Jesus made us righteous.
“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
Jesus came to give us righteousness. What is righteousness? Righteousness is the right and the rightness of being to stand in the presence of God without guilt, inferiority or condemnation.
The Bible says in our opening scripture that Jesus was made sin for us. Where? On the cross! He was our sin offering because God laid all our sins on Him. Therefore His death became the payment for all our sins. As a result of His sacrifice, we are made the righteousness of God in Him.
So when you believe in Jesus Christ, by that faith, you receive a right to stand in the presence of God. Your access into the presence of God is not by your works, because no one can come to God or be righteous before God on the basis of his works (See Romans 3:28). It has to be by faith in the blood of Christ.
Romans 10:4 says, “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.” So then, what was the purpose of the law? The purpose of the law was to show us what sin is (See Romans 3:20), to
make us guilty before God (See Romans 3:19) and to show us our need for a Saviour (See Romans 7:24-25). Romans 3:24(BBE) says, “So the law has been a servant to take us to Christ, so that we might have righteousness by faith.”
Galatians 2:16 says, “Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.”
Confession.
By my faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, I declare that I am righteous and I have peace with God by my faith in the finished works of Christ. Amen.
For further study, read:
Acts 13:38-39; Romans 5:12-19; Galatians 3:10-12; Galatians 5:4.
Doing the Word:
Thank the Lord for the gift of righteousness.
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