We Depend on God for Our Righteousness (TMF:1764)

Thursday, January 13, 2022
Peace to Live By: We Depend on God for Our Righteousness (TMF:1764) - Daniel Litton
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       God desires for us to be depending on him for our righteousness. He wants us to be depending on him for how we think of ourselves internally and even for how others perceive us externally. This rakes the gears of the legalist. The legalistic Christian bases his or her whole life on their own personal conduct in life. They measure their goodness in that they don’t do this, this, and this, and the fact that they do do this, this, and this. They believe their righteousness, their standing before God and others, is completely in their control. And so if you’re like that today, don’t be surprised if God does allow you to blunder in order to teach you that you need to be depending on him, not your own personal ability or behavior in your own eyes and before others. To recap then, God brings good out of our successes in life, but he also can bring good out of our failures also. God brings good out of our mistakes and past sins.