Ephesians 6:13-14 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground,and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then,with the belt of truth buckled around your waist,with the breastplate of righteousness in place
Breastplate: PROTECTION for your vital ORGANS.
Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
RIGHTEOUSNESS
Righteousness: RIGHT LIVING, to meet a STANDARD,to pass INSPECTION
Righteousness GUARDS the most VITAL parts of your life.
Proverbs 13:6 Righteousness guards the person of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
The enemy’s INVASION is always started by an INVITATION.
Unrighteousness is an INVITATION for the ENEMY to attack your life.
Righteousness can be FAKED, but God, nor the enemy is FOOLED.
Romans 3:10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;
Jesus didn’t come to help you MANAGE SIN.
Jesus came to help you have VICTORY OVER SIN.
Righteousness is first EMBRACED, not EARNED.
Righteousness is both IMPUTED and IMPARTED.
Imputed: given to us at the MOMENT of our salvation, JUSTIFICATION
2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
I Peter 2:24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; Have you been born again?
Imparted: WORKED OUT every day after salvation,
SANCTIFICATION
Righteousness TRANSFORMS us from the INSIDE OUT.
Ephesians 4:20-24 That, however, is not the way of life you learned when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Whatever you feed, GROWS.Whatever you starve, DIES.
Feed your spirit = RIGHTEOUSNESS
Feed your flesh = ROTTENNESS
The same Jesus that SAVES us is the same Jesus that SANCTIFIES us.
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