“For He has
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).
One of the truths
that the Holy Spirit would like us to internalize this year in other to
experience favour is that we have the righteousness of Christ. The believer who
was born again yesterday and the one who’s been born again forty years have the
same righteousness. This righteousness is God’s righteousness which was
imparted to your spirit as a gift: “…they which receive abundance of grace and
of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ”.
Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation;
even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto
justification of life “(Romans 5:17-18.
The moment
you were born again, you received God’s own righteousness. We’re now called His
righteous ones. We’re as righteous as He is righteous. This is the reason no
Christian can be more righteous than the other. We all received the same
righteousness, and according to the Bible we received it as a gift.
For the one
who is not born again, it’s no use trying to impress God with works of
self-righteousness because the Bible says such “…righteousnesses are as filthy
rags” (Isaiah 64:6). This is why He chose to give us His own righteousness. As
a born again child of God, you have God’s righteousness and you’re as righteous
as God is righteous. Accept this truth, and let it dominate your thinking and
it’ll give you confidence and boldness.
Being
conscious that you’re the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus gives you
mastery over the devil and his accusations. It makes you a champion in life for
the Bible declares that they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift
of righteousness, shall reign in life as kings (Romans 5:17). This is how you
should think and walk in the year of Favour.
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