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Jul 15, 2018
Passage: Isaiah 54:17 & Ephesians 4:24

Righteousness and True Holiness

…This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD

(ISAIAH 54:17)

Beloved, put off the old man. How do you do that? Believe Christ. Beloved, put on the new man. How do you do that? Believe Christ. Beloved, put on the new man “which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness” (EPHESIANS 4:24).

This is the heritage and true refuge of God’s people; the righteousness and true holiness of the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul said “…I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, 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).

How do I know if Christ is my refuge, if Christ is my heritage? How can I know that He has been made to be my righteousness? Reader, have you been made to see by the light of Christ that all the doings of your flesh are but dung? Paul said “…I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ” (PHILIPPIANS 3:8). Do you count all the doing of your flesh, nothing more than a pile of filthy ruined rags? God’s word declares “…we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags…” (ISAIAH 64:6).

Like all God’s people, Paul did not want to be found in his doing, rather, he wanted to be found in the righteous doing and true holiness of Christ. Paul said his hope was to “…be found in Christ, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law [Paul did not want to be found in his imperfect keeping of the law], but [rather Paul wanted to be found in] that which is through the faith of Christ, [through Christ’s perfect keeping of the law] the righteousness which is of God by faith” (PHILIPPIANS 3:8-9).

Beloved, believe it—the righteousness of Christ, which is of God, is freely given and made yours by His grace, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast” (EPHESIANS 2:8-9)

And so then sinner, if by God’s unmerited grace, you find yourself believing Christ Jesus the Lord—rejoice and confess Him! He saith “In righteousness shalt thou be established…” He saith “their righteousness is of me” that “to the end He may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.” Amen! (ISAIAH 54:17, 1 THESSALONIANS 3:13)



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