YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS DOESN’T CHANGE
By Bishop Mike Okonkwo
Tuesday 20th August 2024
“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.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 (KJV)
Your righteousness does change because it is of God in Christ. It has nothing to do with what you did or didn’t do. Imagine me as a man coming out wearing a lady’s gown, and makeup, putting on high-heeled shoes and then putting on some artificial stuff or coming out all dressed like a lady. I can do all that, but like it or not, it doesn’t change the fact that I am still a man. The fact that you made some mistakes doesn’t change your standing. You are still the righteousness of God in Christ. And there is no such thing as first-class righteousness or economy class. The righteousness that God gave to us is the same you will have when we meet Jesus. It doesn’t change.
The problem believers are having is that they don’t accept this truth. The Bible says: “The just shall live by faith”. Our journey as believers starts from heaven and not from earth. The way God functions is that He first tells you what is available to you and releases you to manifest what you saw. The challenge with most of us is that when we look at some mistakes and some mess we are into, they disagree with the fact that we are righteous.
Don’t use your state to judge your standing. Instead, use your standing to judge your state. And when you do, what happens is that your state falls off because your standing is eternal. It is of divine origin. It is from God and cannot fail.
When Peter denied the Lord, he thought he was finished and his ministry over. He did the same thing Judas did, but the only difference was that Peter did not kill himself. He waited for Jesus to die for him while Judas died because he wanted to pay for his mistakes. Child of God, self-effort will only kill you.
Further Reading: Romans 5:1-17
Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Psalms 105-106; Evening- 1 Corinthians 3