'ஆதவன்' 📖✝ வேதாகமத் தியானம் - எண்:- 1,084 💚 ஜனவரி 28, 2024 💚 ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை 💚
'AATHAVAN' 📖✝ BIBLE MEDITATION No:-
1,084 💚
January 28, 2024 💚 Sunday💚
"……
not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is
through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by
faith:" (Philippians 3: 9)
In today's meditation, the apostle Paul talks about two types of righteousness. One is the righteousness that comes from the law. It means self-righteousness. The other is the righteousness of God that comes through faith in Christ Jesus.
Those who want to be
righteous by the law of righteousness are generally not righteous in reality,
even though they appear to be doing good in this world. Many of the Christians
we see in this world seem like righteous people who follow God's commandments. But
not everyone is righteous before God. The reason is that God desires a change
of heart rather than mere obedience to commandments.
Inner change does not come
because we obey commands. Rather, it only happens when we believe in Christ
Jesus. We can regularly go to temples, give offerings and do charity because of
the commandments. But by fulfilling these commandments we cannot become
righteous before God. That is why the apostle Paul said, "For
what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for
righteousness." (Romans 4: 3)
There were no commandments
in Abraham's time. But he lived a righteous life because of his faith in God.
Man of appearance is
different; The inner man is different. We can do good as outsiders. But God
knows our inner man. Without Christ coming into our hearts, we cannot be
changed. The law cannot bring about change in the inner man. That is why Christ
came into the world and had to suffer to make was not possible in to possible.
"For
what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending
his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the
flesh:" (Romans 8: 3) we read.
Yes beloved, the righteousness of God does not come by the law. Rather, it is through the experience of God's gracious redemption. Christ need not have died if the law was sufficient. "I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." (Galatians 2: 21)
Let's not waste God's grace created
by him through Christ's death on the cross and depend on it. Let us commit
ourselves to Christ so that he may come and work in us and be seen as having
the righteousness of God which comes through faith in Christ.
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