Post by Ernest Izevbigie Emmanuel (@Elitevisual)
💫RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL💫
Saturday, October 17th
📜THE LEGAL SIDE OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
📖 And all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus (Romans 3:24 NIV).
👤 PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME DSc. DSc. DD.
Having understood from our previous study the importance of righteousness and its vital place in the Christian life, it's important to understand how this righteousness became yours. The Apostle Paul gives us a profound insight in Romans 3:24 when he says we’re justified freely by God’s grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
Notice the word "justified." What does it mean to be justified? To be justified means to be declared righteous. This is the legal side of our righteousness. It is God's verdict concerning everyone who believes in Jesus Christ. This is the acquittal. This is a legal pronouncement from God Himself. The Judge of all the earth has declared you righteous.
Think about the significance of that. God didn't merely overlook your sins or decide to ignore your failures. He declared you righteous. He gave a verdict in your favour. This is why the Christian can stand before God without guilt, condemnation, or a sense of inferiority. His confidence rests not in personal performance but in God's declaration.
Romans 3:26 says, “To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.” The beauty of the Gospel is that this justification came freely by God’s grace. Righteousness is a gift of grace. We didn't qualify for it. God's favour was extended to us because of His love. It’s based on what Christ has done in your behalf.
This understanding transforms your relationship with God. Instead of striving to become accepted, you realise you've already been accepted in Christ: “To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved” (Ephesians 1:6). Walk in this reality.
Refuse to be moved by Satan’s accusations, feelings of unworthiness, or memories of past mistakes. God's verdict concerning you has already been established. Through Jesus Christ, you've been acquitted and declared righteous: “…you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God” (1 Corinthians 6:11 BBE). Let this truth dominate your thinking and shape your walk with God.
🗣️CONFESSION
I’ve been washed, made holy, righteous, and sanctified in Christ Jesus. I rejoice in the reality of my justification. I refuse to live under condemnation or guilt because God’s Word has revealed that Christ is my righteousness. Therefore, I live boldly in God’s presence, enjoying the full blessings of the Gospel and my right standing with God. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY📖=>
Romans 5:1 KJV; Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Acts 13:38-39 KJV; Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: [39] And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Romans 8:33-34 KJV; Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. [34] Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
📖DAILY SCRIPTURE READING📖
1-Year Bible Reading Plan📖=> 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17 & Jeremiah 1-2
2-Year Bible Reading Plan📖=> Hebrews 8:1-13 & Ezekiel 14-15
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