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Righteousness is inherited from the Greatest Possessor, 

Righteousness is processed in you, by the Greatest Processor, 

Righteousness is taught by the Greatest Professor, 

God, the author of righteousness, esteems you highly, no lesser.  

By faith, Noah became an heir of righteousness, 

He did what God told him, yielding in faithful obedience, 

Righteousness by faith leads one to true greatness, 

True greatness is gotten from obedience to God with diligence.  

Good actions without Jesus are like a disconnected wire, 

Good actions without Jesus are like flames without fire, 

Good actions without Jesus are like rims without a tire, 

But good actions with Jesus is faith filled with blazing fire.  

Yield to Jesus Christ for He joins the dots, 

Making you complete, tying all the knots, 

Making you clean from inside out, filling you with righteous thoughts, 

In His ship you cannot sink, get out of other boats.  

Hebrews 11:7 (KJ21) – “By faith Noah, being warned by God of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.” 

Introduction 

Noah became an heir of righteousness. Becoming an heir to righteousness means that you have received righteousness as an inheritance. What is the meaning of inheritance? Inheritance means possessing belongings from someone else. With this meaning, we can see that Noah did not make himself righteous. God made him righteous. Noah did not give himself righteousness. God gave him righteousness.  

God’s character is righteous. God’s law is righteous. What does righteousness mean? Righteousness means being in a right relationship with God and having the same character as God. It is living in a morally upright way. It is the exact opposite of sin. It is the exact opposite of evil. It is living in conformity with God’s Word or God’s Commandments.  

Before Adam and Eve sinned, God had created them as righteous human beings. God looked at everything He had created (including people), and it was very good (Genesis 1:31). Adam and Eve had done nothing for God to create them as perfect human beings. It was a gift from God. However, if they wanted to maintain that state of perfection, they had to live in conformity with God’s Word.  

After the first pair sinned, they tried to make themselves righteous by covering themselves with aprons of leaves (Genesis 3:7). God took away those aprons of leaves and covered them with coats of skin. In other words, what they had covered themselves with was not good enough.  

Our own righteousness is not good enough. Not only is it not good enough, but it is wicked. Man’s righteousness is wickedness. God’s righteousness is true righteousness. The Bible tells us in Matthew 6:33 (KJ21) – “But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Notice the wording, “His righteousness,” not our righteousness.  

“Stop it, don’t do that.” These were the words my friend Kenneth told me when I was tempted to sign in present a day that I was absent from the Mechatronics Knowledge for Mechanical Engineers Class. The professor had given me the class register to write my name and sign. It was a piece of paper. At the back of that piece of paper was the attendance for the previous classes. He had designed it in such a way where one could easily add their names and pretend they were present.  

I knew what I wanted to do was wrong but the temptation inside me to appear perfect seemed stronger. I wanted to make it look like I have not missed a single class while I had missed that one class. When Kenneth stopped me, I realized that it is God’s voice and I told him, “God has used you.” So, I stopped. That is how self-righteousness looks like. Self-righteousness is sin. I was trying to appear perfect, therefore, I wanted to use a sinful method to appear flawless.  

When we seek our own righteousness, we end up sinning because there is nothing righteous in our character. After Adam and Eve fell, we all inherited a sinful nature. When we seek God’s righteousness, God makes us truly righteous because God is the author of true righteousness. In the garden of Eden, God had to sacrifice an animal to cover Adam and Eve with coats of skin.  

What Adam and Eve had covered themselves in (aprons of leaves) was not good enough because they ran and hid from the presence of God when they heard God walking in the garden (Genesis 3:8-10). Fear automatically comes to the heart of the one who is doing something that is against God’s commandments. Sin makes you avoid people. Sin makes you avoid God. Your righteousness will make you avoid God just as sin will make you avoid God.  

Innocently, some people have joined churches or religious organizations that have made them seclude themselves from others. Some have followed or misunderstood doctrines that have led them to isolation. They do this unknowingly while thinking falsely that they are becoming better. The Spirit of God unites for it is the Spirit of unity (Psalm 133:1).  

The sinner always runs away from God and never towards God. When one clothes themselves with their own righteousness, they will always keep a distance from God. When God clothes you with His righteousness, you will move towards Him.  

John 3:16 (KJ21) – “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” 

God sacrificed an animal in the garden of Eden and thus instituted the sacrificial system for the remission of sins. He was pleased with Abel’s sacrifice because Abel obeyed His command. Cain brought God fruit from the ground as an offering (Genesis 4:3). He was a tiller of the ground; therefore, he brought to God what he had. However, what he had was not good enough because it was not in accordance with God’s Word.  

God wanted an animal sacrifice, not a fruit offering because He introduced that system immediately after Adam and Eve sinned. The fruit that Cain presented to God was meant for him (human beings) to eat (Genesis 1:29). At that time, God had not yet allowed human beings to eat meat. How can you bring to a holy God food that is meant to be at your table? The Bible says in Genesis 4:5 that God did not have respect for Cain and his offering. God despised Cain because Cain despised Him.  

Cain thought that God would accept anything he brought as long as it was an offering. His action showed that he did not regard the lofty standards of God. Therefore, he felt that God would be pleased when he brought him anything as long as he brought something. The act of righteousness that Cain did was his own righteousness, not God’s righteousness.  

This can be likened to the story of Ananiah and Sapphira who died on the spot. They did not refuse to bring God something. They brought anything. God does not want you to take anything to Him. He wants you to take to Him the right thing. Abel brought the best of his flock (Genesis 4:4) and God had respect for that offering because Abel showed great respect for Him. The Bible says in Hebrews 11:4 that through that act of faith, Abel obtained a witness from God that he was righteous. God declared Abel righteous because he did exactly as God wanted.  

