Rhapsody of Realities 4 February 2026: Righteousness – The Nature of God
SCRIPTURE: (2 Corinthians 5:21) For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
When we talk about righteousness, it’s often used so generically that many don’t understand what it actually means. Righteousness is, first and foremost, the nature of God. It is His nature of rightness, His ability to be right and do right only and always.
Just as we say God is love, meaning love is His nature, so is rightness His nature. Furthermore, righteousness is God’s perfection, accuracy and distinction in glory. Righteousness distinguishes God in glory from every other being.
This righteousness is absolutely unattainable by man or any creature. Therefore, in His benevolence, God attributes, bestows or imputes His righteousness to man. Romans 5:17 says, “For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.”
The gift of righteousness refers to the legal righteousness that’s been given to the whole world through Christ Jesus. But righteousness is more than a legal standing; it brings us into oneness with God. When you were born again and received eternal life, you became one with the Lord.
You didn’t only receive legal righteousness, you received His nature of righteousness. You became righteous with His righteousness. 2 Corinthians 5:21 says, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
Now you can live right, walk right and talk right. He made you righteous so you can produce fruits and works of righteousness. It’s your nature to live righteously before a righteous and holy God. Walk in the consciousness of this truth; you’re justified, sanctified, and made perfect in Christ Jesus. You’re the epitome of His righteousness. Hallelujah!
PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for imparting to me your nature of righteousness. I walk in the consciousness of the truth that I’m justified, sanctified, and made perfect in Christ. I reign in life by righteousness and manifest your glory everywhere, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
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FURTHER STUDY
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).
Philippians 3:7-9
7 But whatever former things I had that might have been gains to me, I have come to consider as [one combined] loss for Christ’s sake.
8 Yes, furthermore, I count everything as loss compared to the possession of the priceless privilege (the overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and of progressively becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him [of perceiving and recognizing and understanding Him more fully and clearly]. For His sake I have lost everything and consider it all to be mere rubbish (refuse, dregs), in order that I may win (gain) Christ (the Anointed One),
9 And that I may [actually] be found and known as in Him, not having any [self-achieved] righteousness that can be called my own, based on my obedience to the Law’s demands (ritualistic uprightness and supposed right standing with God thus acquired), but possessing that [genuine righteousness] which comes through faith in Christ (the Anointed One), the [truly] right standing with God, which comes from God by [saving] faith.
Romans 4:2-5
2 For if Abraham was justified (established as just by acquittal from guilt) by good works [that he did, then] he has grounds for boasting. But not before God!
3 For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed in (trusted in) God, and it was credited to his account as righteousness (right living and right standing with God).
4 Now to a laborer, his wages are not counted as a favor or a gift, but as an obligation (something owed to him).
5 But to one who, not working [by the Law], trusts (believes fully) in Him Who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited to him as righteousness (the standing acceptable to God).
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Matthew 24:36-51 & Exodus 28
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Acts 15:12-21 & Job 40-41
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