Sermon Tone Analysis

God’s Righteousness and the believer

God’s righteousness needed, God’s righteousness provided.

Believers are born “in” righteousness when we practice it (1Jn2:29; 2Cor5:17)

Born in righteousness when born again, made a new creation, consider 2Cor5:17 “17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.”

How can you practice righteousness?

We are created and clothed in righteousness when we believe (Eph4:24)

If God imputes righteousness, how can we clothe ourselves in it?

Think about that, write down your thoughts.

So, pursue righteousness as a believer (ref: 1Tim6:11)

His righteousness is what is needed, what we hope for (gal5:5)

May we hunger and thirst for it (Mt5:6)

listen to this verse Mt5:6 “6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”

(Transition) One of the verses of a song I sing often and I think I have used before is

Righteousness, righteousness is what I long for; Righteousness is what I need.

Righteousness is what You want from me!

So, Take my heart and mold it

Take my mind, transform it

Take my will, conform it

To Yours, to Yours, Oh Lord

(Transition) So, God’s righteousness needed, God’s righteousness provided, God’s righteousness in the life of the believer will be God’s righteousness that will be through the believer!

God’s righteousness through the believer

God’s righteousness needed, provided, received and now displayed.

It is an instrument in you and through you (Rom6:13)

It is a weapon for good, righteous purposes (2Cor6:7)

Now that was written speaking of a tool that the apostles were using, but it surely is a tool that we too can use, but maybe better put in context too.

Paul and the other apostles suffered many things so that we may come to know the righteousness of God, receive the righteousness of God and allow it to work in us and through us!

For we need it

It is a part of our spiritual armament needed (Eph6:14; 2Cor10:3-6)

it is needed for the spiritual battles that we face as noted in 2Cor10:3-6 “3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, 4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.

5 We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, 6 and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.”

How do we do this, apply this, by allowing God’s righteousness in us to be God’s righteousness that works through us!

It is the way of escape (2Pt2:20-21)

God’s righteousness in you and through you produces fruit (Heb12:11, Eph4:9; Php1:9-11)

heb12:11 says “11 All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.”

God’s righteousness produces Godly fruit!

Php1:9-11 says “9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ; 11 having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.”

(Transition) God’s righteousness working through the believer because God’s righteousness at work in the believer.

God’s righteousness at work

It is by how we live (Rom1:17)

Rom1:17 “17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous man shall live by faith.””

It is how we are justified (Rom3:21-22)

Rom3:21-22 “21 But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction;”

It is how we are utilized as instruments (Rom6:13)

IT is how then we verbalize it (1Cor1:26-31)

It is what we share (Rom1:16-17)

This brings us back to the theme for book of Romans.

God’s righteousness is mentioned 30 times in the book of Roman’s, so it is a big deal.

May we consider when it comes to God’s righteousness:

How do we get it?

- by the hearing and believing the gospel message

What do we do with it?

- we believe and surrender by obedience to the calling through the gospel.

Do we need to do something with it?

- Yes, for without it you are not His and if you are not His then the wrath of God will come upon you.

How do I do something with it?

- believe, receive and walk in it by joyful obedience.

And share it then with others!

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