The Righteous By Faith

UV 4159/10000 The Righteousness By Faith For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith ( disclosed in a way that awakens more faith). As it is written and forever remains written, “The just and upright shall live by faith.” Romans 1 v 17 Faith lead to righteousness and righteousness leads to faith. God is righteous for He needed the payment for unrighteousness to be redeemed by His Son, Jesus Emmanuel. He did not overlook sin but paid an absolute price. We are therefore, justified by faith in the payment made through the death of Jesus on the cross. Having believed this, we are now required to be upright, righteous and to live by faith. Justification came to us totally free of cost though God paid an absolute price but it casts on us the obligation of sanctification. We cannot return to our old selves, our old lives, our old sinful ways of thinking, feeling, doing things. Living by faith in Jesus requires us to model our lives on Him. We are to focus on Him as the author or pioneer of our faith, the One who triggered faith in God in us. Thereby, we are to overcome the world and its temptations. Sanctification implies that we die to ourselves and live for Christ. We need to surrender our goals, plans, abilities, talents, past, present, future and eternity to His hands. Just as we cannot justify ourselves, we cannot sanctify ourselves. We need the help of the Holy Spirit and we should cooperate with Him in our daily lives. We are declared by the Lord to be righteous by faith. In other words, nothing we do or do not do can make us righteous. We are righteous by grace. But we do have a responsibility to pay attention to the Word, to the whispers of the Holy Spirit in our inner being. We do not ignore or idle our talents, abilities, intellect but we rely on the Lord’s grace than on our own limited knowledge and ability. The Spirit of God teaches us all the things we need to know and leads us from day to day in every way. We might fall or fail in small or big ways but we need to pick ourselves up again, seeking the help of the Lord to walk upright again. If we persist in our faith, the Lord promises we will be victorious in Him. He prepares us for the eternity He has set in our hearts even at the beginning of time.