Rhapsody of Realities 23 June 2025: A Special Righteousness From God
Scripture: (Romans 3:21-22) But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe.
Hebrews 9:11-15 tells us something remarkable about our Lord Jesus Christ. In verses thirteen to fourteen, it contradistinguishes between the blood of animals that were killed for the atonement of sins in the Old Testament and the blood of Jesus Christ. It says, “For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” (Hebrews 9:13-14).
It continues in the 15th verse, “And for this cause he is the mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.” In other words, for all the errors that were committed under the Old Testament, the blood of Jesus was also for their purification. Even though bulls and goats were slain for them year after year, it covered but didn’t take away their sins. But the blood of Jesus washed away all sins. Hallelujah!
No wonder Paul says in Romans 3:21-22 that a righteousness from God has been revealed. This new and special kind of righteousness is given in Christ. Not even Abraham had this special righteousness, even though righteousness was imputed to him. The Bible says, “For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness” (Romans 4:3).
The righteousness that we have been given in Christ Jesus is much more. Romans 5:1 says, “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” What does it mean to be justified? It means to be declared not guilty. This is much more than being forgiven or our sins being wiped away. Rather, it means we never sinned. We couldn’t be charged with sin because of what Jesus accomplished for us.
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The Bible says it was just (righteous) for God to do this: “To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus” (Romans 3:26). This special righteousness from God is by the faith of Jesus Christ; it’s the result of His death, burial, and resurrection. And according to Romans 3:22, it’s for everyone and upon everyone who believes in His finished works. Hallelujah!
CONFESSION
Dear Father, thank you for granting me the righteousness which is by the faith of Jesus Christ. I rejoice in the glorious truth that I am justified, not by my works, but by your grace. I walk in the reality of this righteousness, free from condemnation, and fully conscious of my divine nature in Christ, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
2 Corinthians 5:21
21 For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].
Galatians 2:16
16 Yet we know that a man is justified or reckoned righteous and in right standing with God not by works of the Law, but [only] through faith and [absolute] reliance on and adherence to and trust in Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). [Therefore] even we [ourselves] have believed on Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law [for we cannot be justified by any observance of the ritual of the Law given by Moses], because by keeping legal rituals and by works no human being can ever be justified (declared righteous and put in right standing with God).
Titus 3:4-7
4 But when the goodness and loving-kindness of God our Savior to man [as man] appeared,
5 He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but because of His own pity and mercy, by [the] cleansing [bath] of the new birth (regeneration) and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
6 Which He poured out [so] richly upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior.
7 [And He did it in order] that we might be justified by His grace (by His favor, wholly undeserved), [that we might be acknowledged and counted as conformed to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action], and that we might become heirs of eternal life according to [our] hope.
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2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: Luke 3:12-22 & Deuteronomy 21
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