Thursday, October 14, 2010

Clothed in Righteousness!

In Romans 10: 1- 4 the Apostle Paul was saying, "Brethren my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth." They wanted to do it their way and not God's way. Many people who say that they have Christ as their Savior are still going about with much zeal, but not according to knowledge, to establish themselves as righteous. All they have to do is receive the promise of God in verse 13 of the same chapter which says, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." We can't work for our salvation or our righteousness. We must receive the gift of God which is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Then we will do as Ephesians 4 tells us, to put off the old man and to put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. We are to be clothed in His righteousness not our own.

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