UNDERSTANDING RIGHTEOUSNESS.
1 CORINTHIANS 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, WHO IS MADE UNTO US WISDOM, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, sanctification, and redemption. NEW CENTURY VERSION (NCV). Because of God you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God. IN CHRIST WE ARE PUT RIGHT WITH GOD, and have been made holy, and have been set free from sin. The subject of "Righteousness" has been largely misconstrued in the Church world over the years. For the most part, majority of church folks have a religious mindset about it. This explains the reason why so many sincere Christians are frustrated and defeated in their endeavor to live for God. They had a wrong notion about what "Righteousness" really is. So they thought if they could just pray hard enough, and also beg the Lord some more, He would finally be convinced to make them righteous. This is due to spiritual ignorance or lack of knowledge on the part of the Christian. E. W. Kenyon once said, "The instant that you know you are...