Having started the sacrificial system, God gave His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, as the ultimate sacrifice on the cross for our sins. God the Father gave us Jesus, so that whoever believes in Him will not perish. Through the blood of Jesus, God has made us righteous.   

Romans 6:23 (KJ21) – “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” 

The reward of sin is death. The gift of God is eternal life. This gift God has given us by grace because we do not deserve it. God chose to pardon Adam and Eve and by extension us because of His divine love. They were doomed for judgment, but He had mercy on them. We are doomed for judgment as well, but He always shows mercy and grace to us.  

Acts 13:38-39 (KJ21) – “³⁸ Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this Man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins; ³⁹ And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.” 

Through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is preached. For God to hear your prayers, you must pray in the name of Jesus. Your sins cannot be forgiven, without the intervention of Jesus Christ. Jesus is our High Priest, and He intercedes for us. Some of the people who came to receive healing from Jesus did not ask to be healed directly. Instead, they asked Christ to have mercy on them. Jesus showed them mercy by healing them. God’s mercy has miraculous results even in our physical lives.  

Through Jesus, all who believe that He has the power to forgive sins and to cleanse one from unrighteousness are justified. Various times in the Bible, Jesus would ask people if they believed that He could perform the miracle (Matthew 9:28-29, Mark 9:23, John 11:26). When the person showed belief in their response, Christ would go ahead and heal them.  

“And straightway the father of the child cried out and said with tears, ‘Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief. (Mark 9:24, KJ21).’” The father of the child had faith in God, but he harbored a little doubt in his heart as is common with many Christ’s followers and seekers. However, he did not depend on himself to erase the portion of doubt that he had, he depended on God to erase it.  

After expressing his dependence on God, Jesus responded by rebuking the unclean spirit. The miracle that followed was the child’s healing, as the spirit left him, and he was restored to health. This event demonstrates Jesus’ power over evil and his willingness to help those who have faith, even if it is weak. God does not expect you to be strong. He knows you are weak. All He expects is for you to be dependent on Him in all that you do, even the little things.  

I have taught dependence on God for a long time, but it was until recently when I started studying about righteousness by faith that I got a deeper revelation concerning dependence on God. Last night as I was typing this, the revelation got deeper.  

Before typing this, God woke me up. I slept late at around 2 am and I needed to be up early so that I could type this and do some other work. I knew by my own power, I could not. I set an alarm, but the alarm didn’t help much (often it doesn’t). However, before I went to sleep, I said an earnest prayer to God asking Him to wake me up early.  

Early in the morning, I heard a hand tapping my bed, next to where I slept. I knew it was God, and I woke up but because the sleep was heavy, I went back to sleep. I heard someone tapping my bed again. I said as much as the sleep is sweet, I cannot disobey. I woke up and knelt beside my bed to pray while still feeling sleepy. I doubted if I would be able to complete the prayer. By the time I had finished praying, I was fully awake. No request is too small to present to God.  

We cannot depend on Jesus if we do not believe in Him or if we partially believe in Him. We ought to fully believe in Him. A complete surrender to God is necessary for us to receive God’s complete help. If we are not able to do that, we should ask for divine aid from God to enable us to do that.  

The first step in believing in Jesus is to make a conscious decision to go to Him. Like the prodigal son’s father, God will come running to us when we are still far on the way (Luke 15:20). Therefore, those who decide to go to God, God justifies them as unholy as they are and imputes His righteousness on them. Thus, making them righteous as He is. If they were to die on the spot, they would inherit eternal life when Christ comes back the second time. If they were to continue living, Jesus would do a special and noble work of sanctification in them to make their characters righteous.  

The thief on the cross did not have much time to live but his last words to Jesus were, “Lord, remember me when Thou comest into Thy kingdom (Luke 23:42, KJ21).” Jesus saved him on the spot and promised him that he would inherit eternal life (Luke 23:43). The father ran to the prodigal son before the son came to where he was. He took away his tattered clothes and gave him new clothes. If you have drifted from God, like the prodigal son, go back to Him and He will restore you.  

The End of the Law? 

Romans 10:4 (KJ21) – “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth.” 

The New International Version says that Christ is the culmination of the law.  

Through Jesus Christ, the purpose of the law is realized. Romans 10:4 confirms that righteousness is accessible to everyone who believes. Faith in Jesus offers a direct relationship with God and forgiveness of sins. 

In Romans 10:4, the word translated as “end” in “Christ is the end of the law” comes from the Greek word “telos” (τέλος). In the original language, “telos” can mean: 

End/Goal: It indicates something that has reached its intended purpose, goal, or final point. 

Completion/Fulfillment: It signifies something that has been brought to its completion or fulfillment. 

In the context of Romans 10:4, “telos” means that Christ is the fulfillment, completion, or purpose of the law. The law points to Christ, and through Him, the requirement of the law for righteousness is fulfilled. Thus, faith in Jesus makes believers righteous, not by adhering to the Mosaic law. 

When the Bible uses the phrase “the end of the law” in Romans 10:4, it does not mean the destruction of the law. Instead, it means the fulfillment of the law. We see more light has been shed on the word fulfillment in Matthew 5:17. Matthew 5:17 (KJV) says, “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.” 

In Matthew 5:17, the word translated as “fulfill” comes from the Greek word “plēroō” (πληρόω). Here’s what it means in the original language: 

To Make Full or Complete: “Plēroō” means to fill up, complete, or bring to fullness. It carries the idea of bringing something to its intended purpose or making it fully effective. 

To Accomplish: In the context of Matthew 5:17, “plēroō” means to accomplish or bring to realization. Jesus is saying that He has come to fulfill the law and the prophets, meaning that He is bringing their true meaning and purpose to completion. 

