KEY SCRIPTURE: 2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV” 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.”

Christianity is not a religion. Religion is by works to receive approval from their supposed supreme being. Christianity is by grace through faith, Eph 2:8,9. One aspect of this grace is the gift of righteousness God imputes to the man who believes in Jesus. Our key scripture teaches that the Lord Jesus exchanged our sin with His righteousness, so that we became the righteousness of God. Righteousness is one of the gifts that we receive at salvation.  Rom 5:17 KJV “For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)” Please note that the reason people of other faiths are lost is that they have sought to be acceptable before God by their own righteousness, of which God says it is like filthy rags before the Lord. Isa 64:6 KJV” But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness is as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” This is the sad reality of all those who seek to be justified before God by their works.  Dear reader, there is no salvation outside our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 4:12.

Please read through Romans 10:1-4. In this passage, Apostle Paul starts by saying it is his prayer that his people, the Jews, would be saved. This implied they were not saved, although they strove to observe the laws. He said they are ignorant of God’s righteousness, yet they seek to establish their own righteousness and so do not submit to God’s righteousness. What is God’s righteousness? This is the righteousness which we receive by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:9). This righteousness is the nature of the new man we receive at salvation. The Christian is born with a righteous nature. We do not pray to be righteous. We do not strive to be righteous. We believe in staying and walking in righteousness.

With the above insight and understanding, we live a righteous lifestyle. Many Christians do not know that they are righteous by their birth into Christ. Some do know it but have not believed or accepted it. that they are indeed righteous. Dear Christian, you have a righteous nature. That is your spiritual garment.

Keep it always white by living an upright life. Anytime you decide to walk in sin, you actually change that pure white garment for something filthy Eph 4:22-24. This is a very unreasonable thing to do. That is changing your pure white garment of righteousness to take on a filthy one that is liable to sin and error. The righteous garment cannot be defiled.  It is a big spiritual confusion for a Christian to sin. Sin, therefore, shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under the law, but under grace (righteous nature)

CONFESSION

I am a Christian because I have received the gift of righteousness through faith in the Lord Jesus. I do not strive or pray to be righteous, but it is my nature by grace. I live an upright life by virtue of my righteous nature. This is my great source of victory in Christ.

FURTHER STUDIES

Phi 3:9 KJV “And 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:”

Rom 3:21 KJV” But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;”