BE ESTABLISHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS: THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS!
“But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A SCEPTRE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 9 Thou hast LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS, and HATED INIQUITY; therefore God, even thy God, hath ANOINTED thee with the OIL of gladness ABOVE THY FELLOWS” Hebrews 1:8-9.
To start with, our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ is not only our RIGHTEOUSNESS but clothes Himself in RIGHTEOUSNESS while in humanity, in order to enact, authenticate and ensure the kingdom purpose of God He came to establish and fulfilled. And now, for you and I who are REDEEMED in His grace ought to know that it’s by living only by the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God in Christ Jesus, that one can be delivered from Religious Dogmas, Bondages, Make-Believe and Man-Made Traditions and such like doctrinal bondages.
“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.
“But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is MADE unto us wisdom, and RIGHTEOUSNESS, and sanctification, and redemption” 1 Corinthians 1:30
“. . . 3 For they being IGNORANT of God’s RIGHTEOUSNESS, and going about to establish their own RIGHTEOUSNESS, have not submitted themselves unto the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God. 4 For Christ is the END of the law for RIGHTEOUSNESS to every one that believeth . . . 8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto RIGHTEOUSNESS; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” Romans 10:1-10.
Sin does not only make one cheap, ugly, dirty, filthy and priceless or worthless before God, it brings about reproaches and it also makes one to steal, kill and finally destroy the individual, family, generation, community and nation. That’s why satan is likened to it.
“The RIGHTEOUSNESS of the upright shall DELIVER them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness” Proverbs 11:6.
But RIGHTEOUSNESS, which is of God in Christ Jesus, makes one to stand before God without shame, fear, guilt and inferior of any form of complexity. It establishes and fortifies individual, family, generation, community and nation. It’s a defence and delivers in the days of life and godly troubles and challenges of any sorts.
“Righteousness EXALTS a nation: but SIN is a REPROACH to any people” Proverbs 14:34.
“Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is NO RESPECTER of persons: 35 but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh RIGHTEOUSNESS, is ACCEPTED with him” Acts 10:34-35.
Righteousness is the bedrock and framework and structure of all about the kingdom of God in the grace. You can’t afford not having a right-standing with God and while you want to explore gains in His Kingdom plan, purpose and pursuit. Pursue after RIGHTEOUSNESS and be found living in and through it as you do life and live godly, so that you can enjoy the peace, quietness and joy of the Holy Spirit within, even in the face of absolute challenges where many would have given up. I know this is true and real in the grace in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. The kingdom of God is not about PLEASURING [eating and drinking], hence there’s the need to be ESTABLISHED in RIGHTEOUSNESS; and being established in RIGHTEOUSNESS needs to be ensured as your day to day default and de facto, in all about you in the grace in Christ Jesus; and to being assured in order to thrive and synergise by the indwelling Holy Spirit of promise to all the good and goodness in the kingdom.
“For the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but RIGHTEOUSNESS and PEACE and JOY in the Holy Spirit” Romans 14:17/NKJV.
“The WORK of RIGHTEOUSNESS will be PEACE, And the EFFECT of RIGHTEOUSNESS, QUIETNESS and ASSURANCE forever” Isaiah 32:17/NKJV.
“. . . 14 In RIGHTEOUSNESS shalt thou BE ESTABLISHED: thou shalt be FAR from oppression; for thou shalt NOT FEAR: and FROM TERROR; for it shall not come near thee . . .” Isaiah 54:14 [13-17].
Therefore, RECONNECT yourself, family, generation, community and nation back to the RIGHTEOUSNESS which is of God in Christ Jesus. Amen. For in God’s RIGHTEOUSNESS in Christ Jesus, nations with you, family and community inclusive are exalted and built up for the good of humanity to the glory of God in Christ Jesus stead.
“But seek ye FIRST the kingdom of God, and his RIGHTEOUSNESS; and all these things shall be ADDED unto you” Matthew 6:33.
“RIGHTEOUSNESS exalts a NATION [INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, COMMUNITY], But SIN is a REPROACH to any people” Proverbs 14:34/NKJV/Emphasis mine.
Now, today is the moment to synchronise our faith in God in RIGHTEOUSNESS to ensure and assure our justification in the grace. You need to pause now and connect and synchronise to God’s RIGHTEOUSNESS to move forward in all about your doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus stead in the grace.
Be BLESSED in EVERYWAY in CHRIST JESUS. AMEN.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“Therefore being JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, we have PEACE with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 by whom also we have ACCESS BY FAITH into THIS GRACE wherein WE STAND, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God” Romans 5:1-2.
“But seek ye FIRST the kingdom of God, and his RIGHTEOUSNESS; and all these things shall be ADDED unto you” Matthew 6:33.
“And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children. 14 In RIGHTEOUSNESS shalt thou BE ESTABLISHED: thou shalt be FAR from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. 15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. 16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord” Isaiah 54:13-17.
REV. CHUKIE MORSI
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