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Grace and Righteousness

 



Praise the Lord beloved of God, Our God is great, mighty, and worthy of all the glory and honor. Today I desire that we get the word of God concerning the subject above; Grace and righteousness.

We must understand what grace is and also what righteousness is. Grace is built on God’s love and it is the undeserved favor that God gives to us out of His love without doing anything. In the book of Titus chapter 3 Paul talks of how we received the grace of God.

 

Tit 3:1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, 

Tit 3:2  To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness unto all men. 

Tit 3:3  For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 

Tit 3:4  But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 

Tit 3:5  Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy, he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 

Tit 3:6  Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 

Tit 3:7  That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 

Tit 3:8  This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. 

Tit 3:9  But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. 

Tit 3:10  A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject; 

Tit 3:11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself. 

 

Now righteousness is connected to our obedience to God. Being obedient means observing all the commandments of God and this must be work out with fear and trembling. In the book of Mathew chapter 5 the bible talks of having the hunger for righteousness. Mat 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.  

It is by God’s grace we are saved but the blessings of God in our lives come when we live righteously with Him. This according to the book of Deuteronomy chapter 28:1-2.

Let us therefore learn to walk righteously with our God all the days of our life.

PRAYER: Oh Lord help me to live righteously as I serve you in Jesus name.

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