The 5 Minute Discipleship Podcast

#549: How to Become Righteous

• Loren Hicks

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The Big Idea: 

Here’s the good news. Jesus is our righteousness. By placing our faith in Jesus, and believing he is the perfect, sinless son of God who died and rose again as payment for our sins, we receive His righteousness.


Main Points:

1. No matter how many good things we do, no matter how consistent our moral behavior, we all come up short of God’s righteous standard. It’s important to see that our good works will never enable us to be righteous, as God defines it.
2. When Jesus died on the cross he carried all the sins of humanity. He became sin for us. As a result, everyone who believes in Him is made righteous with God. 
3. Now, having become righteous in God’s eyes by placing our faith in Jesus, we pursue righteous living. This righteous lifestyle is not an attempt to earn salvation. It is the result of our salvation. 


Today’s Scripture Verses:

Romans 3:23 - “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

Isaiah 64:6 - “All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags…”

Philippians 3:9 - “and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.”

2 Corinthians 5:21 - “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”


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