In Matthew 5:17 (“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill”), Jesus explains that He did not come to abolish the law or the prophets, but to complete or accomplish (carry out) their purpose. This fulfillment involves both the embodiment of the law’s requirements and the realization of the prophecies about the Messiah. 

We have seen that Christ did not come to abolish the law. This means that the law is still binding. Not only is it binding but Jesus has made it fully effective as we can see from the meaning of the Greek word plēroō. Jesus came to fill up, complete and bring fullness to the law. The law is not complete without Jesus Christ.  

Jesus is the Word (John 1:1, John 1:14) and Jesus is the law because the law is the Word. Before Jesus came, the teachers of the law were teaching strict adherence to the law. They were doing the right thing because we need to obey God’s Word strictly, without turning to the right or to the left. The major mistake with them is that they were opposed to Jesus, the author of the law. This means that the law they taught was incomplete because it was void of Jesus.  

Hebrews 12:2 (KJ21) – “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Jesus is at the center of the law. We are dependent on the power of Christ to obey each commandment of God. Jesus is a rewarder to those who keep His law. Therefore, you cannot keep the Sabbath without believing in Jesus because Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath.  

Christ came to make the law effective. He came to accomplish the law. He came to bring it to full realization. We see evidence of this in the following verse after Matthew 5:17, which is Matthew 5:18. 

Matthew 5:18 (KJ21) – “For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled.” Here is more evidence that shows that nothing in God’s law has changed.  

To make Matthew 5:18 more vivid, let us look at the meaning of the various original words in their original written Greek language: 

Jot” (Greek: ἰῶτα, iota) – The smallest letter in the Greek alphabet (equivalent to the Hebrew yod, the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet). This symbolizes even the smallest part of the Law. 

“Tittle” (Greek: κεραία, keraia) – A small stroke or mark used to distinguish between letters (similar to a small accent or stroke that differentiates one letter from another). This refers to even the tiniest detail of the Law. 

“Pass” (Greek: παρέρχομαι, parerchomai) – To go away, disappear, or come to an end. Jesus is saying that not even the smallest part of the Law will pass away until everything is accomplished. 

“Fulfilled” (Greek: γίνομαι, ginomai) – To become, happen, or come to pass. In this context, it refers to all that is prophesied or promised in the Law being completed or accomplished. 

When we look at the Greek words, we can see how serious that verse is. Jesus says that one jot (the smallest letter in the Hebrew Alphabet) and one tittle (a small mark on a letter) will in no wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled.  

The original Greek word used in Matthew 5:17 and the one used in Matthew 5:18 for fulfilled are different. In Matthew 5:17, “plēroō” is used. This word means to make full, to complete, or to accomplish. In Matthew 5:18, “ginoma” is used. This word means to become, to happen, or to come to pass. In this context, it refers to the fulfillment or realization of all that is promised or predicted in the Law. This means that God’s plans and promises must all come to fruition before any change occurs in the law.  

One of the greatest promises that God gives to those who obey the law is the promise of eternal life (Revelation 22:14). Until that promise of eternal life is ended then the law will end. The question is, when will that eternal life end? The answer is simple: never. Eternal life will never end, meaning God’s law will never end.  

Matthew 5:19 (KJ21) – “Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.”  

Jesus warns against those who break His commandments and influence others to do the same. He says that such kinds of people will be regarded as the least. The more sins one does and the greater the scope of sinful influence one has, the lesser they will be esteemed. On the other hand, the more one acts in righteousness, the more they will be uplifted. The greater the influence of righteousness one has, the more they will be esteemed. This is further evidence that Christ’s fulfillment of the law does not mean the end of the law.  

Matthew 5:20 (KJ21) – “For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.” 

In Matthew 5:20, Jesus told His followers that unless their righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, they will in no case enter the kingdom of God. Who were the scribes and Pharisees? They were experts of the law. Their righteousness should pass the level of that of the scribes and pharisees for them to enter the kingdom of heaven.  

Matthew 5:20, shows that Christ’s standard of obeying the law was higher than the “high” standards that the Pharisees used to teach of obeying the law. What Jesus expects of us is greater than what the highest bishop, pastor or Bible teacher expects of us.  

The Pharisees’ standards were low even though they thought they were high because the law they taught was opposed to Jesus, the Creator of everything including the law. It is like using a machine that you do not know how to use without reading the manufacturer’s manual. When you read the manufacturer’s manual, using it becomes seamless. If you don’t, you will waste a lot of time on guess work, trial and error.  

In Matthew 5:20, we also see that the fulfillment of the law that Jesus Christ came to do was to uplift the law to a higher standard than it was taught. A standard higher than heaven is from earth. God’s standards are infinitely higher when compared to ours.  

In the subsequent verses in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus presents those high standards: 

Matthew 5:21-22 (KJV) – “²¹ Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: ²² But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.” 

In Matthew 5:21-22, Jesus explains that murder goes beyond physical murder. It can mean spiritual, emotional or mental murder. People understood murder as physical killing, but Christ tells them insulting and discouraging people is also murder.  

Matthew 5:23-24 (KJV) – “²³ Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee, ²⁴ Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.” 

In Matthew 5:23-24, Jesus commands believers to resolve any conflicts they have with their brethren before they go to worship God. It is quite common to see people in church hating each other but are busy doing all the religious rituals. Jesus Christ condemned them because He expects believers who go to worship a holy and pure God to go with a clean heart.  

Matthew 5:27-28 (KJV) – “²⁷ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: ²⁸ But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.” 

