RIGHTEOUSNESS REIGNS
SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN! REJOICE! RIGHTEOUSNESS HAS COME!
When Adam sinned, death came and ruled over mankind as a dictator. Then God sent Jesus as His gift of grace (His ability) to give us the gift of righteousness (Being right with God), and now we reign in this life, triumphing over sin and death through Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:21 and 17 tell us that sin reigned unto death. Now grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life. We who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness do reign as kings in this life through Jesus Christ.
Sin no longer has dominion over us. It does not rule us. Grace, righteousness, and life have the complete right of way in our lives. We live by grace, God’s ability working on our behalf to bring about what we pray and ask. We are righteous; we have been given the right to be God’s children with all the rights of the Father’s household.
Psalms 85:13, KJV
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
Amplified Bible—-Righteousness shall go before Him and shall make His footsteps a way in which to walk.
Rotherham’s Bible—-Righteousness <before him> shall march along,–that he may make, into a way the steps of his feet.
New Living Translation—-Righteousness goes as a herald before him, preparing the way for his steps.
Do you see it? Jesus’ footsteps carve out a pathway for us, a road of righteousness. Righteousness goes before Jesus and makes the steps of His feet the way in which to walk. He is the way; He is the truth; He is the life (John 14:6). His way is the way of righteousness because of grace. Wow!
Finally, Proverbs 12:28 tells us this: In the way of righteousness life and the pathway no death.
The Complete Jewish Bible states it this way: In the road of righteousness is life; no death is in its pathway.
Here it is: YOU HAVE BEEN MADE RIGHT WITH GOD. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ACCEPT THAT WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FOLLOWING HIM. IN HIS PATHWAY IS LIFE AND THERE IS NO DEATH. HE SAYS: COME, FOLLOW ME!