You are a new creation. The moment
you made Jesus The LORD of your life,
you, not your mind or your body, were
re-created. Old things passed away,
and all things in you became new, and
all things are of God. That is the
wonder of the new birth.
Verse 21 is the most wonderful thing one
can imagine! He, Jesus, who knew no sin,
was MADE to be sin for us that we might
be MADE the righteousness of God in
Him! Did Jesus ever commit sin? No. Did
you or I ever commit righteousness? No.
Isaiah 64:6 declares that all our
righteousness is as filthy rags. And
Romans 3:10 says:
10 AS IT IS WRITTEN, THERE IS NONE
RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE.
Here is someone who should have, by
this time, become a teacher. But
because of being dull of hearing, he
was still a spiritual baby. What does
dull of hearing mean? It means he was
not listening. Too busy. No time for
The WORD. What WORD? The WORD
of righteousness! Now we are at the
root cause of why bad things happen
to wonderful, Spirit-filled people who
love God. I'm not just talking about
you. I've been guilty of the same thing.
LET'S LOOK, NOW, AT THE GIFT OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS. REMEMBER
ROMANS 3:10?
Jesus was MADE to be sin with our sin,
and we were MADE to be righteous with
His righteousness. The key word here is
MADE. In our case, as believers, one
moment we were "sin," and the next
moment we became the righteousness
of God in Him. He, Jesus, at that moment,
moved into our spirits and thereby took
up residence in our physical bodies. Then
it became necessary to renew our minds
with The WORD of righteousness.
Let's look at Hebrews 5:12-13:
12 FOR WHEN FOR THE TIME YE
OUGHT TO BE TEACHERS, YE HAVE
NEED THAT ONE TEACH YOU AGAIN
WHICH BE THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF
THE ORACLES OF GOD; AND ARE
BECOME SUCH AS HAVE NEED OF
MILK, AND NOT OF STRONG MEAT.
13 FOR EVERY ONE THAT USETH MILK
IS UNSKILFUL IN THE WORD OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS: FOR HE IS A BABE.
10 AS IT IS WRITTEN, THERE IS NONE
RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM. NOW, LET'S
LOOK AT THE GLORIOUS,
WONDERFUL, ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
ANSWER IN VERSES 21-22!:
21 BUT NOW THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF
GOD WITHOUT THE LAW IS
MANIFESTED, BEING WITNESSED BY
THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS;
22 EVEN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF
GOD WHICH IS BY FAITH OF JESUS
CHRIST UNTO ALL AND UPON ALL
THEM THAT BELIEVE: FOR THERE IS
NO DIFFERENCE.
Wow! Faith! Yes, faith. Go on reading
through verse 27:
23 FOR ALL HAVE SINNED, AND COME
SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD;
24 BEING JUSTIFIED FREELY BY HIS
GRACE THROUGH THE REDEMPTION
THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS:
