RIGHTEOUSNESS

Paul wrote in Romans 3:10 that “There is no one righteous, not even one.” Left to our own devices, there is absolutely no way for you and I to become righteous. If we depend on our works to make us right with God, we will never obtain righteousness. Isaiah describes our righteous acts as filthy rags. (Isaiah 64:6)

The good news is that the story doesn’t end there. Paul continued in Romans 3 to explain that our righteousness comes through faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.

We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are. For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.

Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.

For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he declares sinners to be right in his sight when they believe in Jesus.

Romans 3:22-26 (NLT)

Paul also wrote in 2 Corinthians 5:21, “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”

You and I may not be able to achieve righteousness on our own, but praise be to God, Jesus came and died so that we can approach a holy God covered by His Righteousness. This week let’s praise Him and celebrate His Righteousness and never forget all Jesus did for us on that cross.

Sunday Supplication

Lord God, I praise You this week for Your Righteousness. Thank You for sending Your Son to become a sacrifice so that I could be made right with You. Help me to remember that I can approach You no other way than covered by the blood of Jesus and His Righteousness.  AMEN! SO BE IT!

Monday Manna

I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.

Psalm 7:17

Tuesday Treasure

My tongue will proclaim your righteousness, your praises all day long.

Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.

Psalm 35:28 & 119:142

Wednesday Wisdom

Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, LORD, preserve both people and animals. How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.

Psalm 36:5-10

Thursday Truth

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 6:33

Friday Fact

For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Romans 1:17

Saturday Song