STUDY YOUR RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL
PERFECTED FOREVER IN RIGHTEOUSNESS -
PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME
WEDNESDAY, 5TH MAY 2021
But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till His enemies be made His footstool. For by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified (HEBREWS 10:12-14)
Blessed be God! The Lord Jesus offered the one supreme sacrifice for sin for all time. And by His one sacrifice, He perfected us forever! He made us perfect, holy and complete for all time. How glorious this is!
This isn’t something we qualified for, or achieved by ourselves; Jesus did it for us. He perfected us in righteousness and holiness of truth. That’s what Paul refers to when he said in Ephesians 4:24 that you should put on the New Man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
2 Corinthians 5:21 says, “For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.” Never see yourself as unrighteous and imperfect. Christ is your perfection. You’re perfect, because the One who gave birth to you is perfect. Hebrews 2:11 declares, “For both He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one….” You’re like Him. 1 John 4:17 says, “…as He is, so are we in this world….”
Colossians 2:10 says, “And ye are complete in Him, Who is the Head of all principality and power.” The word “complete” also means perfected; you’re perfected in Him. Some have asked, “Doesn’t Ephesians 4:12 talk about “the perfecting of the Saints”, meaning that we’re not yet perfect? No; that Verse refers to the maturing or maturity of the Saints; it means equipping or training the Saints for the work of the Ministry.
It’s like when a child is born; that child is perfectly as human as the parents are. But the child needs to be trained and equipped with information, education and strength to live a fully functional human life. That’s what the Apostle Paul meant by “perfecting of the Saints.”
Already, you are, and have, the righteousness of God. But as you receive the Word of God into your spirit, you’re being trained in the life of righteousness; you become more skilled in the doctrine, understanding and application of your righteousness in Christ.
CONFESSION
I’m the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus; and in union with Him; I’m reigning in life. What blessedness to be the expression of His righteousness and bear fruits of righteousness, to the glory of His Name! Blessed be God!
FURTHER STUDY:
PHILIPPIANS 3:8-9
Yea doubtless, and I count all things [but] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for Whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may win Christ, 9 And be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the Law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
HEBREWS 10:12-14 AMPC
Whereas this One [Christ], after He had offered a single sacrifice for our sins [that shall avail] for all time, sat down at the right hand of God, 13 Then to wait until His enemies should be made a stool beneath His feet. 14 For by a single offering He has forever completely cleansed and perfected those who are consecrated and made holy.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Bible Reading Plan:
John 2:1-25 & 2 Samuel 20-21.
2 Year Bible Reading Plan:
Mark 8:1-9 & Numbers 8.
