Righteousness / Holiness

OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS

Posted by on May 7, 2016 at 8:12 am

OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSThere is but one human righteousness, and it is Christ, His Person and work. When we speak of “our Righteousness,” we are speaking of Him, for He is eternally, the Lord our righteousness (Jer 23:6). In this regard, as in all others, nothing can be added to, nor taken away from Him. Our gracious, loving Father has brought […]

IF RIGHTEOUSNESS COME BY THE LAW

Posted by on November 10, 2015 at 12:30 am

IF RIGHTEOUSNESS COME BY THE LAW Galatians 2:21 “If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” The ultimate transgression is at stake when a man turns to the law for righteousness. For when you turn to the law for righteousness then you frustrate the grace of God and deny Christ and […]

The believer has been made the righteousness of God in Christ.

Posted by on June 27, 2015 at 9:22 am

The believer has been made the righteousness of God in Christ. In Christ, through the Spirit of Christ, the believer has been created a new in righteousness and true holiness. Why would one so loved of the Father, so loved by the Son, and so created of the Holy Spirit be persecuted? For the same […]

Righteousness revealed

Posted by on June 20, 2015 at 8:26 am

Righteousness revealed “…I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ…for therein is the righteousness of God revealed…” Romans 1:16-17 The gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ reveals the righteousness of God in the justifying work of Christ which He wrought for the elect and is credited to their account before God, and is imputed to […]

Full Revelation

Posted by on June 20, 2015 at 8:24 am

Full Revelation Matthew 11: 25-27 In his deity, the Son of God had nothing delivered unto him, but as Christ the Mediator all things are delivered unto him of the Father.  The Lord Jesus had just thanked the Father, for revealing “these things”. Here he says “all things” are delivered unto me.  The Lord Jesus had […]

A TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS IN HEAVEN

Posted by on June 20, 2015 at 8:20 am

A TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS IN HEAVEN One day, as I was passing into the field, suddenly this sentence fell upon my soul: “Thy righteousness is in heaven.” And I thought that I could see Jesus Christ at God’s right hand. Yes, there indeed was my righteousness, so that wherever I was, or whatever I was doing, […]

Are you as righteous as God?

Posted by on April 4, 2015 at 10:36 am

Are you as righteous as God? There is a question I would like to ask you. It is a most serious question; it is a telling question. It is this: What is God’s justification for accepting you, and allowing you to be in His presence eternally? The Eternal, Sovereign, Immutable God of heaven and earth […]

Justice sheaths its avenging sword in His heart!

Posted by on February 28, 2015 at 6:09 am

Justice sheaths its avenging sword in His heart! (Henry Law, “Gleanings from the Book of Life”) “God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Cor. 5:21 It is a comforting thought, that the sins thus removed from the guilty and […]

Justification and sanctification are distinct blessings.

Posted by on November 29, 2014 at 10:20 am

“And such were some of you–but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” 1 Corinthians 6:11 Justification and sanctification are distinct blessings. The first springs out of, and is connected with, the finished work of the Son of […]

Clothes And Shoes For Life

Posted by on November 29, 2014 at 10:16 am

Clothes And Shoes For Life Tommy Robbins “I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.” Deuteronomy 29:5 This miracle wrought by God for the children of Israel as they journeyed through the wilderness represents a far greater […]