The righteousness of God in Christ

[myinnuendo999]

Lately, I've been thinking of righteousness and what it truly means in our relationship as Christians. Jesus is our Righteousness and "the righteous shall live by faith"-NIV-"the just shall live by faith"-KJV. The righteousness God requires for us to be justified is already satisfied in His Son and the moment we believe --trust ourselves to him, we died to our selves and are to live for Jesus Christ of Scripture-- 2Cr 5:15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.”

We can't earn it, we don't deserve it, we don't work for it. We rest in Jesus who satisfied God's requirements at the cross. God is ALREADY SATISFIED --

I just wanted to say that in my walk with Christ, sometimes I've gotten so tired trying to please God in being obedient to Him thinking he's not satisfied with me if I don't do this that and the other. I know mentally I assent to the truth that Jesus imputed his righteousness to me when he took away ALL my sins. I know this truth but sometimes I haven't LIVED my life for HIM in true satisfaction OUT OF knowing that He's already satisfied with His SON. I'm not to do ANYTHING with the attitude that I'm somehow to appease him. He's SATISFIED with His SON. It's a truth that I'm still learning to grasp--hands ON so to speak--put into practice, so I can REST in HIM MORE. BTW, Isn't God so kind and patient with us. I can't tell you how slow I am sometimes to learn the simplicity we have in Christ. What I'm saying is I don't want to be motivated by anything except the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST!!! and if I am motivated by anything else, it's wood, hay and stubble.

This truth I'm grasping with God's grace is very FREEING and the fantastic reality is, I can be ME because I am who I am by God's grace and I am where I am by God's grace. I can REST in God as my heavenly Father knowing that I never added to Christ's finished work so what makes me think I can take away from Christ's finished work? We can't and that's the glorious truth.

What I’m saying is this: Shouldn’t it be God’s righteousness and HIS Righteousness ALONE as to why I’m OBEDIENT and motivated to be obedient? Isn’t that why Jesus said in John 15:4 “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.”WE are to pursue Jesus as our SUPREME TREASURE.
“Pursuit is the proof of our desire.” Where are our desires? If we are not desiring the Only Righteousness that is by faith---to please GOD then something is wrong with our pursuing.

Proverbs chapter 2 says it so well—No wonder we can find GREAT JOY from a verse and want to share that same JOY with others but somehow when we do share with them, they don’t have that same JOY or we don't have that Joy. It’s because our desires are a mess and in the wrong place.

Dear ones we need to repent and ask God who is the Gardner to cultivate our hearts to desire HIM and show us our sins and PRAY God grants us a glimpse of the glory of Christ rising in our hearts so we will set our affections where they are supposed to be-- Gal 5:16 So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

We have ALL we need in that GOD is SATISFIED solely in his SON—It’s Jesus who is our SUPREME TREASURE and I should OUT OF gratefulness and thankfulness to God serve him.

[mikhen7]

My precious sister, the verse you are looking for to express at least some of your thought and joy I believe to be 2 Cor. 5:13-14

¹³ For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
¹⁴ For the love of Christ compels (Constrains)us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; --Basically, if Christ died then we as "little Christs" should die too.

I love 14a The Love of Christ constrains us!!! Take all you said about His righteousness and being motivated to serve Him because of it and you can understand more of what Paul meant! If you truly feel that way then you are growing in Christ, mightily! Praise God. I only wish all Christians would realize the same and be constrained as well!

Blessings to you always!!

[anath]

Isn't God so kind and patient with us. I can't tell you how slow I am sometimes to learn the simplicity we have in Christ. What I'm saying is I don't want to be motivated by anything except the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST!!! and if I am motivated by anything else, it's wood, hay and stubble.

Oh sis I'm the slowest...it's taken me a lifetime to learn and little by little to understand more and more His truths and I'm still learning!

[anath]

This poem is authored by Dee, PraisingHimAlways.

