FW: TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS

[Dawn Eden]

The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. Proverbs 20.27
 

> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 02:01:22 -0600
> Subject: TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS
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> David Wilkerson Today
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> MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2013
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> TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS
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> by Gary Wilkerson
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> Every follower of Jesus has a certain hunger in his heart. It is a passionate
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> zeal to be holy before God—free from sin, victorious over flesh, pure and
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> spotless before the Lord.
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> The Holy Spirit actually plants this desire—an innate longing to live
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> uprightly—in the heart of every human being. People of every religion, and
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> even no religion, are moved to live well, do right, love others, be the best
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> person they can be. Some obviously flee that desire and do the opposite, but
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> they are still conscious of a deep desire to do right.
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> Of course, we all fall short of this desire because of our sinful nature. For
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> nonbelievers, the spirit of this world can darken the mind to any sense of
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> rightness. For believers, failure to live in a way that honors God can crush
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> the spirit.
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> This desire to live right is behind the meaning of the word righteousness. It
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> means to be in right standing with God—to live with right motives, emotions
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> and behavior—and establish right alignment with His purposes.
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> To truly be righteous, we have to know what it is and is not. Is righteousness
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> right behavior? No, you can do the right thing while having wrong motives. Some
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> Christians do right things but are motivated by a pharisaical spirit. Their
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> outward behavior is right, but inwardly they are “dead man’s bones.” So,
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> is righteousness the desire or will to be right? No, a lot of people seek
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> righteousness with great passion but fail to attain it.
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> The Bible describes our righteousness in two words: justification and
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> sanctification. As Christians, we need both in our lives. The first term
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> indicates our position, or right standing, with God. The second refers to our
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> walk with God, our ongoing relation to Him.
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> If we are not justified, we can never be righteous. We can do good works and
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> spend hours in prayer, but these things will not make us righteous. That is
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> because justification is associated with making things just. For that to
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> happen, God’s wrath against sin has to be addressed. A penalty has to be paid
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> for our sins so that God will pardon them.
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> We all know Jesus makes this payment (or propitiation) for our sin. His
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> sacrifice on the cross quenched God’s holy wrath toward our sin. Our Savior
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> has met every requirement for us to be accepted fully by the Lord and in right
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> standing with Him once and for all.
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