This is a lesson written by Brother Andy... I thought you might like this one. It is good to be righteous ie in right standing with God. We all have choices to make every day to either be righteous or walk on the wrong side. I hope you all enjoy this lesson as much as I did.
HAVING A RIGHTEOUS
CONSCIOUS
2ND Timothy 2: 19…19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
When we
accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, and the finished work of the cross, we become
a new creation. At that moment that we accept Jesus, the Holy Spirit seals this
new spirit, or new creation, and lives or dwells in us.
The Holy
Spirit reveals Gods wisdom, to our spirit, keeping us on the path of
righteousness. We are heirs to the kingdom
of God
John 10: 27-30… 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.30 I and my Father are one.
No one can take you out
of Jesus’ hand, and even if they could, they can’t take you out of the Fathers
hand… Jesus and the Father are as one…
Hebrews 13: 5…
5 Let your conversation be
without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath
said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Jesus says, I will never
leave you or forsake you… and by no means will I ever forsake you, we must
believe that.
2 Corinthians 5: 21…For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
God made Jesus to be sin
for us… He who knew no sin… Jesus died so we could live, he was born to die. He
died so that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. He was made sin
so we could be made righteous He did nothing to be made sin; we did nothing to
be made righteous.
Matthew 7: 21-23… 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Someone might say, just
because you are saved, doesn’t mean you will go to heaven. That automatically
puts you on the”works” mentality.
If you believe that, and
except it, you will revert back to the Law, doing things under your own effort…
you will fail. That is where Satan wants to keep you; he knows that he can
defeat you if you are in your own effort.
This is the reason we
must stay with a righteous conscious…
These people Jesus was
talking to were not Christians, had they been he would have known them. What he
was saying, never at any time did I have a relationship with them, that I knew
them. Here is what he said, depart from me, you workers of iniquity, for I
never knew you
These people depended on
their works and not what Jesus did at the cross. He accused these people of
their iniquities…
Before you can use that
scripture, you have to figure out, who are these people saying Lord, Lord. Who
are these people that are questioning, have I not prophesied in your name?
Luke 6: 46… 46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
These people never did prophecy, they did cast out
demons…they never did good works, they were deceived.
Many people today think signing a card, joining a
church, being baptized and many wonderful works of the flesh, believing works
produce salvation. So many people have been trained that the wonderful works
will save you, works will not save you.
These people that Jesus is speaking about are not
born again believers…They were not operating in the spiritual gifts, and fell
away, and became reprobates.
Romans 1:28-29… 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
A reprobate mind is a
person rejected by God. They are excluded from or beyond the hope of salvation.
A worker of the flesh is a worker of iniquity. The wages of sin is for
the worker of iniquity
The gift of righteousness is for the believer. If you are a believer and have been born again, he will know you; you are what God made you.
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