The word righteousness is overlooked and underworked. You may be wondering, what on earth is she talking about? It is my desire to layout, briefly, why I dare to say such a thing. Often times when people are led to Christ,
the clergy or lay person will have them cite Romans 10:9, which says, “If you
confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord,
and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be
saved;” end of story. Rarely does the Romans 10:10 come into
play.
IT SHOULD. THIS IS A BIG DEAL!
If you take a closer look at this scripture, you will notice
that at the end of Romans 10:9, there is no grammatical period (.) after the
word saved. However, there is a
semi-colon, meaning that it continues into verse 10, which reads, “for with the
heart man believes resulting in righteousness,
and with the mouth he confesses resulting in salvation.” People are so elated for the saved soul, ( believe I am too), the righteousness part many times is just skipped over.
I know this may come as a shock to some, but if you were to
examine these two scriptures, you will see for yourself, that when a person
confesses Jesus as Lord, not only is he or she saved or receives salvation, but
he or she also become the “righteousness of God". Think about that for a minute. You who were nobody is now the righteousness of God. How powerful and awesome is that? This is good news and we should get so
excited about it and tell everyone. Praise God!
Furthermore, if we are the righteousness of God, given to us
by God himself through belief in His son Jesus Christ, we are no longer sinners. We
can’t be both, sinners and the righteousness of God through Jesus Christ. When God sees us and hears us, He sees us as
His righteousness through his son, Jesus Christ.
So declare today and every day, “I am the righteousness of God through
Jesus Christ.”
Be Blessed!
