Right With God

Proverbs 12:28
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

In this verse 28 in Proverbs 12 we see that in the way of righteousness there is life and in the pathway of righteousness there is no death.

Let’s explore that verse today. When you got born again, you were made righteous by the Lord. You were made right with God and you were given the access to all He has because you are righteous. You didn’t work to become right with God. You didn’t earn it by your good deeds and your good character. You were made right with God because He chose to make you right with Him. That is the only reason you are righteous. He made you right with Him through the blood of His Son Jesus Christ. He sees you as perfect, through the blood of His Son. He sees you the same as He sees His firstborn Son Jesus.

I know some people have a hard time with this concept because they have been used to working for things. And I have another big surprise for you. When you sin, that doesn’t automatically cancel out your righteousness. What it does is take you out of fellowship with your Heavenly Father and put you in a place where you are open to have satan take “pot shots” at you because you have taken yourself out of the place of the blessing of the Lord. When you commit a sin, admit it and quit it. Ask forgiveness and let the Lord cleanse you from all that sin and put you back into fellowship with Him.

There are many scriptures on the words righteousness and righteous in the Bible. We are only going to talk about a few today. In the New Testament 2 Corinthians 5:21 tell us that we are made the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus. Let’s look at this scripture.

2 Cor. 5:21
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

We see here that Jesus Who knew no sin was made sin for us that we might be made righteous. In other words, Jesus came to this earth, died, was buried and rose again so that you and I could be made right with God and freed from sin and its consequences. When we accept Jesus as our Savior, we accept what He did for us. And here we see that He became sin for us. We are made righteous, right with God in Jesus. So we definitely want to stay in Jesus.

Galatians 2:21
I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

Here in Galatians, we see that our righteousness doesn’t come by observing the law, our own good works of trying to keep the law, commandment, word of God. If our being made right with God comes through our own works, then Christ, The Anointed One with His anointing died for no reason. What He did was useless. But we know that is not the case. He died so that we could be free of sin and its consequences.

Ephes. 6:14
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

Here in Ephesians 6:14 we see that part of our armor is the breastplate of righteousness. Where is the breastplate and what is it protecting? It is protecting the part of your body with the vital organs, particularly your heart. So we are to guard our heart with the knowledge that we are right with God and be righteousness conscious rather than sin conscious. What we are conscious of all the time is what we will walk in. Be conscious of who you are in Christ and who He is in you. Know that you have been made right with God through what Jesus has done for you.