Monday, January 12, 2009

Being established in the gift of righteousness.....

Eureka! I am very excited to have found out that Rob Rufus is doing a series on being established in the gift of righteousness!! (to check it out go here) I have only begun to listen to it and am half way through the first message, but I had to share it! It's so cool to me because I have recently spent some time discussing this very issue with someone, the issue of accepting that we are justified, yes, but that now that we are justified  we have to be sanctified and that involves us, somehow we have to do our part to grow in holiness, (do we really? did Paul teach this?)  -and now Rob is preaching on this very subject. A recent discussion took place on Joel's blog on this very topic. It seems like this is a truth that needs to get hammered and sealed into our hearts and brought to those who don't yet see it! I am truly excited!! I want to be established in the truth, don't you?!! It is good for our hearts to be established by grace!! 

"For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish a righteousness of their own, have not submitted to the grace of God." - Romans 10:3

"He made Him, who knew no sin, to become sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus." - 2 Corinthians 5:21

5 comments:

silent wings said...

Thanks for the link Lydia. I can't wait to listen to the series!

That scripture really seals it too.

Craig Glenn said...

AMEN!!!!!!!!!

lydia said...

Your welcome Cirra!! I am so excited, I can't even stand it!!

I am not who I used to be - and I am not going back!!
I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus - He's in me and I am in Him! How secure am I!!!!!!!

Joel B. said...

Thanks for the link to the mp3! I've downloaded the first two, from 1/4 and 1/11, and I'll listen to them when I'm out on the road for my job. "It is good that the heart be established in grace" (Heb 13:9). Righteousness is the gift of God, by His grace, and we need to be established in it! Rooted, grounded, established in it. Thanks again!

lydia said...

Cool Joel, I must say I envy the time that you have on the road to listen to MP3's - I have to squeeze it in randomly here and there, often I go to bed with a message on and sometimes fall asleep missing half of it.........of course I then finish the rest the next night.......anyway - hope you enjoy and your welcome!!