“For he had made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” – 2Corinthians 5:21
LIGHT FOR NOW: You are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.
Are you righteous? If you see yourself as unworthy or having earn a right standing with God, it’s time to learn the truth about righteousness. One thing holding more believers in bondage than anything else is lack of understanding righteousness. That’s why everyday of your life on this earth, the devil is going to try to convince you that you don’t have any right to the things of God. He’s going to try to bring you into bondage again to sin in order to control your life. But he won’t be able to do it if you’ll reawaken yourself everyday to who you really are in Christ. Righteousness is a big concept and can often seem complicated to understand; a host of different doctrines flying around doesn’t help either. But it is critical that we, as believers, take the time to discover the truth about righteousness so we can live a life filled with faith and free from hindrances. What is righteousness? Traditional thinking confuses righteousness with holiness. Many people never stop to ask the question, “What is righteousness?” They think they already know the answer and believe righteousness is the way you act, but that is not true. Holiness is your conduct: righteousness is what you are, the nature of God.
In other words, righteousness is not a good way of acting or something that can be attained. The word translated “righteousness” literally means “in right-standing”. We have been put in right-standing with God through the work of Jesus at Calvary. When a person accepts Jesus, he or she is moved into a position of new birth and enters into the kingdom of God as God’s very own child and a joint heir with Jesus Christ. And it is critical that believers begin to see themselves as righteous because there is power in their knowing the truth about righteousness. Thus, man did not work for righteousness and man will never work for righteousness; righteousness is what God makes available in Christ for everyone who believes in Him (Christ). Righteousness is the outcome of your faith in Christ; your arrival in Christ is what makes you righteous. Glory!
INSTRUCTION: Know who you are.
CONFESSION: I declare that I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus; I see myself the same way Christ sees me, He sees me righteous and I see myself righteous, in Jesus Name, Amen.
QUOTE: Righteousness is the accomplishment of Christ and not the accomplishment of man.
DAILY READING: MORNING: 2TIMOTHY CHAPTER 3; EVENING: 2TIMOTHY CHAPTER 4
LIGHT FROM THE WORD 