Like
the Universe, the word of God also is now finished (John
5:34,36); and shortened to the righteousness of Christ, available to
all who believe in Him, thanks to the
gift of righteousness to us and to Him abolishing the rigmarole
of the over 600
Mosaic laws. God has His plans complete for mankind.
2Corinthians
5:21 "For he.(God).has
made Him.(Jesus).who
knew no sin to be sin for us, so that we might.('might'
not in original).be
made.(original
Greek for 'made'
paraphrased:
'to cause to be in us the
awareness of our exchange' – His life for our death).the
righteousness of God in.('in',
or 'through' or 'by means of').Him."
1Corinthians
1:30 "But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us
wisdom
and righteousness and sanctification
and redemption."
Isaiah
32:17 "And the work.(original
here in Old
Testament, before Christ came in the flesh, was 'work', as it then
referred to the application of the Old Testament laws).of
righteousness shall.(word
'shall' is not in original in most places in the Holy Bible, exception
Revelation
2:10).be
peace
and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever.".But
the people back then never had the continuous heart to apply all these
ancient burdensome laws:.Deuteronomy
5:29.
Thankfully they are now all
gone, thanks to Christ. A relationship with God the Father now is based
not on keeping all the Old Testament laws, but made possible and based
upon the righteousness of Christ in us, given to us as a gift when we accept
Him.(what
he did for us).
Jesus life was His righteousness.
The word righteousness in the original Greek (the New
Testament) means 'the accompaniment of justice in character and content'
and in the original Hebrew (the Old
Testament) meant 'to be right'.
He
died so He could give His life today to those
who believe in Him, believe that He was indeed the Son
of God here on Earth, in the flesh some 2000 years ago, for the purpose
of reconciling:.Colossians
1:20 "And, having made peace through
the blood of His cross, by
Him to reconcile.(word
'reconcile' here means 'to
change from all things, to Him', or.–.His
way of thinking:.Philippians
2:5,6,
and elsewhere the word
means).all
things unto Himself, by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or
things in heaven.".Then
what?
He made peace with God the
Father for us, so that we could be brought into a relationship
with the Father.
The-righteousness of the
law (Mosaic Law including the ten commandments)
was in doing it all correctly:.Romans
10:5.
The righteousness of God
is in those whose 'robes' have been made white in the blood of the Lamb:.Revelation
7:14.
This righteousness is of
faith and is different:.Romans
10:3-10. Verses 6-8 here are saying that Christ's
nature of love is in you; that His righteousness is in you, by belief.
It is not doing good so that Christ, somewhere apart from you, notices
you. We are talking what is inside you!
By knowing the impact of
what He has done for you, you become 'washed' -again, Revelation
7:14.
We are admonished to hold
fast to this righteousness made possible because of the grace of God:.Hebrews
12:15.
It is the grace
of God that is salvation:.Titus
2:11. It is in grace, we should become strong:.2Timothy
2:1. Grace is abundant when you have faith
and love:.2Timothy
1:13; Colossians 1:4.
If one is into believing
rules and regulations are necessary to keep one right with God, then he
is frustrating the grace of God:.Galatians
1:6. The grace of God comes to you by believing in Jesus Christ:.1Corinthians
1:4; Romans 5:15.....continues
