The righteousness of God

The righteousness of God.

“For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God; And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus: Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment; And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.”

Romans 3:23-26(BBE)

One of the reasons Jesus came was to make clear God's righteousness. This is because, all through history, God has been blamed for the sin Adam and Eve committed in the garden of Eden. Many have made statements like, “If God knew they were going to sin, then why did He make the woman?” They say, “If God had not made the woman, everything would have been okay.” So they put the guilt and the responsibility for the fall of man on God.

How does God justify Himself? He takes full responsibility for our sin. He made Jesus who committed no sin to pay for all our sins. Isaiah 53:4-5(GNB) show us the picture, "But he endured the suffering that should have been ours, the pain that we should have borne. All the while we thought that his suffering was punishment sent by God. But because of our sins he was wounded, beaten because of the evil we did. We are healed by the punishment he suffered, made whole by the blows he received.” So all the suffering that Jesus suffered was not for Himself; He did it for us.

Therefore, just as we became sinners and were condemned because of the sin Adam committed, now with the same principle, we are made righteous because of what Jesus did. The obedience of Jesus as well as His righteousness is accounted to us. By so doing, God justifies Himself.

Romans 5:18-19(ISV) say, “Consequently, just as one offense resulted in condemnation for everyone, so one act of righteousness results in justification and life for everyone. For just as through one man's disobedience many people were made sinners, so also through one man's obedience many people will be made righteous.”

Confession.

Jesus bore my sins, sickness, pain, poverty and every consequence of the fall of man, that I might become the righteousness of God. Right now, I declare that I am free from sin, sickness, pain, poverty and every consequence of the fall of man, according to the scriptures.

For further study, read:

Romans 5:12-16; Romans 5:21; Hebrews 9:27-28.

Doing the Word.

Give no place to the condemnation of the devil.