Today's lesson in "Faith Food" by Kenneth E. Hagin is one of the first teaching I ever heard from the Word of God! I am SO thankful that someone taught me who I am in HIM!
"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 Cor. 5:21).
"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin...."
I've tested people by reading this portion of Scripture and then I've asked them, "How many of you believe that's true?" They all lifted their hands. Then I would read the last part of the same verse, "...that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."
And then I would say to them, "Therefore, we - you and I - are the righteousness of God in Christ. How many of you believe that's true?"
Most of the time I couldn't get half of the crowd to lift their hands on the last part. And yet, if the first part of that verse is true, then the last part must be true too!
God made a provision for us that belongs to us. We need to realize that it is ours!
Confession: Jesus became sin for me that I might become the righteousness of God in Him. I am the righteousness of God in Christ. God provided righteousness for me. Righteousness is mine. I have it now! I am righteous now.
It will do you no good to know all of the promises of our new and better Covenant if you don't understand who YOU are because of what HE did! If you haven't already done so, take the time to circle or highlight all of the Scriptures you find that refer to "in Him" "in Whom", etc. Meditate on the TRUTH that we have been made the righteousness of God because HE was made sin with OUR sin! AMEN! True success is being where God wants you to be, doing what God wants you to do! We can't take the first step in this without understanding that He has already made us RIGHTEOUS! We are in "right standing" with Him as though we never did anything wrong!All because of the Blood of Jesus! THANK YOU JESUS! Amen! Here is a new song from Hillsong Worship called "Calvary":
Shalom in Him!
