God's busines- making men righteous

God is in the business of making Man righteous. He wants us to partake of His divine nature and share eternity with Him.

When the Lord gave the law to Man through Moses, that law was unable to make men righteous. Men could not fulfill the requirements of the law, yet the law was necessary to bring men the knowledge of what sin was (Rom 3:20). The law was only a shadow of things to come, and was abolished, along with its requirements, when Jesus was nailed to the cross (Col 2:14).

Righteousness is obtainable through faith in Jesus (Rom 3:26). Yet, if we preach only the cross and abolition of the law, we leave men with a meaningless faith. No, we must preach the whole gospel: the walk of the Spirit leads men to righteousness. If the law was a shadow, then it is the life of the Spirit which casts that shadow.

Jesus imparts His Holy Spirit to those who believe on Him so that they could walk in true righteousness, not observing rules and performing rituals that have no worth, but by removing the foreskin of flesh from their hearts, the old man, and walking in newness of Life. It is not possible to walk in the flesh and be righteous, for the works our flesh seeks out are contrary to God’s nature. But the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness by causing the nature of God to enter our hearts, whereby we may walk in His righteousness. This is possible, if we choose to walk in the Spirit. To do so, a man must crucify his flesh.

Is there liberty from the requirements of the law? Is their freedom from judgment? Yes, if we embrace that which cast the shadow, the walk of the Holy Spirit. God is in the business of making men righteous, and made this possible through faith in Jesus whose Spirit enables us to become the righteousness of God. Amen.