PRINCIPLE 3: THE SPIRIT OF A SAVED MAN IS RIGHTEOUS AND TRULY HOLY

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5: 17

“……If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation..”

2 Corinthians 5: 17

When a man is born-again the spirit within is changed. We have learned earlier that the unsaved spirit is desperately wicked and corrupt. What about the new creation? The new creation is righteous and truly holy!

“And that ye put on the new man, which is after God is created in RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUE HOLINESS.”

Ezekiel 36: 26

This scripture makes us know that we are actually righteous when we are born-again. What God is telling us is that we must put on (act like) the new spirit which is created in righteousness and true holiness. Many times we come to God and say things that are not true. In an attempt to sound humble. We tell the Lord that we are sinners and we are not worthy to approach His throne. But that is an insult to the new creation. It is time for you to acknowledge what God has done in your heart. The Bible says we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

2 Corinthians 5: 21

If we are the righteousness of God that means that we cannot be more righteous than we are today. The righteousness of God is the highest form of purity and “sinless-ness”. God is describing the status of your new spirit. Somebody once said, “I don’t feel any different now that I’m born again!” This is not about feelings but about realities that have taken place.  Can you feel your liver?  Or your small intestines? Obviously not! But they exist within you!

If surgery was performed and your appendix was taken out, the doctors would inform you that they removed part of your intestine but you cannot feel it. You are supposed to accept the fact of what has taken place in your abdomen during the surgery. Being born again is a spiritual operation in which God recreates your spirit. He takes out the old hardened and depraved heart and puts in a new and righteous spirit.

 

Credits: Excerpts from

How to be born again and avoid hell

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills

 

Comments

  1. Ãm Çliffé3 July 2023 at 03:34

    I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus!

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  2. Beryl3 July 2023 at 03:55

    What a great miracle salvation is! Thank You Lord for my salvation

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  3. Mercy3 July 2023 at 04:06

    I am righteous through Jesus Christ who was made sin for my salvation. Thank you Lord for the gift of salvation

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  4. Elvina omalla3 July 2023 at 04:25

    Thank you lord for the precious gift of salvation, being made righteous in Christ Jesus

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  5. Chesang'3 July 2023 at 04:36

    The righteousness of God is the highest form of purity and “sinless-ness”.

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  6. Irene3 July 2023 at 05:21

    Amen! When we are born again, we must put on the new spirit which is created in righteousness and true holiness.

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  7. Esther lovega3 July 2023 at 06:41

    When I gave my life to Christ I was given a new and righteous spirit.

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  8. Emily Nelima3 July 2023 at 07:08

    Thank you Jesus for the gift of salvation. I am the righteousness of God in Jesus christ.

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  9. Nelson Mandela3 July 2023 at 07:34

    Thank you Lord for saving me with your precious blood.

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  10. Anonymous3 July 2023 at 07:45

    The righteousness of God is the highest form of sinless-ness

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