FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

II Cor. 9:10, “And increase the fruits of your righteousness.” This Scripture has been challenging my spirit for some time. I often wondered what the fruits of Righteousness were. Then I remembered the fruits of Righteousness in Jesus’ life. The fruits of Righteousness were not right actions only but they were carrying out the will of His Father, speaking the words of His Father. That meant healing the sick, feeding the multitudes, and all the other manifestations of His love toward man.

They were the fruits of Righteousness. If we are to bear the fruits of Righteousness, they will be similar to these. Jesus said, “I am the vine, ye are the branches.” The branch bears the same kind of fruit as the vine. It is like the vine. It is a part of the vine. Then the fruits of Righteousness in our lives will be blessing and helping folks, healing their diseases, opening the Word to them, breaking the power of the Adversary over their lives, teaching them how to live in the will of the Father, teaching them how to enjoy all the fullness of His grace, and by showing forth in our daily walk a fearless fellowship with the Father, a fearless attitude toward the Adversary and all his works, a fearless mastery over circumstances.

That would be bearing fruit. That would be bearing “righteousness fruit.” This is something utterly new to most of us. We know about the fruits of love and the fruits of faith. We know the fruits of knowledge, but we know little of the fruits of Righteousness.
Righteousness here means the ability to stand in the Father’s presence without the sense of guilt or inferiority.

Fearless Faith

What mighty things could be wrought if men were conscious of their Righteousness!
How fearless they would be in the presence of disease and sickness! Jesus’ entire public ministry was the fruit of His Righteousness. He was not afraid of the Father, of Satan, of malignant diseases, or even of death. He had no fear in the presence of storms that filled other men’s hearts with terror. He was not only fearless, but He was Master. A man said to me, “If I knew that I was what the Word says I am, I could shake the world.”

But he had never learned to believe the Word. He would believe the Word if it said that he was unworthy or if it said that he was of no value, poor, weak and faithless. He would believe that, for it had become a part of his consciousness. He could not grasp the fact that God could recreate him and make him Righteous. One said, “If I did not have a Sin Consciousness, I would have faith. If I had faith, I would get up from this bed perfectly healed.” Sin Consciousness had gained mastery.

He was a Christian. He would tell you that he believed his sins had been pardoned and that he was justified. Some would even go farther and say, “I have received the Holy Spirit and have spoken in tongues.” Yet they too are dominated by Sin Consciousness. Why? Because the Word has never become a reality to them. Here and there a part of the Word is real, but the great body of truth in regard to themselves is still unexplored territory.

The Two Kinds of Righteousness – EW Kenyon
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