Rhapsody of Realities 21 July 2026: Righteousness By Faith
SCRIPTURE: For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith” (Romans 1:17).
In our previous study, we learnt that the Gospel is the power of God. It’s the message that declares that through Christ, you’ve been justified, made righteous, and brought into oneness with God. The Gospel shows you what God has done, who you have become, and what now belongs to you in Christ. This produces faith in your spirit.
God deals with men on the basis of faith. He brings men into righteousness, not because they qualified by works but because of faith. Consider something remarkable in Hebrews chapter eleven. The Bible lists great men of faith: Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, etc.
But right in that list, it also says, “By faith the harlot Rahab perished not…” (Hebrews 11:31). A harlot; yet she’s included among the heroes of faith. Why? It’s because she believed! She heard about the God of Israel, saw His representatives and believed in their victory even before it happened (Read Joshua 2:1-22). She aligned herself with their faith, with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
That one act brought her into God’s purpose and even into the lineage of the Lord Jesus. This is the power of righteousness by faith. When it’s imparted to your spirit, everything changes. You’re no longer defined by who you were or where you came from but by what you’ve received.
In the Book of Romans, Paul unfolds this progressively. He shows the legality of righteousness, how God made it available through Christ, and then reveals its impartation into the human spirit. So, you’re not trying to qualify for God’s acceptance. You’ve been brought in by faith.
Religion & Belief
Live with the assurance that you’re accepted, justified, and established in God, not because of what you did but because you’ve embraced, accepted and received the righteousness which is by faith in Jesus Christ: “…that I may win Christ, 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” (Philippians 3:8-9). Hallelujah!
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for the righteousness revealed in the Gospel. I’m conscious that I’ve been brought into the Kingdom by faith, not by works. I walk in boldness, fully assured of my acceptance and right standing in Christ, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
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FURTHER STUDY
Romans 3:21-22
21 But now the righteousness of God has been revealed independently and altogether apart from the Law, although actually it is attested by the Law and the Prophets,
22 Namely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance on Jesus Christ (the Messiah). [And it is meant] for all who believe. For there is no distinction,
Romans 5:17
17 For if because of one man’s trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God’s] overflowing grace (unmerited favor) and the free gift of righteousness [putting them into right standing with Himself] reign as kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God;
9 Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law’s demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.]
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Acts 27:1-26; Psalms 21-22
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Galatians 6:10-18; Isaiah 41
Rhapsody of Realities 21 July 2026
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