in Matthew 5:48, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." Only perfect righteousness will do. Since this is an impossibility for man, God in His mercy and love chose to make us righteous through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, The Righteous One. The righteousness of God that has been given through Jesus Christ is a free gift that comes by faith in Christ. By His perfect work on the cross, He has exchanged our unrighteousness for His perfect righteousness. We read in Romans 3:21,22...But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. God’s word tells us, that true righteousness comes from God through faith in Jesus. It also tells us that righteousness does not come by observing the law, but by faith to all who believe. We read in 2 Corinthians 5:21...God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. Christ the sinless One, became sin for us. How many sins do you think Christ took? Because of this exchange, what do we become? Whose righteousness do we become? If we have become the righteousness of God, how righteous are we? However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness. (Romans 4:5) Who does God justify? Is a man justified by works, or trusting God? What is credited to those who believe? If we could gain righteousness by our own good works, whose righteousness would it be? Whose righteousness is it when we believe God? What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ-the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. (Philippians 3:8,9) What kind of righteousness does obedience to the law produce? What kind of righteousness does faith in Christ produce? Whose righteousness would you rather have, your own or God’s? There is only one way to receive the righteousness of God, through faith in Christ and His finished work on the cross. If Christ dwells in you, you have the Righteous One in you. Not only that, we are clothed with His righteousness. Galatians 3:27...For all you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. He is our Robe of Righteousness, Christ is our Breastplate of Righteousness, Christ is our Wedding Garment, He is our Covering. Christ is our righteousness that clothes us and indwells us. Because it is God’s righteousness, it is not subject to corruption. It is not something that we can improve upon or add to or use up; neither can we be the cause of its erosion or destruction by our own doing. It is God’s (GIFT) to us through faith in Jesus Christ! I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith." (Romans 1:16,17) Joe |
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2 | hwat does righteousness of GOD means | Bible general Archive 1 | PastorScott | 41615 | ||
Awesome Answer! Pastor S |
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