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The Righteousness Of Faith In Jesus
Brothers and Sisters are you Walking in Righteousness? Do you know the Righteousness of God, through Our Savior and Lord Jesus? For it is Not Weighed by the Flesh of Men, but by The Will Of The Father through Jesus His Son! For our Righteousness is twofold, one The Cleansing from Sin through The Blood Of Jesus, His Sacrifice for Our Sin, the other is Our Entirety here on Earth. Some of you ask, what is the Entirety? It is your Daily Walk In Obedience To Jesus AS Lord over Your Life IN All Things.
When Our Lord Jesus Called me and Anointed me, one of the parts of my Anointing was a Scale used for Righteousness of those things that are Right and Wrong. So, from that day forward and even before I knew, I have Weighed all things to that which is Right and Wrong, but it was not at the Scale of Man but of Jesus, through The Holy Spirit. So, the Question arises… What is The Righteousness Of Jesus In Faith? It comes down to one simple Scripture, but within that Scripture lies a depth most struggle with…that is…
John 14:15 KJV
“If ye love me, keep my commandments."
This one Commandment fulfills the Entire Word Of God. There is no other Scripture that Describes Our Walk any deeper. In this Scripture IS the Righteousness Of Faith In Jesus and IS the Righteousness Of Jesus In Faith.
In the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3 – 11) describes the Hearts Of Believers IN Jesus, but in all there is one that is mentioned Twice, that is, The Righteous.
Matthew 5:6, 10 KJV
"6 Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. ... 10 Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
In these Two Scriptures we are held accountable. We should Think, Speak, Walk IN the Righteousness Of Jesus By Faith. In everyone, there should be a Scale that is in Continuous Motion from the time we awake until the time we sleep. We ARE to Weigh All Things according to The Word and The Holy Spirit, rather they be Right or Wrong according, again, ACCORDING to The Fathers Will, a life Lived through The Blood Of Jesus.
Matthew 7:21 KJV
“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."
Brothers and Sisters you CANNOT say that Jesus is Lord, say that You Love Jesus and Not Live a Righteous Life. James said it very clear, in a roundabout way, saying that if you Have Faith but have nothing to show for it, is worthless! Just as our mortal bodies cannot Live without the Spirit, so Our Faith cannot be without Works Of Righteousness!
James 2:18, 20, 26 KJV
"18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. ... 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? ... 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."
These Works are Works Of Righteousness. We are to bear Witness to The World that Righteousness Of Jesus within and without us in All Things!
We, Brothers and Sisters, need to Weigh every single thing that touches Our Lives, that we make sure of The Righteousness of Jesus is being Lived. So again, What is The Righteousness Of Jesus…
Righteousness: a state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition acceptable to God
according to doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain a state approved of God
integrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness, correctness of thinking feeling, and acting. This is the Definition of Righteousness.
How do we Obtain this Righteousness? First to those who Think themselves Righteous just at the Accepting Jesus As Savior, to you…there is More to the story then What you have been taught!
We must be Changed and it is OUR Responsibility to Desire Change and Act Upon Change. We must Understand that no matter What we think, that Our Way Of Think is Wrong, that God’s Ways are beyond our comprehension.
Isaiah 55:8-9 KJV
"8 For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."
So this means that EVERYTHING that I Know, whatever Knowledge or Wisdom or Understanding that I have needs to be Changed To God’s way of thinking. This is the First of the hardest things to do. Every one of us Thinks WE are Right and that WE Are Walking In Righteousness…but are you?
We must understand that once we Accept Jesus as Savior that does not make Him Lord, the two are Not The Same! Our Savior takes care of the Spiritual Sin, but we still need to deal with the Fleshly Sins that we do every day.
2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV
“Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
Most quote this Scripture as “One and Done”, that from the time of Accepting Jesus As Savior that it takes care of everything within our lives, this is a False Teaching!!! When we Accept Jesus As Savior, from that point forward we need to Understand that the Way We Were is no longer Acceptable To Jesus, that those things need to Pass Away and that Everything NOW SHOULD BECOME NEW. That is, I now Stop Thinking and Doing things My Way and I Change Everything Into God’s Way.
So then, the First Area is Our Brains, Our Thinking, Our Understanding.
Romans 12:1-2 KJV
"1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
What is the First Thing that we must do… “Transform Your Mind”. But the Key to this is by Studying God’s Word, without Studying there can be No Transforming Of Your Mind. This will bring forth the First Step of the Fruit Of Righteousness.
The Second Step is the hardest of this Two Step process, you MUST LIVE WHAT YOU STUDY! For an example of two of the biggest issues in the world right now…
If God says that Homosexuals are an Abomination to Him, if God says that if a Man lies with a Man or a Woman lies with a Woman is an Abomination then, WHO am I to say any different? For if God says that it is an Abomination to Him then, no matter what I Think or Society Thinks it is as God Says, so then, I Must Change MY Thinking into the Righteousness Of God…it is My Choice! If God says that Man is the head over the Woman, then they are Not Equal IN God’s Eyes. If God says that a Woman is to Submit, Obey her husband, then WHO am I to say any different to these things!!! I MUST therefore Change My Thinking, Change My Actions into The Righteousness Of God!!! To Walk in the Righteousness Of God literally means …
Galatians 2:20 KJV
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
But, UNDERSTAND THIS, Brothers and Sisters, it is YOUR FREE WILL THAT DETERMINES YOUR WALK, it is Not The Father, it is Not Jesus, it is Not The Holy Spirit, it is YOURS!!! Our Walk is Our Walk regardless of any outside influence, it is My Choice that I Make, to Believe or Accept rather to the Righteousness Of The Flesh or the Righteousness Of God, it is ALWAYS MY CHOICE!!!
If The Bible, God’s Word, tells me that This is Right and This is Wrong then, WHO AM I to question??? The Scriptures tell us that we CANNOT SERVE TWO MASTERS AT THE SAME TIME, it is Impossible to do so…In God’s Eyes.
Matthew 6:24 KJV
“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."
Many use this Scripture as dealing with Money Only, but it goes way beyond just money. It is speaking about Where Your Heart Is…
Matthew 6:21 KJV
“For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
If you say that Jesus is Your Lord, then, Absolutely, you Must Do, Must Be, What the Scriptures Say that we are to be like. That we Must Obey The Word inside and out with Our Very Lives!
Luke 6:46 KJV
“And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?"
Salvation is Unto Righteousness, first the Spirit then the Flesh. We cannot continue to say that Jesus Is both Savior and Lord if He, His Word, The Holy Spirit are not Controlling All Things Within Your Life, Jesus will call you a liar!
Now, one last thing. Living in Righteousness has a cost, it will cost some of you to die, to be persecuted, to be mocked, to be hated, to be judged, but be not afraid nor dismayed, for Jesus Our Savior and Lord went through more than this that we could ever imagine, it went beyond The Cross.
Matthew 24:13 KJV
“But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved."
Amen and Amen!!!
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