I Am Righteous
I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. 2 Corinthians 5:21, ESV
We all know John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believe in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” When we said “Yes, I believe this is true and I want Jesus as my personal savior”, immediately things changed in our life. We may not have felt it, but instantly there was a permanent move.
Our old spirit died. I am reminded of what a friend shared with me many years back. She had accepted Christ as her personal savior, and she understood that He was telling her how to move forward in her life, but she decided that she wanted to do her own thing for a while. So, she told God something like this: “I know you are real and I don’t want to play games with you, so I am going to go over here and do my own thing and I will come back.” She said instantly she felt God’s covering moving away from her and this darkness started to overtake her. She immediately repented and could feel that darkness leave.
Our old spirit was full of sin because Satan is sin. When we said “yes” to Christ, we received His righteousness because Jesus Christ is righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21). Our spirit changed and we received the spirit of power, love, and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). When my friend told Jesus she was going to do her own thing, she was saying “I want the spirit of Satan again”, and Jesus released her.
Receiving the righteousness of Christ has nothing to do with our behavior or our works. It has all to do with what Jesus Christ did for us. “For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21). When we said “yes”, we became like Christ. This does not mean that we do everything right, we are going to make mistakes and sin, but we no longer live in that sin. Christ paid the price for our sins before we were born (Romans 5:8). We now have a righteous spirit, and we are in right standing with God. We understand and hear God giving us instructions through the Holy Spirit and we obey. Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, “…but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12). But God has given us the power to overcome by daily putting on the whole armor of God, always praying, standing firm in the Word of God, and staying alert (Ephesians 6:13-18).
I started this writing with the affirmation I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. It is important that you consistently speak this over yourself because Satan and his demonic spirits constantly whisper lies to try and make you believe otherwise. He wants you to believe that you are no longer saved or that God is mad at you because of what you’ve done. God already knew what you were going to do, and He paid for all those mistakes and sin before you were born! God wants you to remember who you are in Him so you can walk in the boldness of what He called you to do. When you do this, His message can be heard throughout the world and lost souls can be saved! You are righteous! Amen!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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