In Matthew 5:27-28, Jesus brings His followers from the understanding of adultery in physical action to where it first begins, the mind. In the same sermon, in Matthew 5:8, Jesus encourages people to have a pure mind. A person who has an impure mind with noble-looking physical actions is not righteous and is not fit for God’s kingdom. The people who caught the woman in adultery, caught her committing physical adultery. If she had silently committed adultery in her mind, there would be no way of catching her since there would be no evidence.  

People can praise and reward you because of doing something good. The reverse is also true: People can punish you for doing something wrong in society. However, no human being can punish you because of thinking the wrong thing as they do not have the ability to read minds. God can read minds. He expects our clean actions to be accompanied by a clean mind.  

God is the ultimate judge and the only one who can accurately judge. The earthly courts judge based on physical evidence. Christ’s judgment goes beyond physical evidence. His judgment is fair because it goes beyond a created being’s ability. The Creator who has the power to read our thoughts brings us to a higher standard by expecting us to be righteous right from our thoughts.  

In other verses in Matthew 5, Christ shows us higher standards for righteousness. For example:  

• In Matthew 5:31-32, Jesus gives them a higher standard against divorce than Moses had given them.  

• In Matthew 5:33-37, Jesus gives them a higher standard for oaths, telling them not to swear at all (Matthew 5:34) 

• In Matthew 5:38-40, Jesus gave them a higher standard against retaliation, contrary to what they had been taught, “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth (Matthew 5:38).  

• Jesus teaches people to go the extra mile in Matthew 5:41. He tells us to go beyond what we have been told to do.  

• In Matthew 5:42, Jesus Christ tells us to cultivate the spirit and the culture of giving.  

• In Matthew 5:43-45, Jesus taught on loving one’s enemies, contrary to what they were taught to only love their neighbors.  

• In Matthew 5:46-47, Jesus taught about kindness to everyone, including strangers. He taught that we should reach out to those whom we don’t know, not just those whom we are familiar with.  

• In Matthew 5:48, Jesus completes the chapter by telling us to be as perfect as God the Father is perfect. Jesus was perfect even when He was in this world, He committed no sin. However, He lived with sinners because He was in this world. He was in direct physical contact with the sinful world.  

Therefore, Jesus saw Himself unworthy to tell us to look at Him as an example for He carried the sins of the world (that were not His). Thus, He points us to God the Father, One who has not touched sin and One who dwells in the highest heavens. He tells us to be perfect as God the Father is. In other words, those listening to Him at that time should go beyond the perfection of Jesus (when He was in this world) and reach the perfection of God the Father. That is humanly impossible, but with God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26). 

The Law Our Guardian 

Galatians 3:24 (AMP) – “With the result that the Law has become our tutor and our disciplinarian to guide us to Christ, so that we may be justified [that is, declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing with God] by faith.” 

The law is like our guardian. It guards us and guides us to Christ.  

In Galatians 3:24, the word translated as “tutor” or “schoolmaster” is the Greek word “paidagōgos” (παιδαγωγός). 

In ancient Greek and Roman culture, a paidagōgos was typically a servant or slave who was responsible for supervising and guiding a child, especially in their education. This person was not necessarily a teacher in the modern sense, but more of a caregiver who ensured that the child behaved properly and arrived safely at school. They were responsible for discipline and guiding the moral and physical upbringing of the child. 

The paidagōgos was a strict disciplinarian who provided oversight and protection, ensuring that the child was prepared and disciplined. The word “paidagōgos” thus conveys an element of authority and temporary oversight. 

Paul uses “paidagōgos” to describe the role of the law in relation to humanity before Christ. The law acted like a guardian or disciplinarian, guiding and instructing people until the coming of Christ. Its role was to protect and keep people in line, but it was temporary, leading them ultimately to Christ, through whom they could be justified by faith.  

The law is there to give guidance to us. It guides us (points us) to Jesus Christ. Like the paidagōgos, the law supervises us. By itself, the law is not a teacher because the real teacher is Jesus Christ. Also, like the paidagōgos, it played a temporary work in providing temporary oversight to people before the Lord Jesus Christ came. It was like a caregiver who takes care of the real owner’s property while he is not there.  

Let’s make this clearer: Picture a caregiver taking care of a house while the owner is away. Present in that house are the owner’s children. The caregiver’s job is to ensure that the children are well fed and protected. He ensures that the children abide by the rules of the house, and they do not damage anything in the house. When the owner comes back, the owner will feed and protect the children by himself since he has higher and greater ability than the caregiver. The coming back of the owner does not give the children leeway to do what they want.  

The children are not allowed to misbehave and destroy the home just because the owner has arrived. In fact, the rules will be stricter when the owner is there than when the caregiver is there. This is because it is the owner who authored (whether by writing or speech), the home rules. Therefore, he understands those rules more clearly and deeply than the caregiver.  

The caregiver does not have the full capacity to teach the children like the owner does. The owner would require a higher standard of discipline from the children. He will also be able to teach them in the best possible way because he understands the children more than the caregiver. He understands them at an individual level and knows which learning style is fit for everyone. Therefore, with the owner’s guidance, the children will be able to obey more than they would with the caregiver alone. The law is our caregiver. It disciplines us and guides us to the owner, Jesus Christ Himself.  

Hebrews 10:16 (AMP) – “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will imprint My laws upon their heart, and on their mind I will inscribe them [producing an inward change].” 

Jesus, the author of the law will write the law in our hearts when we surrender to Him. 

Justification By Faith 

Luke 18:9-14 (AMP) – “⁹ He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves and were confident that they were righteous [posing outwardly as upright and in right standing with God], and who viewed others with contempt: ¹⁰ “Two men went up into the temple [enclosure] to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood [ostentatiously] and began praying to himself [in a self-righteous way, saying]: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men—swindlers, unjust (dishonest), adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ¹² I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’ ¹³ But the tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even raise his eyes toward heaven, but was striking his chest [in humility and repentance], saying, ‘God, be merciful and gracious to me, the [especially wicked] sinner [that I am]!’ ¹⁴ I tell you, this man went to his home justified [forgiven of the guilt of sin and placed in right standing with God] rather than the other man; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself [forsaking self-righteous pride] will be exalted.” 

