Romans 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”

Romans 3:21  But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference;

2Corinthians 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

According to God’s word, I am already righteous with His righteousness by being in Christ by grace through faith.

In other words, Righteousness is a gift, not a payment.  It cannot be earned or merited.  It cannot be sought and bought.  My own efforts cannot attain it.

Romans 10:3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

Anytime I seek to establish my own righteousness, I rebel against His righteousness.

Interestingly, it says that by seeking their own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God.

I cannot seek my own righteousness and His at the same time.  To seek after any other type of righteousness means not submitting to His righteousness.

But this cannot be understood without believing in Jesus according to the right gospel message.

There’s much security in resolving such a truth according to faith in Christ.

How convinced are you that you have become the righteousness of God in Christ?

Are you so convinced that even when you do something you shouldn’t, you still know you are His righteousness in Christ?

Are you so convinced that having been born again and made His righteousness in Christ, nothing can take away such a gift?

I didn’t earn it, and I cannot maintain it; I can only submit to it, and when I do, it overtakes me in ways I never imagined possible.  Do you believe God is telling the truth when He declares in His word that by believing in Jesus and being born again, you have become His righteousness?

No one will ever truly know His rest until this belief is settled in them.  But there is a rest for those who believe.