“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith”. – Romans 1:16-17
LIGHT FOR NOW: Righteous is an eternal or everlasting status of the man who is born again; hence, it can not be lost.
Righteousness is God’s gift given to us in Christ. It is never by your works. Titus 3:5 “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy”. Rather, it is a gift of grace. Romans 5:17 “For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)”. Paul made it clear that God’s gift is irrevocable. Romans 11:29 “For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance”. Thus, righteousness is an irrevocable gift. The price of our righteousness is in the precious blood of Christ; hence, whatever we have from him is everlasting. 1 Peter 1:19 “But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot”. The author of the book of Hebrews called it the blood of the everlasting covenant. Hebrews 13:20 “Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant”.
Hence, what the blood gives is everlasting. Hebrews 9:12, 15 “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. Vs 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance”. Righteousness is based on the blood of Christ, and as such, it is everlasting. Psalm 119:142 “Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth”. Glory!
INSTRUCTION: Fill your mouth with what God’s word says about you.
CONFESSION: I am righteous not by my works but by his work, and this righteousness is forever, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
QUOTE: The believer is righteous not by his work but by Jesus’ work.
DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: HEBREWS CHAPTER 13; EVENING: HEBREWS CHAPTER 9
LIGHT FROM THE WORD 