As a result of his humility, the tax collector went back justified unlike the pharisee. The Pharisee was self-righteous. He felt that he was self-sufficient and that he did not need to do more. Most of us reach this stage in our Christian journey and unfortunately, we get stuck at this stage. When God gives you victory over a particular sin that you were struggling with and when He makes you do other good things, you begin looking down on others. We may even go bragging about how righteous we have become to others and making them feel like the worst sinners.  

Sometimes when we are at this stage, God allows us to fall into temptation so that we may know that we are not as strong as we thought. We behave like Peter when Jesus made him walk on water. When we fall is when we know that we are in constant need of the Savior. That is why the statement, “Once saved, always saved” is an erroneous statement. God is the one to justify us because we cannot justify ourselves. It is like a student trying to mark his test papers. If he tries to do that, he will tick all his answers as correct and give himself the highest mark. That will reveal the selfishness of the student. Justifying ourselves reveals the selfish nature in us.  

Righteousness by faith refers to the state of being declared or made righteous before God through faith in Jesus Christ. It emphasizes the ongoing process or state of being righteous in God’s sight, which begins at the moment of justification (being declared righteous) and continues as a lifelong transformation by the Holy Spirit. Justification by faith refers specifically to the act or legal declaration of God declaring a person righteous based on their faith in Jesus Christ. 

It focuses on the initial act of God’s grace where God forgives a person’s sins, and they are declared righteous in God’s sight. It is a once-for-all-time event. Romans 3:28 emphasizes that a person is justified (declared righteous) by faith apart from the works of the law, highlighting that our acceptance before God is not based on our own merit but on Christ’s sacrifice and our faith in Him. 

Justification is a one-time legal declaration that happens at the moment of faith in Christ. Righteousness, on the other hand, is both a status and a process that begins with justification and continues throughout the believer’s life. 

Justification primarily focuses on the forgiveness of sins and the legal standing before God, while righteousness by faith encompasses both the legal standing and the ongoing process of living in alignment with God’s will and character. 

Through the power of Jesus, all who believe are justified from all things which we could not be justified by the law. One purpose of the law was to expose sin (Romans 3:20). Through God’s law we get to know what sin is. Keeping the whole law as human beings with our carnal nature is impossible. We need to depend on Jesus to help us live the holy life that He wants us to. 

James 2:20-24 (KJ21) – “²⁰ But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? ²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? ²² Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? ²³ And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, ‘Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness,’ and he was called the friend of God. ²⁴ Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.” 

These verses emphasize that faith and actions go hand in hand. James illustrates this point with Abraham’s example. He explains how genuine faith is demonstrated through actions, and faith is perfected by what we do. Faith without actions is dead. What actions? Righteous actions. Out of our own sinful nature, we cannot do righteous actions. If we do them, we often do them with an evil motive. Thus, nullifying the ‘good’ works that we have done.  

The sinful nature in us has made our hearts exceedingly selfish and desperately wicked (Jeremiah 17:9). We are desperate to act in wickedness. Jesus Christ is at the door of our hearts knocking (Revelation 3:22). When we abide in Him and allow Him to abide in us, the Great Enabler will enable us to act in righteousness. Our righteous actions will be accompanied by righteous motives, and He will make us to be holy as He is holy.  

The Bible tells us in James 2:21 that Abraham, our father, was justified by works when he offered Isaac his son as a sacrifice on the altar (according to God’s command). God stopped Abraham from killing Isaac and provided a ram in replacement of Isaac to be offered upon the altar. However, Abraham’s obedience to God and willingness to sacrifice his only son whom he had waited for so long pleased God and God justified his faith.  

Abraham did his part by doing what God had commanded and enabled him to. It was up to God to choose whether Isaac should be killed or not. Abraham did not carry a sacrificial animal with him, but God ended up providing him one. In the past there was a sacrificial system whereby people burned animals at the altar for their sins to be forgiven.  

The sacrificial system was fair, and each one was required to offer a sacrifice according to how God had blessed them. The poor were not subject to the same sacrifice as the rich. Even in the tithe system, God does not ask for a fixed tithe amount. Instead, He asks for ten percent of all your increase (Malachi 3:10). That should show us how fair and loving God is.  

God asks you to return to Him a very small portion of what He has already given to you. Abraham was very rich (Genesis 13:2), but God still provided for Abraham a ram to offer to Him as a sacrifice. God’s infinite love does not allow Him to stop providing. What God required Abraham to do was to sacrifice what he had already given him. In his usual faithful obedience, he did that. By the works that Jesus had enabled Abraham to do, Abraham’s faith was made perfect.  

Psalm 119:9 (KJ21) – “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to Thy Word.” The word ‘young’ is relative. Someone who is one hundred and thirty years of age today is very old according to modern standards of lifespan. However, according to Methuselah (the oldest person who ever lived, Genesis 5:27) and other antediluvians (Genesis 5:3-32), a one hundred-and-thirty-year-old is very young.  

According to the angels, Methuselah and the other antediluvians are young. This is because the antediluvians lived for almost one thousand years while the angels have been there for thousands of years. According to God, the angels are young as they have a beginning while God has no beginning. Therefore, a young person in the context of Psalm 119:9 refers to every human being that is living.  

We are all children of God, meaning we are all young people. The word young in this text is used to refer to someone who is spiritually young rather than young by physical age. All of us are spiritually young because we are dependent on God all the days of our lives. No one, no matter the extent of our achievements, fully understands God and His Word because God is infinite. God promises believers eternal life (John 3:16).  

