Righteousness is a free gift given by God through faith in Christ's atoning work. Righteousness is your identity, not an allusive state of existence you reach through performance.
Because you've been given right-standing (righteousness) with God, his spirit now dwells in you. He has also joined his kingdom to you and placed you in it. So when you seek God's kingdom, you first do it by connecting to his presence within you.
You are not righteous because of anything you have done other than surrender to Christ, seeking his kingdom works the same way. God pours out his love for you in your heart so you will be made whole. His grace is his spiritual influence in your inner man to be strengthened and experience the fruits of his spirit. Because of these things, you can experience a connection with the kingdom of God within because God has delivered you from darkness and translated you into his kingdom.
Rest in him, take comfort that his eternal dwelling place is already connected to your inner man, enjoy your identity as a child of God and live a life that brings glory and honor to his name!!
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29 фев 2016
