17th April 2024
Grace For You Today!
Encounter Jesus The King Of Glory And Have Dominion Through His Righteousness!
”What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh? For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.“ Romans 4:1, 3-4 NKJV
My beloved, the reason why we need to understand God-kind righteousness and not our own is because all blessings whether spiritual or natural, whether personal or general, whether regarding family or a community, whether health or wealth, whether peace or joy, proceed only from this God-kind righteousness. Hallelujah!
To understand God-kind of righteousness, we need to look into the life of Abraham to whom God credited or imputed righteousness because God made him the fountain head for all the families of the earth , in other words Abraham was made the father of all nations.
Then, what did Abraham find concerning God-kind Righteousness ( verse 1 )?
First of all, he found that God-kind righteousness is completely of God and has no human contribution to it. This important lesson we had learnt yesterday.
Secondly, this God-kind righteousness comes to man as a gift from God and never as a reward to man’s doing. God is never a debtor!
If I work in an organisation, at the end of the month, I become due for one month’s wages or salary. It becomes a debt to the organisation where I work. This is what verse 4 means in today’s meditation portion. I can never earn God’s favour, otherwise it can never be called a favour. This is why Grace is called as unmerited favour not earned by my good works.
So then, if God-kind Righteousness is by His unmerited favour, we can receive it by faith alone ( just by believing). Also, if it is unmerited favour then it is necessary that it must come unconditional, without any strings attached else my efforts will come into effect and we will then claim it as our wages and not as grace.
Just believe that you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. You are certainly destined to reign! Amen 🙏
Praise Jesus our LORD!!
Grace Revolution Gospel Church