As we enjoy our lives with God in our glorious home, we will keep on receiving new revelations concerning Him. That means it will take eternity to know and understand God fully. It will take an eternity to apply God’s Word fully. This is because we will be living in obedience to Him each single day of our eternal lifespan. This means that it will take forever to gain full spiritual maturity. We will be made new and perfect without sin, but we will be constantly and continually learning about God.  

In Psalm 119:9, God gives us a way to be sanctified. He provides us with a key to becoming righteous. He tells us that when we take heed of His Word, we will be made holy. The more you obey God, the better you become in character. We have limited our spiritual and character development by limiting our obedience to God. We are willing to do so much for God but not so much. We have placed a barrier in what we can do for God. This barrier has done a ‘great’ job in forming a barrier against our blessings. Those blessings include spiritual blessings.  

God spoke to me in various ways at various times to start writing for Him. Writing is a skill that God has given me. When I obeyed God and started writing, I realized that worldly desires and sinful propensities would drop one by one. The more I serve God, the better I become in all aspects of my life, including the spiritual life as well. Myron Golden says, “Your gift is given to you, for you and through you.” Your gift is given to benefit others and to help you.  

God uses my gift as an agency for character improvement when I obey Him through the diligent and faithful use of it. The beauty of obeying God is that God does not require from you what He has not given you the power to do. Ellen G. White says, “His biddings are enablings.” Pastor Randy Skeete says, “The power to obey the command is in the command.”  

“We should not talk of our own weakness and inability. This is a manifest distrust of God, a denial of His word. When we murmur because of our burdens, or refuse the responsibilities He calls upon us to bear, we are virtually saying that He is a hard master, that He requires what He has not given us power to do.” – Christ Object Lessons, Page 363.2, Ellen G. White.  

“The spirit of the slothful servant we are often fain to call humility. But true humility is widely different. To be clothed with humility does not mean that we are to be dwarfs in intellect, deficient in aspiration, and cowardly in our lives, shunning burdens lest we fail to carry them successfully. Real humility fulfills God’s purposes by depending upon His strength.” – Christ Object Lessons, Page 363.3, Ellen G. White. 

“God works by whom He will. He sometimes selects the humblest instrument to do the greatest work, for His power is revealed through the weakness of men. We have our standard, and by it we pronounce one thing great and another small; but God does not estimate according to our rule. We are not to suppose that what is great to us must be great to God, or that what is small to us must be small to Him. It does not rest with us to pass judgment on our talents or to choose our work. We are to take up the burdens that God appoints, bearing them for His sake, and ever going to Him for rest. Whatever our work, God is honored by wholehearted, cheerful service. He is pleased when we take up our duties with gratitude, rejoicing that we are accounted worthy to be co-laborers with Him.” – Christ Object Lessons, Page 363.4, Ellen G. White.  

Hebrews 11:7 talks about Noah who became an heir of righteousness by faith. The same verse tells us that Noah built an ark before becoming an heir of God’s righteousness. The question is, who told him to build an ark? God was the one who told him to build an ark.  

God not only told him to build an ark, but He also gave him specific directions on how to build that ark. He told him the materials and the exact measurements to use. He provided the materials to Noah. We often overlook this; He gave Noah the physical and mental ability to do that work. All that God required of Noah was obedience in building that ark. After Noah built it, God saved him and his family and called him righteous.  

The New Testament tells us in James 2:22 that by works faith is made perfect. Faith is imperfect without deeds. Actions make faith perfect. When you are asking God to help you understand a subject and you are trusting in Him to answer your request, you need to take the study materials and study that subject. While studying, God will open your understanding to make you understand it. If you do not read on that subject, God cannot help you understand.  

Sometimes God can use divine revelation to reveal some things to you, but He will rarely do that when the materials to study and the knowledgeable people on that subject are right within your reach. God cannot help you understand what you are unfamiliar with. Therefore, take that book and read. The same applies when asking God to help you understand the Bible when you have never read it. Believing that God will help you understand the Bible is faith. But your faith is imperfect since you have not even tried to open the Bible.  

Your faith will be made perfect when you open God’s Holy Book to study. Once God makes your faith perfect, He answers your prayers and helps you understand because you have acted on true faith. While writing this book, this has been the last chapter which I have written. I avoided it and chose to write the other chapters before it because I had minimal knowledge and understanding on the righteousness by faith topic. Before I studied it, I asked God to enlighten and guide me on this subject while I study it.  

The faithful God did His part and led me through it. He would prompt me to look for the meaning of certain words in their original untranslated languages. He would prompt me to look at various Bible versions. The same thing that happened when I studied this topic has been happening ever since i started studying the Bible.  

Faith in the Heart First 

James 2:23 (KJ21) – “And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, ‘Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness,’ and he was called the friend of God.” 

In James 2:23, the original Greek word for “fulfilled” is “ἐπληρώθη” (eplērōthē), which comes from the root “πληρόω” (plēroō). The meaning of this word is “to make full, to complete, to bring to realization.” In the context of James 2:23, it conveys the idea that Abraham’s faith was brought to completion or fully realized through his actions, fulfilling the scripture that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness.” 

In Genesis 15, the Word of God came to Abraham in a vision telling him to fear not because God is his shield and his exceeding great reward (Genesis 15:1). A popular hymn with the title, Give Me Jesus by Fanny J. Crosby says, “You can have all this world, Give me Jesus.” Nigerian singer Judikay in her song, More than Gold says, “Jesus is more than gold.” When you have God alone, you have more than everything.  

