What is righteousness?
"The Spirit will prove the world wrong...about righteousness...because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer." The Lord Jesus
We have seen that sin is rejecting Jesus, and that we are wrong to reject him. We are wrong to reject Jesus because he was and is innocent, perfectly innocent, eternally innocent. He is love incarnate, having died for us while we rejected him. We rejected the innocent and beautiful God, who is love, who is light, who is spirit and life.
It's like hurting a new born baby's feelings.
Like kicking a puppy or kitten.
If we do things like that, we know we are evil.
God is more innocent than the most innocent kitten, puppy, or baby. God has never sinned.
Jesus never sinned. The Spirit never sins. God is not only good, he is goodness. And we reject him. We reject our good Creator and Maker. We do this with the very breath He gave us to breathe. We reject righteousness. God is righteousness. Jesus is righteousness. And so are His followers when they follow His Spirit.
If you are a follower of Jesus' Spirit, you are as innocent as He is--when you follow the Spirit. People see and feel that. When they reject you, persecute you, hate you, it's like they are rejecting, persecuting, and hating a vulnerable baby, kitten, or puppy. That's why Jesus said he sends his followers out like sheep among wolves. We are to be as innocent as doves--we do no harm. And our harmlessness is our righteousness. The Spirit proves people wrong about rejecting us, and Jesus in us.
We have seen that sin is rejecting Jesus, and that we are wrong to reject him. We are wrong to reject Jesus because he was and is innocent, perfectly innocent, eternally innocent. He is love incarnate, having died for us while we rejected him. We rejected the innocent and beautiful God, who is love, who is light, who is spirit and life.
It's like hurting a new born baby's feelings.
Like kicking a puppy or kitten.
If we do things like that, we know we are evil.
God is more innocent than the most innocent kitten, puppy, or baby. God has never sinned.
Jesus never sinned. The Spirit never sins. God is not only good, he is goodness. And we reject him. We reject our good Creator and Maker. We do this with the very breath He gave us to breathe. We reject righteousness. God is righteousness. Jesus is righteousness. And so are His followers when they follow His Spirit.
If you are a follower of Jesus' Spirit, you are as innocent as He is--when you follow the Spirit. People see and feel that. When they reject you, persecute you, hate you, it's like they are rejecting, persecuting, and hating a vulnerable baby, kitten, or puppy. That's why Jesus said he sends his followers out like sheep among wolves. We are to be as innocent as doves--we do no harm. And our harmlessness is our righteousness. The Spirit proves people wrong about rejecting us, and Jesus in us.
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