The Leverage daily devotional by Pastor Segun Obadje
Thursday, September 04
God's Righteousness
Philippians 3:9; Romans 5:17
Romans 3: 21-22 "But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference."" A good chunk of people are ignorant of what the righteousness of God is. They suppose it for many different things apart from what the Bible says it is. Why? This is because they lack the knowledge of God's Word. Romans 10:3 tells us that "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."" The righteousness of man is not the righteousness of God. The righteousness of God alone, not the righteousness of man, is acceptable to God. The height and best of man's righteousness is a filthy rag (Isa.64:6).God's righteousness is His best gift to us with which we can stand before Him; it is the only way we can truly approach God. It is possible to be zealous for God and still be ignorant of God's righteousness. Israel is an example. They were so ignorant of God's righteousness that they went about to establish their own righteousness – self righteousness. In a bid to please God, they displeased Him the more. Beloved, the righteousness of God can only be unveiled by the Gospel of Christ (Rom.1:16).
Other Scriptures for Meditation: 2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 4:5
My Solid Front (Confession)
In the Name of Jesus, I declare that I have received the gift of God's righteousness and so I boldly approach the throne of grace today. Amen.
No comments:
Post a Comment