“For Righteousness”


Lord, set our hearts afire for righteousness once again
To love and to serve You; to forsake the ways of men
Your Word is Truth and Life; A Light for a world blind
It’s Food for the hungry soul; Sustenance for the mind
It’s a Living Fountain; An Infinite Ocean to be explored
Precepts to be obeyed, taken seriously; not to be ignored
As hours and minutes tick by, make us even more aware
Of time, of opportunities; the Gospel with others to share
You've equipped us for good works, as only You could do
Use our lives as You will; we desire to be pleasing to You

[myinnuendo999]

My precious sister, the verse you are looking for to express at least some of your thought and joy I believe to be 2 Cor. 5:13-14

¹³ For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
¹⁴ For the love of Christ compels (Constrains)us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; --Basically, if Christ died then we as "little Christs" should die too.

I love 14a The Love of Christ constrains us!!! Take all you said about His righteousness and being motivated to serve Him because of it and you can understand more of what Paul meant! If you truly feel that way then you are growing in Christ, mightily! Praise God. I only wish all Christians would realize the same and be constrained as well!

Blessings to you always!!

that's like WOW, didn't see that --The love of Christ constrains us"--sounds a LOT like Jeremiah 32:40 where God says "I have made an everlasting covenant with you declares the Lord and I will never stop loving you and I will INSPIRE YOU TO FEAR ME so that you will NEVER TURN AWAY FROM ME"--Not trying to yell at you just trying to emphasize the words.

could constrain be similar or the same as inspire?

beautiful sis

anath said,

Isn't God so kind and patient with us. I can't tell you how slow I am sometimes to learn the simplicity we have in Christ. What I'm saying is I don't want to be motivated by anything except the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST!!! and if I am motivated by anything else, it's wood, hay and stubble.

Oh sis I'm the slowest...it's taken me a lifetime to learn and little by little to understand more and more His truths and I'm still learning!

You're just so precious and encouraging anath because things happen in my life and I share and you've responded to some similar truths of how God has taught you the same things. I'm just so encouraged by you and your JOY in the Lord Jesus cause I've experienced the same truths.. Praise the Lord

Dee's Poem is marvelous and she has sucha beautiful HEART for God. She's more advanced than many of us. Hey keep running Sis---1Cr 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. she's gonna get that prize before I do... GBU all

[mikhen7]

Inspires is very close. That's why I called my blog Truth Inspires. The greek for constrains or compels is sunecho which means to be pressed forward. I write about it in my latest book. It will not be out till later in 2012 unfortunately, and Lord willing. So yes inspiration also presses us on in a similar way but I think constrained is a stronger word.

God Bless!!

[myinnuendo999]

mikhen7 said

The greek for constrains or compels is sunecho which means to be pressed forward.

I cannot emphasize enough how absolutely TRUE this "pressing forward" IS in my life. I've been aware several times of God pressing me forwards. It's like you're in a place in your life and you don't necessarily want to go any further or you don’t like something or the way someone is treating you or whatever the trial may be. Then well, I have 1 of 2 choices to be angry, disobedient, do things my way, pout, or be obedient and do things God’s way. It happens every single time that I begin to consider what’s at stake because the burden gets too overbearing

I begin surveying God’s mercy and His Grace and His love and HIS faithfulness, and his goodness --(He does this every time to me) and I CAN’T make the wrong choice after all God has done in my life--I can't mistreat my Lord Jesus and it would be like going back to a prison Jesus set me free from. So, I ask for forgiveness because I FINALLY SEE that it wasn’t really the problem was OUTSIDE OF ME it was ME inside my heart. So I ask God to lead and guide me because I simply don’t have the strength. And then he’s my joy and my praise as never before. Then the burden is so light as I learn to yoke with Jesus.
Once you’ve tasted and know the goodness of God there’s no turning back…
I think of psalm 23 where David says in the Psalms 23:4 “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”


Thank you mikhen7 for being sucha blessing to me and I hope to read your book when you're done.. You're awesome in the Lord