Today's devotional by Joseph Prince speaks very well to something I covered in our Adult Bible Study this morning at The Spoken Word Church!
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Daniel 9:24 “Seventy weeks are determined for
your people and for your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an
end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting
righteousness…
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On Sunday, we hear a message that says, “I am the righteousness
of God in Christ.” On Monday, we are still confessing, “I am the righteousness
of God in Christ.” But come Wednesday or Thursday, we begin to confess our
sins! Then, when Sunday comes, we get a fresh revelation of our righteousness
in Christ and we start to confess our righteousness again. Why do we do that?
It cannot be that on Sunday, we are righteous. Then, a few days
later, we become unrighteous because of sin, but are “re-righteoused” when
Sunday comes again. No, our righteousness is an “everlasting righteousness”!
Jesus has obtained “eternal redemption” for us. (Hebrews 9:12)
“But Pastor Prince, I have just sinned. How can I still be
righteous?”
My friend, it is not what you do that makes you righteous. It is
what Christ has done at Calvary. Romans 5:19 says, “For as by one man’s [Adam]
disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will
be made righteous.” It is the obedience of one Man—Christ—and not your obedience,
that has made you righteous!
God wants you established in what Christ has done. He wants you
conscious of your everlasting righteousness in Christ. How do you do that? You
can listen to anointed messages that remind you of your righteousness in
Christ. And don’t just know it in your head. Speak it. Every morning, tell
yourself, “I am the righteousness of God in Christ!” (2 Corinthians 5:21)
You don’t need a revelation of how sinful you are. You know it
when you sin. The devil reminds you of your sins. Even your friends and loved
ones sometimes point out your sins. What you need, instead, is a revelation of
how forever righteous you are in God’s eyes, especially when you sin.
And when you are conscious of this gift of righteousness that is
everlasting, you will reign in life! (Romans 5:17) You will reign over sin, bad
habits, sicknesses, lack and everything that holds you back from a victorious
life!
Thought For The Day
It is not what you do that makes you
righteous. It is what Christ has done at Calvary.
When 1 John 1:9 tells us to confess our sin, the word confess means: to acknowledge, recognize. It literally means: to say the same thing. What this means is that WHEN we sin, if we will agree with the God of the Bible that it IS sin, then the Blood of JESUS that is continually speaking good things over us will be saying that that sin is GONE! We are cleansed of it as though it never happened! Then WE must say the same thing so that we do not receive into our hearts the condemnation that the enemy will speak! Remember these two verses and BELIEVE them!
1 John 1:7 But if we really are living in the same light in which he eternally exists, then we have true fellowship with each other, and the blood which his Son shed for us keeps us clean from all sin. Phillips
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. KJV
Shalom in Him!
