John 16:10: Of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more.
He will convict the world of righteousness. Jesus Christ was delivered for our offenses and was raised again for our justification. Jesus Christ returned to the Father because He had completed His work here. When He died on the Cross, He died a judgment death. He took my guilt and your guilt and He died in our place. He was delivered for our offenses. But He was raised for our justification. He was raised from the dead that you and I might not only have our sins subtracted, but so that we might have His righteousness added. That is very important because you and I need righteousness. It is not enough to have our sins forgiven. We cannot stand in God’s presence if we are nothing more than pardoned criminals. Christ has made over to us His righteousness. “… that I may win Christ, and be found in him, 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” (Phil 3:8–9). If we are to have any standing before God, we must be in Christ and He is our righteousness. Either we have as much right in heaven as Christ Himself has, or we have no right there at all. He was delivered for our offenses, and He was raised again for our justification (righteousness). 1
Your Word is Truth
Do you live like a freed prisoner from hell’s prison? Are you experiencing HIs justification in your soul? As a freed prisoner, are you still living in condemnation? Is it time to believe in His declared righteousness, and to live a Spirit-filled life? It is a daily choice based on biblical truth. Know His Word. Only His truth can set you free.
But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness. –Romans 4:5
You Alone are God
He subtracts hell and adds heaven, and offers it as a gift for all who believe. – TWEET IT
Your Will be Done
Lord, thank You for declaring this hell-bound sinner to be forgiven and justified.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Gospels (John 11-21) (electronic ed., Vol. 39). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
