YOU'RE RIGHTEOUS

For just as by one man's disobedience (failing to hear, heedlessness, and carelessness) the many were constituted sinners, so by one Man's obedience the many will be constituted righteous (made acceptable to God, brought into right standing with Him).

Romans 5:19 AMPC

Obey! Obey! Obey!

How many times have we heard this preached at us? We are often told that we need to obey in order for God to be happy. Or we need to obey in order to be right with God. But that is a lie! The message of the Gospel is not about our obedience; the message of the Gospel is about Jesus’ obedience on our behalf.

We are made righteous because of Jesus, not because of how well we obey. We don’t obey God in order to be made righteous, we obey God because we are Righteous. Put another way, we don’t obey for acceptance, we obey from the Acceptance we already have in Christ.

Think about it, we did nothing to become sinners, we were born that way because of Adam. In the same way, we did nothing to become righteous, we’re reborn (made) that way because of Christ. Our identity is given to us apart from what we do. It is a gift. We are Righteous apart from our works.

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