2 Corinthians 5:21 says: "For my sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him I might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what I ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].
After checking up the meaning of "Righteousness" and "Righteous" in Strong's Concordance, I am made to understand "Righteousness" as such: Being faithful to each others' expectations.
I am under the New Covenant which has been cut between God the Father and God the Son as Jesus the Man by the shedding of His precious Blood. God the Son Who came as Jesus the Man is my Representative in this New Covenant.
God the Son as Jesus the Man has satisfied all of God's expectations as the Covenantal party. As He is, so am I in this world. [1 John 4:17]. Therefore, I can expect God to be faithful to my expectations.
I can now come boldly unto the throne of grace, that I may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. [Hebrews 4:16]
This confident expectation is my covenantal right which Jesus has given me by and through and with His Passion, Death, Burial, Resurrection and Ascension!
After checking up the meaning of "Righteousness" and "Righteous" in Strong's Concordance, I am made to understand "Righteousness" as such: Being faithful to each others' expectations.
I am under the New Covenant which has been cut between God the Father and God the Son as Jesus the Man by the shedding of His precious Blood. God the Son Who came as Jesus the Man is my Representative in this New Covenant.
God the Son as Jesus the Man has satisfied all of God's expectations as the Covenantal party. As He is, so am I in this world. [1 John 4:17]. Therefore, I can expect God to be faithful to my expectations.
I can now come boldly unto the throne of grace, that I may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. [Hebrews 4:16]
This confident expectation is my covenantal right which Jesus has given me by and through and with His Passion, Death, Burial, Resurrection and Ascension!
I expect to be more blessed than Abraham.
Abraham believed in God's promise of giving His Beloved Son to be Jesus the Man and what this Man Jesus would do.
Abraham believed in the foreshadow of the good things to come. I have the good things Who came.
Abraham believed in the foreshadow of the good things to come. I have the good things Who came.
Therefore, I expect to see better blessings in my life than that enjoyed by Abraham. This expectation is my New Covenantal right secured for me by the Blood of God's only Beloved Son Who came as Jesus the Man to be my Savior, my Messiah, my Christ, the Anointed One to [Luke 4:18-19]:
- Preach good news to the poor;
- Announce release to the captives of satan;
- Recover sight to the blind (both physical and spiritual);
- Deliver those who are oppressed (down-trodden or condemned, bruised, crushed and broken down by calamity); and
- Proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the Lord [the day, which is RIGHT NOW, when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound].
I received the oil of gladness from the Anointed One into my life as well as that of each and every member of my household; every single drop of it.
Yee-ha! No horse run!
Thank you Abba Father for giving up your only Beloved Son to be Jesus the Man as my Savor; my Messiah, my Christ!
If the Righteousness of God means "being faithful to each others' expectations", would it then mean that Faith is also wrapped up in that same Righteousness? Since I am the Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, does it mean that this Righteousness is accounted for my faith? Is this the reason Abraham's faith was accounted for righteousness as Romans 4:15 tells us? I wonder...
(NB: This post reflects my personal understanding)
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