For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ (Romans 5:17).
God gave us righteousness as a gift, not by our qualifying for it. The Bible says, “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23). That eternal life is the divine nature of God, and that divine nature is righteousness. When you were born again you became righteous, and that made it impossible for you to live the down life: “they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign as kings in life” (Romans 5:17 Amp).
In other words, those that will reign in life are the ones who have received the gift of righteousness. Everybody has been given the free gift of righteousness through Christ Jesus, but it’s not everybody that has received it. Those who have received it are those who are born again. Hallelujah!
Thus, God credited righteousness to your account the day you made Jesus Lord of your life. He gave it to you freely. It’s not something you work for neither do you need to beg for it. The Bible says, we’ve been justified—declared righteous—freely by his grace (Romans 3:24).
You can receive God’s wonderful gift of righteousness today if you haven’t yet done so, by asking Jesus to come into your heart right now and impart eternal life into your spirit. That way, God’s nature of righteousness will be imparted into your spirit.
Confession
Thank you Father for giving me the gift of righteousness which causes me to reign and rule in life as a king and enables me to stand boldly before you without guilt, condemnation or inferiority! Thank you for making Christ Jesus, who knew no sin to be sin for me, that I might not only receive righteousness, but become the righteousness of God in Him.
Further Study
Romans 4:5-6: “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. [6] Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,”
2 Corinthians 5:21: “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
(Taken by permission from Christ Embassy Church , aka Believer’s LoveWorld Ministries , Lagos, Nigeria. www.ChristEmbassy.org )
