Thought For Today - 9/7/08

Here are excerpts from a Biblical course I taught a few years ago. Enjoy.

Everything the Father (God) has is ours. Through our union with Christ at the new birth, we are no longer constrained to Satan’s control. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made us free from the law of sin and death. Through the grace of God, righteousness (right-standing with God) is a free gift.

By faith in Jesus Christ, our separation from God is cancel out and we come into right-standing with Him. Nothing can separate us, now, from the love of God when we are in Christ Jesus. Our righteousness (right-standing with God) is not because we have done something to deserve it. It is because God has chosen not to hold sin against us.

Love was His motivation. God is love. In Christ Jesus, you are in right-standing (righteousness) with God because He loves you. You are blameless by faith and have peace with God. Allow the Holy Spirit to paint an image on the inside of you by meditating on God’s loving-kindness, His grace, and His mercy toward you.

This is the righteousness (right-standing with God), which is of God. We are to search for this first. By meditating on this and building it into our consciousness, we will become “peace-with-God-minded.” This awareness of right- standing (righteousness) builds our confidence in God’s willingness to use His power in our behalf.

There is no room for fear in the heart of a believer who is meditating on the love God has toward him. This is righteousness (right-standing with God) consciousness.

Much love,
Joseph