Recovery of Righteousness

The Recovery of Righteousness

It is a legal recovery. The definition of Righteousness as seen in the Pauline Revelation is the ability to stand in God’s presence without the sense of guilt or inferiority. The great major theme of these Epistles is the new Righteousness in contrast to the old Righteousness under the Law. One is by grace, the other by works. One was a limited Righteousness, the other an unlimited Righteousness. One gave man the standing of a servant, the other the standing of a son.
This new kind of Righteousness was the “mystery kept hidden through the ages”. It was revealed by God to man through Paul. It is the revelation of a new kind of Fellowship based upon legal grounds. Man lost his Fellowship in the Garden. It had never been restored to him. Fellowship is the ultimate of God’s dream for man. I Cor. 1:9 “God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.” Our Fellowship is with the Father and with the Son.

The New Kind of Love

It is the revelation of a new kind of love. Natural, human love has failed. It is the tragedy of the human race. Love is the best thing that natural man has, but it turns to jealousy, bitter hatred, and sometimes murder. The new kind of love is never selfish, never seeks its own. It comes from the heart of the Father God who is love. This new kind of love is the greatest thing that ever came to man. It is the solution of the human problem.
It is not only a revelation of these mighty things, but it is also a revelation of the new kind of Life. Jesus said, “I am come that ye might have life.” The New Creation is receiving the nature and life of God. It makes man God’s son, makes man one with Christ and one with the Father. It is the outstanding feature of Christianity, the greatest miracle of the ages.