Ephesians 1:4 NLT Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.
What an amazing statement that is! We might need to read it again.😊
If we’re not careful we can fall into that trap too, but I’m so thankful God isn’t like that with us. He says He sees us as holy and righteous, as blameless and without fault. He says He has put His Holy Spirit inside us, that we are in Christ and He is in us.
When we remember we are a three part being, made up of spirit, soul and body we can understand better that it’s our spirit part that is blameless and holy. Our soul part is still a work in progress being changed from one degree of glory to another.😊 We are not ‘only human’ anymore, but the spirit part of us is wall to wall Holy Spirit and His power is available to us.
We’re not righteous because of anything we’ve done but because of what Jesus did for us. Do we think we are being righteous when we go to church, or read our bible, but when we drive the car, do the dishes, go to work, it’s not the same?
The truth is God counts us as righteous all the time whatever we are doing, because Jesus has given us His righteousness as a gift, because He says He has made us the righteousness of God in Christ. It’s not about our ‘doing’ but about what Jesus did for us at the Cross.
When we do the wrong thing, the enemy comes and accuses us and says we’re not righteous anymore but praise God our position of righteousness has not changed! I read this recently “The only sin Jesus ever had was ours, and the only righteousness we will ever have is His.”
So today we can remember, in our spirit we are the righteousness of God in Christ, holy and blameless in His sight, and the Holy Spirit will help us behave righteously, and it’s all because of Jesus. Thank You Lord. Amen.
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