“But now a righteousness from God, apart from the Law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.” (Romans 3:21)
Righteousness is one of those religious words that we throw around at church but we aren’t always clear on the meaning. Being righteous means “to be right” in its simplest form. When we say that God is righteous we mean that He is perfectly right in all His ways and all His choices. This is part of His nature.
At the same time, we can say that we are righteous as believers because God has set everything right between us and Him because of the finished work of Christ on the cross. We have been made righteous because of Him.
The beautiful thing is that this righteousness is available to everyone who will receive it. Christ has finished the work of salvation on the cross and it need only to be received by faith. There are so many people out there who have no understanding of how much God loves them and how much He has done for them. At best they may believe that the way to please God is through doing the right things and at worse they may not have any since of obligation to God or any concept of how to please Him.
Praise God that His righteousness has been revealed! Praise God that there is a righteousness apart from the Law; apart from what we do. Praise God that our best works can’t win God’s approval and that our worst acts can’t send us from His presence! There is a way to be right with God completely and genuinely! It is by entering into a relationship with God the Father through faith in all that His Son Jesus did for us on the cross.
Have you entered into that relationship with Christ? Do you know that there is a righteousness out there that has nothing to do with your actions or your best efforts? Receive Him today. He is your only chance at real and genuine righteousness.
