RHAPSODY OF REALITIES MONDAY 10TH AUGUST.
A NEW LIFE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BY PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME.
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him (2 Corinthians 5:21).
When a man receives Christ, he receives a new life; heβs as one who never existed before: a new creation in Christ. This new life is the life of righteousness; superior to sin, the devil, death and hell. This new life is the reason you can live a righteous life. The reason men sin is that they have the nature of sin. That nature is supplanted by Godβs nature of righteousness when a man is born again.
It wasnβt just a mere change that took place in you when you were born again; it was an actual replacement or supplanting of the life and nature of sin by the life of righteousness. Real Christianity isnβt the inclusion or impartation of another nature, but an actual recreation of the human spirit by God. Youβve come alive to God through the new birth. Thus, itβs natural for you to live right and fulfil the will of the Father.
Religion teaches that if a man would live right, then God would qualify him to be a righteous person, but thatβs a contradiction. No one can live righteously, until Heβs first made righteous by God. Godβs righteousness in your spirit is what gives you the ability to live right.
Hence, in Christianity, what God does is to first make you righteous, before Heβd be justified to expect you to live right. The Bible says Jesus Christ died on account of our offences, and was raised back to life for our justification (Romans 4:25). Justification means to be declared righteous. Blessed Be God!
CONFESSION
Iβm born of God and have His nature of righteousness in my Spirit. As Jesus is, in His glory and righteousness, so am I in this world. Iβve been born into a newness of life; Iβm the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, called into the fellowship of the Godkind. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY
Romans 5:17; Romans 8:1-4
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Romans 12:1-16 & Psalms 85-88
2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Philippians 1:15-22 & Isaiah 61
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