In order to stop you from gaining access to everything you need in life, your enemy—the devil—will come at you through voices of accusation. He attacks your position of righteousness. It’s your righteousness stance that allows you to operate in God’s power. If he can get you to resign your position of righteousness, you’ll resign from your place of power. Remember, the Bible calls him “the accuser of the brethren” (Revelation 12:10). One of the devil’s most famous accusations is, “You’re a hypocrite!” Let’s say, for example, that you have a bad thought, or you lost your temper and acted out of character, or you missed reading your Bible for three straight days. He’ll come to accuse you of not being righteous, of being a hypocrite. So what’s the proper response when your righteousness is under attack? What do you do when the voices of accusation show up? What you have to remember is that you’re not righteous based on what you did or didn’t do. You’re righteous based on what Jesus has done for you! If you’re a Believer, God made you righteous the day you became born again (Romans 5:19). You’re righteous when you fall, and when you get up; you’re righteous when you’re doing good, and when you fail; you’re righteous when you’re living holy, and when you’re not living so holy. Folks, this is the deal in a nutshell: If you won’t let go of your position of righteousness, then whatever’s wrong in your life, God is going to make it right! Every day, there are countless Christians who allow themselves to be talked out of their righteousness. When they sin or miss the mark, they no longer believe they’re righteous by faith in Christ. Do you know that this erroneous mindset frustrates the grace of God? Galatians 2:21 (AMP) tells us “[Therefore, I do not treat God’s gracious gift as something of minor importance and defeat its very purpose]; I do not set aside and invalidate and frustrate and nullify the grace (unmerited favor) of God. For if justification (righteousness, acquittal from guilt) comes through [observing the ritual of] the Law, then Christ (the Messiah) died groundlessly and to no purpose and in vain. When you no longer believe that you’re righteous by faith in Christ, you invalidate, frustrate, and nullify, (render useless and of no effect) God’s grace. What you have to do is stay established in your righteousness, no matter what the voices of accusation say! The grace of God answers you in your most undeserving moments. The good news is that the bad news is wrong! God made you righteous, so you have a right to His grace in a time of need (Hebrews 4:16). Anytime words of accusation are coming to you, open your mouth and say, “I’m the righteousness of God!” The devil will come back and say “Yeah, right. After what you did last night? You call what you did righteous?” Child of God, lecture him right back! If he wants to talk, talk! Say, “Whatever! I’m the righteousness of God by faith in Jesus Christ! Jesus never sinned! (Hebrews 4:15). He became sin for me! In exchange for my sins, He made me righteous! (2 Corinthians 5:21). God charged me with righteousness! (Romans 4:3). So I don’t have to work to become righteous; I’m forever righteous! I refuse to frustrate God’s grace and paralyze His unmerited favor in my life! I will maintain my position of righteousness, operate in power, and receive all the good things that God has in store for me, in this life! Hallelujah!” “But if it is by grace (His unmerited favor and graciousness), it is no longer conditioned on works or anything men have done. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace [it would be meaningless]” (Romans 11:6, AMP). _________________
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:59:58 +0000
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