A Righteous Nature, passage from The Awakening

Passage from Pieter’s book - “The Awakening”

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A Righteous Nature

Because I am born-again, I received the righteous nature of Jesus, and now I stand before God the Father without a sense of guilt or condemnation. Sometimes the word justification is used in different translations for righteousness. The word justification means “being declared righteous.” I stand before God just as if I had never sinned. Greatest of all, justification means that I have a right to all of His promises and blessings. Righteousness is my new nature as a new creation.

If I believe that I have the righteous nature of Jesus, then I qualify for all the promises of God. I have a right to be a child of God. I have a right to use the name of Jesus, and I have a right to live a full, prosperous life. We are justified from all the things from which the people under the law could not be justified.

But He whom God raised up saw no corruption. Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Acts 13:37-39

Righteousness removes all shame, rejection, low self-image, low self-worth and low self-esteem. Righteousness establishes acceptance and approval in our hearts.

If I have no righteous conscience, I will not be able to receive. Christians who are unable to receive the favor of God because they believe that they first have to be perfect in their own efforts are one of the greatest frustrations in the church today. This belief brings condemnation and guilt on us. Obedience is not the qualification for the promises: faith is. Obedience is the result of faith in Christ Jesus. First there is faith, and then there is obedience. God is pleased with faith (Hebrews 11:6).

Paul puts it this way: “That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:9-10).

With my heart I believe unto righteousness; in other words, I believe in my heart that I have a right to His promises because of the fact that Jesus took away my sin. The word for salvation in the Greek is sozo, which means “provision, deliverance, healing, protection, and restoration.” In reality, it means to be saved from destruction and to be made whole. My confession that Jesus is Lord is my agreement with the fact that He is able to do these things.