After Abraham heard God’s Word, He inquired from God about his childless state. Probably Abraham could not understand what God meant when He said that He is his shield and his exceeding great reward when He was childless. How could God be his exceeding great reward while He could not reward him with a child?  

You have been sleeping hungry, unable to pay bills and heavily indebted and then someone comes and tells you that God is the provider. Sometimes you may read a Bible verse that talks about God being the provider. Such a statement can confuse you because you will wonder, how is God the provider and He has not provided for you yet?  

God told Abraham that knowing that Abraham lacked a child. He also knew that Abraham and his spouse really wanted a child. God, who knows the end and the beginning, knew that Abraham wanted a child, but He still proceeded to tell him that He is his protector and provider.  

Abraham and his spouse Sarah had waited for a child for so long. Therefore, he thought that God’s plan was to have Eleazar of Damascus as his heir. That shows how we like confining the limitless God to our limitations. Saying this showed that he had completely lost hope of having a child with his spouse Sarah.  

You have been praying for a job or for a financial breakthrough for ten years, but no door is opening then God comes and tells you that He is your shield and your exceeding great reward. You have been praying and hoping for a spouse for so long but still there is no light at the end of the tunnel. When you are in such a situation like Abraham was, you may think that God is playing games with you. Therefore, you might be quick to dismiss Him.  

God took Abraham outside and told him to look at the sky (Genesis 15:5). When Abraham looked up, he saw innumerable stars. God went ahead and told him that if he could number the stars then he shall be able to count his offspring (Genesis 15:5). It was impossible for Abraham to count the stars 

God knew Abraham had a common human limitation and he would not be able to accurately count the stars. No single astronomer nor the most advanced scientific machinery including the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope has been able to accurately count the stars. However, it is estimated that there are 100 to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy (this is an estimate, and not an accurate figure).  

In the observable universe, there might be around one hundred billion galaxies, each having billions of stars. How does this connect to the story of Abraham? This shows that God was going to bless Abraham beyond common human ability and understanding. He would bless him with blessings as uncountable as the stars of the sky.  

If God had told some of us this, we would hate God on the spot. This is because we would look at our current physical situation and feel that God is jesting on our painful situation. How could God make such a magnanimous promise while He has not yet done His part of fulfilling the smallest promise by giving them at least one child?  

You are sixty years old, and you have never had an income. You are as broke as a balloon at a porcupine convention. You have been applying for jobs and getting rejected. You have been starting businesses and they end up failing. You have done all that you can, but people still judge you and call you lazy. You have submitted your prayer requests countless times in church. You have fasted and prayed for countless days then God comes to tell you that you will be a billionaire. Would you believe Him? 

The Bible says in Genesis 15:6 (AMP) which is quoted in James 2:23, “Then Abram believed in (trusted in, relied on, and remained steadfast to) the Lord, and He counted it to him as righteousness (as in right standing with God).” In this case, Abraham did no physical action. He simply believed in his heart that God could do whatever He says. Pastor Randy Skeete says that faith is believing that God could do something whether He does it or not. He says that faith is believing more in God’s ability than activity.  

There are some things that God has promised that have not yet happened such as the second coming of Jesus Christ. When we judge God based on what has not yet been done to us, we may not have faith in God. Therefore, our requests to Him will be powerless, yielding little to no results. God wants us to acknowledge what He has already done and believe that He has the power to do what we ask Him to do, according to His will.  

Exodus 19:4-5 (KJV) – “⁴ Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself. ⁵ Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is Mine.” In Exodus 19:4, God tells the Israelites what He has already done for them before He gives them the command (to obey His voice). In other words, He is telling them, “You have seen what I can do, you have seen My power, now have faith in Me and obey Me and I will do more unto you.”  

Before God gave the Israelites the Ten Commandments, He told them in Exodus 20:2 (KJV) – “I am the Lord thy God, which hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” Before God gives them the Decalogue, He reminds them of the evidence of His power and wants them to base their faith upon that evidence.  

When we believe that God can do something, even though He has not yet done it, we will approach God with faith. Abraham believed that God could do it even though He had not yet done it. The belief they had in his heart that God would fulfill His promise was accounted to him for righteousness. We need to have faith in our hearts first. This is because what is in our heart handles our outer actions. Abraham believed in God that God would make him a father of many nations even though he was getting old with no single child and God accounted that for righteousness.  

When God tested Abraham’s faith by asking him to offer his only son, without hesitation, Abraham obeyed God and agreed to offer Isaac. This showed that he believed that everything comes from God. He believed that God had the ability to make him a father of many nations even if He took away the only child that he had. When God saw that Abraham’s faith in Him was accompanied by an act of obedience, He justified Abraham’s faith (James 2:21).  

James 2:23 (KJV) – “And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.” This means that the scripture in Genesis 15:6 was made complete and was proven beyond doubt that Abraham truly believed in the Lord.  

Romans 3:22-31 (KJ21) – “²² Even the righteousness of God which is by faith in Jesus Christ unto all and upon all those who believe. For there is no difference; ²³ For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, ²⁴ being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; ²⁶ to declare at this time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus. ²⁷ Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay, but by the law of faith. ²⁸ Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. ²⁹ Is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, ³⁰ seeing it is one God who shall justify the circumcised by faith, and uncircumcised through faith. ³¹ Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid! Yea, we establish the law.” 

What Paul meant in Romans 3:22 is that one cannot be justified by barely doing good deeds. One needs to have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. There are many decent people out there who do good deeds but do not believe in Jesus. Some pharisees used to do good deeds but did not believe in Jesus. Therefore, they could not be justified. The law is incomplete without Jesus, its author.  

