May 16
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OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
There is but one human righteousness, and it is Christ, His Person and
work. When we speak of “our Righteousness,” we are speaking of Him, for
He is eternally, the Lord our righteousness (Jer 23:6). In this regard,
as in all others, nothing can be added to, nor taken away from Him. Our
gracious, loving Father has brought us the Best Robe, one woven
throughout, without seam. Nothing we do can mar it, no matter how
hideous our sin, and no imagined goodness that we perform can add a
stitch unto it.
Do not presume that works of faith wrought in and through us by God, Who
worketh in us both to will and do of His good pleasure (Php 2:13), are
meritorious in any way or considered as supplemental to His. If we are
considered in ourselves at all, even based on our best work, we are
undone. And do not despair, though your sin become exceeding sinful to
you. Of God are we in Christ Jesus, Who is made unto us Righteousness
(1Cor 1:30). We have no other, and need no other.
Chris Cunningham