Day 2; Jesus is our Righteousness

Texts	1Co 1:30 KJV  But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
Considerations for today	In the Garden of Eden when man sinned, he became separated from God. Though God still ruled in the affairs of men, man was without a relationship with him. According to Apostle Paul: we were dead in trespasses and sins even as we walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others (Eph 2:1-3). However God has now made a way of being right with him which is apart from the fulfilment of laws and regulation. That way of being right with him is in the person of Jesus. No wonder Jesus said of himself: “I am the way the truth and the life, no man comes to the father except by me” (Jn 14:6). When a sacrifice is to be done, it is not the person bringing the animal that is scrutinized but the animal for the sacrifice. The Lamb has been scrutinized and offered as the sacrifice for the sin of the world and the sacrifice has been accepted. Now when we come before the Father he doesn’t see us. He sees Jesus. Jesus is our rightness before the Father. Jesus is our righteousness. This way of being right with the Father is not a function of what we have done right or wrong. It is a function of the sacrifice that has been offered. And now, God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ (Eph 2:4).  No wonder he said that we are saved by grace through faith and this is on the bill of the finished work of Christ. The grace of our Lord Jesus is that mere men can now claim the everlasting God as their father by reconciliation and redemption through the shed blood. No wonder the Spirit bears witness with our spirits that we are sons of God. No wonder the Spirit of Adoption causes us to cry Abba, Father. He is indeed our Father, Hallelujah! All we need is to confess the Lordship of Jesus and believe he rose from the dead, and, we will have an entry with the Father.
Meditation scriptures	Rom 3:21&22 (NLT), Php 3:9
Prayer	Father I thank you because Jesus has become my righteousness. I can come boldly before your throne of grace and obtain mercy because Jesus has gone ahead of my there. I bask the fatherhood that I have in you because of the finished works of Christ Jesus. Amen
Bible in 1 year	Matthew 5 – 8