Some people may misuse Romans 3:22 to make it appear that the law has been done away with. What does the Bible say about that at the end of chapter 3? Romans 3:31 (KJ21) – “Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid! Yea, we establish the law.” Faith in God does not destroy the law. Instead, it fulfills the law. Faith in God does not drive away the law. Instead, it establishes the law. Faith in God gives the law a firmer and more grounded foundation.  

Who can be Justified by Faith? 

Romans 3:29 (KJ21) – “Is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also.”  

God is a God of everyone because He created everybody. Therefore, regardless of race, nationality, color, age, all who believe in Jesus will be justified.  

John 3:16 (KJ21) – “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” 

God gave His only begotten son Jesus because He wanted to save the entire world from sin.  

2 Peter 3:9 (KJ21) – “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” 

God wants to save everybody. He wants everyone to repent. He wants everyone to inherit His kingdom. 

Romans 4:5 (KJ21) – “But to him that worketh not, but believeth in Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” 

Romans 4:5 does not mean that we are free to do what we want. It does not mean that we are free to commit sin. It means that we cannot be justified by our own works, being dependent on our own efforts to attain salvation. It means that we are justified by faith in God. Faith in God means total trust in God. It is believing that you are dependent on God in everything, including living a righteous life. Acts 17:28 (KJ21) – “For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’”  

Exodus 31:13 (KJ21) – “Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, ‘Verily My sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.’” 

The Sabbath points us to God as the Creator (Exodus 20:11) and it points us to God as the sanctifier (Exodus 31:13). When we depend on ourselves, we will get so weary since we have limited strength and capacity. When we depend on God, we will be able to do greater works than we had ever imagined since the power of God that works in us is limitless.  

Romans 5:1 (KJ21) – “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 

Sin robs us of peace, but justification by faith leads us to have peace with God and peace in our hearts. Many Christians are wondering why they cannot find peace. Some feel that something is missing but they do not know what it is. When you yield to the power of Jesus Christ and obey all that He tells you to obey, you will show that you believe in God indeed. Thus, your faith will be justified by God, and you will have peace. One main reason why sinners lack peace in their hearts is because of guilt.  

Obedience to God includes completing all the assignments that God has given you. Uncompletion of God-given assignments robs your mind of peace. Before completing this book, my mind would get disturbed as I would feel an urgent need to complete it. I had plenty of peace in Jesus Christ, but this one assignment would rob me of some element of peace. I would not be able to hang out with friends for long because I would feel that there is something I am supposed to do that I have not yet done.  

God has given you the power to do what He has told you to do. Why not do it? God has given you the power to complete what He has already started. Why not complete it? In the end, we will all be able to say like Paul, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. (2 Timothy 4:7, KJ21).” 

Galatians 3:10-11 (AMP) – “¹⁰ For all who depend on the law seeking justification and salvation will be under a curse; for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, so as to practice them.’ ¹¹ Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the Law, for ‘The righteous will live by faith.’” 

The law cannot justify you. It is God who justifies you through faith in Jesus Christ. Faith in Jesus Christ is believing in Him, opening the doors of your heart, yielding to His control and obeying His Word. When you do not obey God fully, you are under a curse (Galatians 3:10). By your human power, it is impossible to keep the whole law. However, when you believe in Jesus, you are justified. The power of Jesus enables you to keep the whole law.  

Joseph Bates was an American sea captain and one of the earthly pioneers of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. In his book, “The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates,” he talks about his struggles with using profane language and tobacco (cigarette) addiction. He was not able to overcome tobacco addiction till much later in his life.  

In that same book, while talking about the last day he ever used tobacco, he says, “Step by step I had gained this victory — nature never required either. I never used the articles, except to keep company with my associates. How many millions have been ruined by such debasing and ruinous habits. How much more like a human I felt when I had gained the mastery in these things and overcome them all.” Step by step, God will enable you to overcome all the sins that are imprisoning you when you yield to His divine control.  

One may die as an imperfect person while still struggling with some sins and while still not able to keep the entire law. When that happens but your commitment to be righteous is one hundred percent, Christ will justify you and He will impute His righteousness in you. Jesus will complete for you that which you have left incomplete. A good example is the thief on the cross. Therefore, you cannot judge who will go to heaven and who would not based on the lives you have seen them living on earth.  

Philippians 3:7-9 (KJ21) – “⁷ But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. ⁸ 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.” 

The Holy Word of God says in Matthew 6:33, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.” When we try to obey God depending on our own ability, we are seeking to enter God’s kingdom by our own righteousness. Such is dangerous because it will cause us to give up easily as we have limited effort and power to fight against the powerful evil forces. However, when we depend on God to make us righteous, we are depending on His power and seeking His righteousness.  

Hebrews 12:1-2 (KJ21) – “¹ Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, ² looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

The Bible says that Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith. To add to this, Myron Golden says, “it does not say that He is the author, and He is going to be the finisher. This means that He started it, and He also finished it because it is not my faith, it is His faith. He instilled His faith in me. God gave you the faith to receive the grace which is salvation.”  

Our own righteousness is garbage. It is like a filthy rug. Isaiah 64:6 (KJ21) – “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” God’s righteousness that is received through faith in Jesus Christ is the true righteousness that comes from God. Righteousness is by faith but faith without works is dead. Our faith needs to be shown in the actions that God has given us power to do.  

GOD BLESS YOU! 

Prayer 

Dear God, please help me seek your kingdom first and your righteousness. Give me the power to overcome all the sins that I have not been able to overcome. Impute your righteousness in me and make me acknowledge my dependence on you. In Jesus name, Amen.   

Activity 

1. Write all the evil things that you would like God to help you overcome.  

2. Create a private journal to write about your progress in overcoming those sins.  

3. Pray for the people close to you (either by blood relation or in proximity) to overcome the sins that you see them doing.  

Author: Mark Alex   

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