Righteousness

From: Righteousness: March 2013

By: Henry Edward Hayhoe

Narrator: Chris Genthree

Duration: 2min

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The righteousness of God is the display of the nature of God in all His acts.

We, believers, are made the righteousness of God in Christ (2 Cor. 5:21).

He, CHRIST, is our righteousness before God (1 Cor. 1:30).

It is not the merits of Christ put to our account, nor is it Christ keeping the law for us.

The righteous judgment of “sin” (the root), and “sins” (the fruit) were both seen at the cross.

The blood of Christ put our sins away (1 John 1:7⁷The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. (John 1:7)). The death of Christ ended our Adam history before God (2 Cor. 5:17).

Now Christ is our life (Col. 3:4⁴When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. (Colossians 3:4)).

We are “in Christ” before God (Rom. 8:1¹There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8:1)).

It is a blessed fact that Christ is the believer’s righteousness before God, so that he rejects all other righteousness as worthless. Read carefully what Paul says in Philippians 3:7-9⁷But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. ⁸Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, ⁹And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: (Philippians 3:7‑9).

The Lord give us each to enjoy it more and praise His grace together!

“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 Cor. 5:21).

“Righteous alone in Thee,
Jesus, the Lord!
Thou wilt a refuge be,
Jesus, our Lord!
Whom, then, have we to fear,
What trouble, grief or care,
Since Thou art ever near,
Jesus, our Lord!”

H. E. Hayhoe

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