God has made this same Jesus Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. I hear people speak of a Jesus who is trying his best to save everyone, for it is contrary to his will for […]
Except your Righteousness… For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:20) The Scribes and Pharisees were the most righteous men, outwardly, who ever lived. They lived by the ten commandments. According to […]
The wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. ~James 1.20 The Word of truth works the Righteousness of God in a sinner causing us to look nowhere else but to the Lord Jesus Christ our Righteousness. The natural man, in the filthiness […]
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 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. 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 “…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 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 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? 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 […]