Stand and Guard your Gift of Righteousness
“Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,” (Ephesians 6:13-14)
If you’re a born-again Christian, the devil and his demons knows it—you have a mark of God on your forehead, visible in the spirit.
The devil knows you are already righteous in Christ and don’t need to struggle to receive any blessings.
However his scheme is to move you away from relying on the gift of righteousness, to performing works for righteousness.
He wants you to frustrate the grace of God and nullify what Jesus did for you—that puts you under the curse of the Law again.
The apostle Paul told us to stand. You already have the gift of righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ, so stand firmly on this truth.
Don’t let the devil trick you into moving away from the foundation of faith in Jesus’ finished work at the cross, because that is your only basis for receiving every one of God’s blessings.
Satan will say anything to get you chasing something else for your righteousness. Here are some hypothetical examples of his lies:
“You haven’t prayed long and hard enough. Others are on their knees praying and you’re here playing games? What a disgrace!”
“You haven’t tried fasting to get blessings. Look at that faithful man who fasted 40 days! And what are you doing? Sitting here on the couch and eating potato chips? No wonder you’re not blessed!”
“You are ignorant about God’s word. You need to read the whole Bible first before God will bless you. Why are you reading this gossip rubbish online? If you were really righteous, you wouldn’t even want to do this.”
Satan is an expert at mixing in some truth with some lies. It sounds very convincing to the flesh, but the condemnation and attempts at earning righteousness really produces a defeated Christian.
When you start thinking this way, “I must do more of ___, so that God will bless me with ___”, you have unconsciously come under works-based righteousness which places you under the curse of the Law.
Sure—praying, fasting and reading God’s word are wonderful and good, but not if you’re trying to use them to become more righteous before God so that you can be blessed.
These spiritual activities are ways for us to enter the state of faith without unbelief, so that we can simply believe and speak to have God’s blessings.
The more we hear the good news of Jesus Christ, the more we will desire to talk to God (pray), become more sensitive to His Spirit (through fasting), and knowing who we are and what we have in Christ (by reading God’s word).
“For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:17 WEB)
You already have the gift of righteousness and God’s grace is constantly being supplied into your life. Stand on this firm foundation and don’t allow Satan to trick you into abandoning this priceless treasure that you’ve received.
In my new book “Messiah’s Miracles—The Power of Having Faith in Jesus Christ”, I expound on every one of Jesus’ 37 recorded miracles in the four gospels.
Each chapter is designed to ignite your faith and increase expectancy in your heart to receive miracles now.
I believe that as you see Jesus working miracles in the four gospels, unveiling God’s heart of love, goodness and mercy towards man, you will also receive faith to see miracles in every area of your life!
You will also be able to walk in the power of God when you expect to see the supernatural gifts in operation.
Testimonials for the book:
“One of my most trusted teachers has truly written a masterpiece. I can't put this book down.”
- Michael Clark, Highly Sought-After Preacher in USA
“Thank you, Milton for the anointed sharing of the 37 miracles of Jesus. Right from the 1st miracle, God dropped fresh revelations of His heart to me. It wasn't head knowledge that I experienced. I felt His personality, His loving heart's intents towards me. On top of that, there's also revelation of His healing power. Praise Jesus for transforming my heart and bringing me closer to Him through Milton's sharing.”
- Ann Tan, GEM patron from Singapore
Get the paperback (hardcopy) edition on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0849Z3J7Y
Get the Kindle edition on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Messiahs-Miracles-Power-Having-Christ-ebook/dp/B084C56QZQ
Get the digital eBook edition on my website:
https://www.miltongoh.net/store/p21/messiahs-miracles-the-power-of-having-faith-in-jesus-christ-milton-goh.html
#Jesus #MessiahsMiracles
