Righteous Living in Christ Jesus!

“Whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.” – John 3:20 NIV

Like this verse says, we should live by the truth with full-devotion, so that we may be seen plainly in the sight of God.. This is because the word of God states that Jesus is the way of the life and the truth (John 14:6). Therefore, we should consider of the righteous-living before the Lord by abiding in the Holy Spirit with the peace of God (John 14:15-17,26-27). There are two main reasons for this: First, He is our heavenly Father (Ephesians 4:6) and Creator (Genesis 1:27).

Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live. (1 Corinthians 8:6)

Second, God came down into the world as Jesus Christ to crucify Himself on the cross as our atonement of our sins, due to His steadfast love (1 John 4:9-10). He did this to cut the spiritual evil rulers, authorities, and powers away (Colossians 2:13-15), so that we could be made right with God – “For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. (Hebrews 2:14-15)

Even though, we are laid bare before our heavenly Father (Hebrews 4:13) and He is vast at understanding (Romans 11:33-36) with compassion, that He forgives us when we repent (Psalm 86:15; 1 John 1:9) – let’s truly repent before Him for going into the wide road rather than the narrow one, for “… the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 3:2; Matthew 7:13-14). And let’s be the righteous children of God with full-devotion in the presence of the Lord by abiding to the Holy Spirit and the peace of God:

If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. (John 14:15-17,26-27)

In other words, let’s all become the righteous children of God for the glory (Colossians 1:4) and the kingdom of God (Matthew 7:21)!

As I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. (Philippians 3:18-21, 2 Corinthians 5:1)