Oyenuga Kunle Johnson Matthew:: IF GOD SAY SO, SO BE IT,ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD IS YES YES IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND WE SAY AMEN. GOD SAID IT, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HAS FULFILLED IT, AND OUR RESPONSE IS THAT SO BE IT. ITS NOT SOMETHING WE STRIVE TO BRING IT TO PAST. GOD PROMISED US OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS BY GRACE, AND OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HAS FULFIL IT, ALL WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO IS TO BELIEVE BY FAITH IN THE GRACE.2Cor:5:21 For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in {and} through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness]. THE WORD OF GOD MADE IT KNOWN TO US THAT THROUGH OUR FAITH IN CHRIST, CHRIST BECAME OUR WISDOM, RIGHTEOUSNESS, SANCTIFICATION, AND REDEMPTION.1Cor:1:30 But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God, [revealed to us a knowledge of the divine plan of salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself as] our Righteousness [thus making us upright and putting us in right standing with God], and our Consecration [making us pure and holy], and our Redemption [providing our ransom from eternal penalty for sin]. IF GOD SAY SO, SO BE IT. THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE LOOK AT THEMSELVES IN THEIR CARNAL MIND, BUT A TRUE BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN, SEE THEMSELVES IN THE SPIRIT MIND. THE BIBLE SAID WE MUST NOT SEE OURSELVES IN THE FLESH BUT IN THE SPIRIT, BECAUSE CARNALITY IS AN ENMITY OF GOD, AND SUCH PEOPLE CANT PLEASE GOD.2Cor:5:16-17:Consequently, from now on we estimate {and} regard no one from a [purely] human point of view [in terms of natural standards of value]. [No] even though we once did estimate Christ from a human viewpoint {and} as a man, yet now [we have such knowledge of Him that] we know Him no longer [in terms of the flesh].Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh {and} new has come! AS OUR TRUE IDENTITY IS IN THE SPIRIT, AND NOT IN OUR FLESH, THEREFORE THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE BORN OF THE SPIRIT AND NOT OF FLESH. THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE OF LEGALISM CANT IDENTIFY THEIR TRUE IDENTITY IN THE SPIRIT, BECAUSE THEY ARE FOCUSING IN THEIR SELF EFFORT TO ATTAIN PERFECTION THROUGH THEIR WORKS, WHICH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HAS DONE FOR US.Rom:8:1-2:THEREFORE, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, {who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit.} For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death. OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS A GIFT, AND NOT A THING WE STRIVE TO ATTAIN. ALL WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO RECEIVE IT. Rom:5:17 For if because of one mans trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [Gods] overflowing grace (unmerited favor) and the free gift of righteousness [putting them into right standing with Himself] reign as kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). THIS VERSE SHOWN TO US THAT OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS A FREE GIFT. THOSE THAT STRIVE THROUGH THEIR SELF EFFORT, GET THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS BY WORKS, AND SUCH RIGHTEOUSNESS ARE DEAD WORKS AND FILTHY IN GODS EYES, ONLY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH IN THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IS ACCEPTABLE IN THE EYES OF GOD.Gal:2:16 Yet we know that a man is justified {or} reckoned righteous {and} in right standing with God not by works of the Law, but [only] through faith {and} [absolute] reliance on {and} adherence to {and} trust in Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). [Therefore] even we [ourselves] have believed on Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law [for we cannot be justified by any observance of the ritual of the Law given by Moses], because by keeping legal rituals {and} by works no human being can ever be justified (declared righteous and put in right standing with God). Rom:3:19-22:Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the murmurs and excuses of] every mouth may be hushed and all the world may be held accountable to God. For no person will be justified (made righteous, acquitted, and judged acceptable) in His sight by observing the works prescribed by the Law. For [the real function of] the Law is to make men recognize {and} be conscious of sin [not mere perception, but an acquaintance with sin which works toward repentance, faith, and holy character]. But now the righteousness of God has been revealed independently {and} altogether apart from the Law, although actually it is attested by the Law and the Prophets, Namely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing {with} personal trust {and} confident reliance on Jesus Christ (the Messiah). [And it is meant] for all who believe. For there is no distinction, DAVID DESCRIBE A TRUE BLESSED MAN AS SOMEONE WHOM GOD IMPUTE RIGHTEOUSNESS EXCLUDING THEIR WORKS. Rom:4:6-8:Thus David congratulates the man {and} pronounces a blessing on him to whom God credits righteousness apart from the works he does: Blessed {and} happy {and} to be envied are those whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered up {and} completely buried. Blessed {and} happy {and} to be envied is the person of whose sin the Lord will take no account {nor} reckon it against him. ARE WE PERSUADED ABOUT THE ASSURANCE OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IN CHRIST, THROUGH FAITH IN HIS GRACE AND NOT TRUSTING IN OUR SELF EFFORT OF RELIGIOUS LEGALISM?Col:2:8 See to it that no one carries you off as spoil {or} makes you yourselves captive by his so-called philosophy {and} intellectualism and vain deceit (idle fancies and plain nonsense), following human tradition (mens ideas of the material rather than the spiritual world), just crude notions following the rudimentary {and} elemental teachings of the universe and disregarding [the teachings of] Christ (the Messiah). Eph:4:14 So then, we may no longer be children, tossed [like ships] to and fro between chance gusts of teaching {and} wavering with every changing wind of doctrine, [the prey of] the cunning {and} cleverness of unscrupulous men, [gamblers engaged] in every shifting form of trickery in inventing errors to mislead.
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