THREE IMPORTANT THINGS JESUS BROUGHT TO US

DECEMBER 23, 2025

For if by one man's offence death

reigned by one; much more they which

receive abundance of grace and of the

gift of righteousness shall reign in life by

one, Jesus Christ (Romans 5:17).

There’re three important things that the Lord Jesus

brought to us which every Christian must study

diligently, understand and live by, especially this yuletide

season. These are righteousness, eternal life, and

fellowship. These are three things we receive from Jesus

Christ that no one could have any other way. There’s no

religion in the world that can give them, and in our study

today, we will focus on one of them— righteousness.

Righteousness or the righteousness of God is the

manifestation of His excellence, love and purpose. When

we talk about the righteousness of God, we’re dealing with

His excellence in everything; He's at the top of everything.

He's excellent. Then, it’s also the manifestation of His

love and His righteous purpose in everything. There's

a righteousness about God in everything. When that

righteousness is manifested toward man, something

happens: man receives that righteousness and it produces

in him the rightness of God.

This is so important because God is faultless. If you

can fault Him, that means He falls short, but He never falls

short. He’s ever and always right. Whatever He thinks,

says, or does is just right. He’s imparted the same nature

to us. Now we can think right, talk right, act right and live

right.

This is what happened when you received Jesus into

your life to be born again. It wasn’t a religion you got; the

rightness of God was imparted to you as a gift (Romans

5:17). It had to be imparted because you couldn’t attain it

or make it happen for yourself. It can never be gotten any

other way. But through Jesus Christ, we have the rightness

of God manifested in us by divine impartation.

This righteousness of God is what gives us right

standing in the presence of the Father without guilt, fear,

condemnation or the sense of inferiority. We never could

have served God or lived for Him until His righteousness

was given to us. This is something amazing you got from

Jesus when you believed in Him; righteousness. We’ll

review the other two in our subsequent studies.

PRAYER

Dear Father, thank you for the gift of righteousness. I

walk in boldness and confidence, knowing I have right

standing with you. I live in the consciousness of who I am

in Christ, free from guilt, condemnation, or fear. Thank

you for making me your righteousness in Christ Jesus.

I reign in life and express your nature of excellence and

love, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY:

Romans 5:17; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Philippians 3:8-9;2 Corinthians 5:21

1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Revelation 15 & Zephaniah 1-3

2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Acts 2:37-47 & Ezra 1