GOD’S WORD FOR MAY 3 ~ ~ Jeremiah 23:6 ~ ~ “…He shall be called, The Lord Our Righteousness.”

Elohe Tsadeki  =  “God of my Righteousness”

Jehovah Tsidkenu = “The Lord of Our Righteousness”

Today we finish chapter 8, “As Your Righteousness” in the book “Abide in Christ” by Andrew Murray

To a Christian who begins to see the deep meaning of the truth, “(He is) made unto us…righteousness,”  it is hardly necessary to say, “Abide in Him.”  As long as he only thought of the righteousness of the substitute, and our being counted judicially righteous for His sake, the absolute necessity of abiding in Him was not apparent.  But as the glory of “The Lord Our righteousness”  (Jeremiah 23:6) unfolds into view, he sees that abiding in Him personally is the only way to stand, at all times, complete and accepted before God, as it is the only way to realize how the new and righteous nature can be strengthened from Jesus our Head.   To the penitent sinner, the chief thought was the righteousness that comes through Jesus dying for sin; to the intelligent and advancing believer, Jesus, the Living One through whom the righteousness comes, is everything, because having Him, he has the righteousness too,

Believer, abide in Christ as your righteousness.  You bear with you a nature altogether corrupt and vile ever seeking to rise up and darken your sense of acceptance and of access to unbroken fellowship with the Father.  Nothing can enable you to dwell and walk in the light of God, without even the shadow of a cloud between, except the habitual abiding in Christ as your righteousness.

To this you are called.  Seek to walk worthy of that calling.  Yield yourself to the Holy spirit to reveal to you the wonderful grace that permits you to draw near to God, clothed in a divine righteousness.  Take time to realize that the King’s own robe has indeed been put on, and that in it you need not fear entering His presence.  It is the token that you are the person whom the King delights to honor.  Take time to remember that as much as you need it in the palace, no less do you need it when He sends you forth into the world, where you are the King’s messenger and representative.

Live your daily life in the full consciousness of being righteous in God’s sight, an object of delight and pleasure in Christ.  Connect every view you have of Christ in His other graces with this first one: of God, He is made to you righteousness.  This will keep you in perfect peace.  This will you enter into, and dwell in, the rest of God.  So will your inmost being be transformed into being righteous and doing righteousness.  In your heart and life it will become manifest where you dwell; abiding in Jesus Christ, the righteous One, you will share His position, His character, and His blessedness: 

Psalm 45:7:

“You love righteousness and hate wickedness;

Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You

With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”

Joy and gladness above measure will be your portion.

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