RIGHTEOUSNESS
Righteousness
is the state of being righteous, Merriam-Webster dictionary defined “righteous”
as (1). Acting in accordance to divine or moral law, (2). Being free from guilt
or sin. From this, we can infer that if there were no divine deity (GOD), there
would be nothing called righteousness. In fact, morality (right or wrong doing)
exists because there is a God.
Hence,
it is very easy to claim that once you continually do “what is good and right”,
and fulfil all laws, then you are righteous. But I tell you, fulfilling all the
laws is the most difficult thing to do, In fact, it is impossible, why? Because
(1). The laws are too numerous to fulfil (2). Once you default in one, you have
defaulted in all (Rom 3:10, 11, and 23),
Sin
actually came because there was something called law i.e. if there is no law,
it means that there would have been no sin. But really, the law is good and
righteous because fulfilment of the law gives unto people the righteousness of the
law, but the people of Isreal found themselves doing everything the law told
them not to do, so they were automatically condemned, hence the law brought
unto them death instead of life.
But God
loves man so much and He wants man to fellowship with Him, and yet, He cannot
behold sin. So God made an alternative arrangement. He sent His own son in the
form of sinful flesh shed His blood for our redemption.
“For what the law could not do,
in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness
of sinful flesh, and for sin condemned sin in the flesh”
Rom 8:3.
Yes, Jesus Christ came and He redeemed us from every
curse of the law. Compare deteronomy 28:15 and Gal 3:13 Christ gave unto us
RIGHTEOUSNESS on a platter of gold. He gave us righteousness free of charge,
even without the deeds of the law. All that you have to do is to have faith in
Jesus Christ and all that He did on the cross, then you are righteous.
Rom 3:28
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds
of the law.
We no longer obtain righteousness by the deeds of the law
but by faith in Jesus Christ. Does it sound too simple? YES, it’s as simple as
that. In fact, no man can be justified in His presence by doing the laws (rom
3:20). Only faith in Jesus Christ can give us this (rom3:22).
CONCLUSIONS
Ø Once you have faith in Jesus Christ, you are
righteous because you are already born of God
Ø You now have
the ability to stand before God without any form of inferiority and with all
boldness (Heb 4:16)
Ø Your fellowship with the father is unhindered, you
can go to any length even into the holies of holies as long as you are willing
(Heb 10:19).
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