Righteousness Part II

May you abound in and be filled with the fruits of righteousness (of right standing with God and right doing) which come through Jesus Christ (the Anointed One), to the honor and praise of God [that His glory may be both manifested and recognized]. Philippians 1:11

Our righteousness only comes from Jesus and His righteousness brings praise and glory unto our Father. We have no ability on our own, or through our own strength to be faultless; yet for those of us who have been empowered by the Holy Spirit to accept Jesus as Lord, His Blood makes us faultless, Hebrews 13:2. Man has no ability on his own to be sinless, yet for those of us who have been chosen and born again, who have God’s Seed within us, and because of our Fathers power, we cannot sin, 1 John 3:9. Man apart from God cannot be upright and virtuous, but God has given us a new heart and has placed His Spirit within us, and He causes us to walk virtuously and uprightly in the power of His might, Ezekiel 36:26-30. Righteousness and all that it means can only be had by Jesus freely given it to us. We can’t will righteousness into our lives, we can’t even come close to accomplishing righteousness; our righteousness is as filthy rags.

Thank God that we are no longer required to operate in our own righteousness. Through Christ we are now filled with the complete and full power of our Saviors righteousness and since we are, it brings praise and glory unto our Father. If we were righteous on our own, if we conformed to God’s will through our own efforts, it would bring praise and glory to us, because we did it. But since we can’t do it, yet righteousness is still the measure of if someone is saved, it brings glory to our Father. Every bit as much as the Israelites had no ability to part the Red Sea and escape the Egyptian Army, yet it happened and they did escape, so it is with us regarding righteousness! We have escaped the death of sin, by the act of righteousness bestowed on us by God! Through Jesus the righteousness requirements of life have been fully met within us. 

So that the righteous and just requirement of the Law might be fully met within us who live and move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit [our lives governed not by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit.] Romans 8:4