Our Right Standing!
"He restores my soul; He leads me
in the paths of righteousness for
His name’s sake."
Psalm 23: 3
The theme of righteousness is mentioned
more than five hundred times in the Bible,
more than love, grace and salvation. Why
is righteousness mentioned so frequently?
Sometimes when a plaintiff brings a lawsuit
against a person or company, the judge will
dismiss that suit because the plaintiff lacks
standing. That’s what righteousness means:
“right standing.”
Mankind lost its right standing before God
in
the Garden of Eden due to sin. Therefore,
the story of the Bible is God’s provision of a
way for mankind to regain righteousness—
the ability to be reconciled to God and be
righteous in His sight.
God leads us in
paths of righteousness, but
sometimes we don’t follow. We require a way
toregain right standing with Him. That is why
God sent His sinless Son into this world. He
takes our sins, and we receive His
righteousness by faith.
Thank God today that you can stand
before God when you are clothed in
the righteousness of Christ Jesus.
"Faith wraps itself in the
righteousness of
Christ."
Thomas Brooks