15/03/2023
ARE YOU A RIGHTEOUS BEINGS OR RIGHTEOUS DOING?
There is a reason why we are called "human beings" and not "human doings". How we act is a function of what we are. For example you're not a Human Being because you can talk, rather you can talk because you are human . It is the same thing with being born again. When the Bible says in the book of 2 Corinthians chapter 5:17 that " if any one is in Christ he is a new creation". You will notice that the verb used is the verb "TO BE". When you are in Christ you act righteously because you are in a state of BEINGS righteous . That is why the Bible says that he has made Christ who knew no sin to become sin for our sake that we might be made the righteousness of God.
Brothers & Sisters acting right does not make you a child of God rather being a child God supernaturally compels you to act right because it is a byproduct of being righteous.
You cannot be made righteous with God by your own righteous acts. The Bible actually calls your own righteousness a "filthy rags" or a "menstrual cloth". You can imagine how filthy a menstrual cloth is. That is how God sees your righteous acts when you're trying to reach him by your own efforts.
The good news is that Christ has already made this righteousness available for us. All we need to do is believe and receive and begin to walk in that righteousness. The moment you are born again you receive righteousness and Holiness as a gift . Quit trying to reach God by your efforts your effort is like a filthy rag before God. Accept the righteousness that Jesus Christ offers you today as a gift and you will see how you will act right as a byproduct of you BEING RIGHTEOUS. Quit trying to please God by your efforts. He is already pleased with you by Christ's effort on the cross of calvary. It is He Who Works In you but to Will and to do of his righteous works. Hallelujah
SHALOM.
