The Abundant Life "Understanding Our Righteousness"

In the last blog we began a new series entitled the abundanlt life. We saw where we absoultely must get rid of alol our excuses in oder to walk in it. In this blog we are going to talk about another most important element our RIGHTEOUSNESS. If you are reading this and our in Christ Jesus you are not trying to be the righteousness of God you are already MADE the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus! Its not what we do its what HE DID that makes us righteous. To be righteous simply means to have right standing with God. Its so important that we know WHO WE ARE in HIM and WHO HE IS IN US!!! Christ IN US the hope of glory(Col 1:27) In the epistles especially the phrases In Christ In Him and In Whom are used approximately 134x. I believe we see from that the importance of knowing who we ARE! When we dont know who we are it can have devestating effects. In the book of Acts there was a group of people that attempted to use authority that they did'nt even know. They said do a demon possesed man we adjure you in the name of who Paul preaches. The demon answered back saying Jesus I know, Paul I know but who are you? It says that that they were overcome and were beaten and rqan away naked and defeated. When we dont know who we are in Him and who He is in us the very same thing can happen. We'll be overtaken with sickness scarcity depression and all other stuff. It says in the book of Revelation over and over To HIM THAT OVERCOMES! Were the ones that are called and chosen to do the overcoming not to be overcome! This happens from us knowing our righteousness in him. The bible gives a powerful & profound account of a man that did'nt know what belonged to him. I want to pause to interject a powerful quote that the lord desires to get down into the depths of your spirit. "The devils success IS DEPENDANT UPON OUR IGNORANCE" He will certainly take advantage of what we dont know. He said in and through the mouth of the prophet Hosea My people are destroyed FOR A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE(Hosea 4:6) There was a man in a place calleed lodabar named mephibhasepth. I know this is grossly mis spelled but the story is in second Samual chapter nine. He was a crippled and it seemed to be his lot to live in this lonesome damp dark and depressing land. However all the while david was looking for someone that wass in the household of Jonathan to show kindness for his sake. David and Jonathan had a covenant relationship. This meant that if one of them happen to go off the earth, the other person had the sole responsibility of taking care of any family. Well he had no idea that the dude in lodabar existed. Now notice the wording KINDNESS FOR JONATHAN SAKE. This represents the covenant that we have WITH THE LIVING GOD! God wants to show us KINDNESS for CHRISTS SAKE!!! Heres the thing about this man in lodabar listen to his statement when Davids servant came to him telling him what belonged to him. How could this be for such a DEAD DOG AS I(2 Sam 9:8) He thought he was unworthy and all the while he had a right to sit at the table of the KING! When we undeerstand our righteousness , its than and there we will be BOLD AS A LION and come into the throne room with confidence realizing and recognizing that we are heirs with God and JOINT HEIRS WITH JESUS CHRIST! Finally lets look at the book of Galations. A child DIFFERS NONETHING FROM A SERVANT THROUGH HE BE LORD OF ALL(Gal 4:1) We are the Lords that hes the LORD OF! The enemy so attempts to come against this in our lives. In the next blog we are going to talk about the Robbers of Righteousness.