Righteousness Comes To Us Through Christ, Not By Works

"Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone.; As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed." Romans 9:32-33

Whoever has been empowered to believe in Jesus shall not be ashamed! Thank God that we do not have to depend on our own works to obtain righteousness! We are no longer limited by the power of our humanity; the power that sin had over us has been removed and we have been set free to walk in the greatness of God. Our Father has given us Jesus, the best that He has and Jesus has been made the righteousness of God for us! And through Jesus and through the power that He now exhibits through us, we will never be ashamed! Through Jesus we succeed in every area of our lives. Jesus will never fail us and He will always allow God to triumph through us!

Jesus is completely dead to sin! The power that separated man from God, which is sin, was destroyed for us by Jesus at the Cross! Sin lost all effect and power over us because of the righteous Blood that Jesus shed for us! All of the forces of evil that attempted to overcome Jesus while He was here as a man, lost all of their abilities over Him when God raised Him from the dead! “Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him. For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God.” Romans 6:9-10

Jesus is the righteous Stumblingstone that our Father has laid in Sion! Man apart from Christ wants to earn his own righteousness and many stumble over the free grace of God that is Christ! Righteousness without Christ is sin to our Father! The Truth for life is this, it’s God’s way or it’s death. Our Father wants us righteous and He gave us only one way to become righteous, and that way is by being born again! No work will do, we just have to simply accept God’s free gift, and Jesus gives us the faith to accept it!