Php_3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own
righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of
Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith
When we keep the
law, when we do right we are being righteous, of this there can be no doubt.
However, that righteousness is NOT the righteousness of God. Our actions are not God's actions. Our
righteous actions cannot save us. What saves us is our FAITH in our
Savior. You CANNOT have faith in our
Savior and continue WILLFULLY, UNREPENTANTLY in sin- which is the breaking of
the law. You may continue on in sin,
your flesh nature warring with your spirit. You may have weaknesses you are
striving to overcome and gain victory over. If your heart is NOT breaking over
these sins, if you are NOT struggling to overcome these sins through our Lord,
then are you truly repentant of them?
We read of Esau who
sought repentance..
Heb_12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would
have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of
repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Was Esau pained by
what he'd done? Only the results of what he'd done, he was pained by the
results, not by his own causing of those results. He didn't see His own sin
fully, he allowed himself to be blind to his own sins. We desire blindness because we want to
continue in our sins. We can seek repentance all we want but unless we desire
TRUTH, unvarnished truth, then the repentance we are seeking is really us
asking God to overlook our sins, to excuse them, NOT forgive them.
Jesus had to spill
His life's blood to PAY the penalty for our sins. God cannot overlook our sins! By accepting our Savior and HIS
righteousness, we are placing ourselves in His hands, and HE is using HIS
righteousness, His blood to cover our sins.
We cannot be found
with our own righteousness and believe that our ACTIONS whatever they may be
will gain us salvation. We must have our SAVIOR'S righteousness and count HIS
righteousness as OURS.
We are saved through
HIM, not through ourselves!
Please Father God,
please bless us, help us, keep us in YOU AND YOUR righteousness. We have NO
righteousness!
We will do right
things, but that will not earn us salvation.
We will live as our Savior would have us live, but that will not earn us
salvation. We can NEVER earn salvation.
We must accept Christ's righteousness, Christ's salvation!
Please, Lord, save
us! We know there is nothing we can do but believe in You. We know that we
would do as You taught us to do, all through YOU and the HOLY SPIRIT. You've given us YOUR laws, you have given us
YOUR WORDS and we would know them, and do them through YOU!
Bless us, Lord,
bless us!
Forgive us!
Keep us forever in
YOU.
Amen.
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