Practical Righteous

                                                        Psalm 119 : 7
                                  "I will praise thee with uprightness of heart"
                              "When I Have learned thy righteous judgements"

         Doing practical righteousness differs from being self-righteous.  The self-righteous person sets up his own standard of moral conduct and seeks to live by it.  But this self -righteous, produced by the unsaved, is not what God requires.  When we receive Christ for salvation, we are justified by God.  This means that we are acquitted of His verdict of condemnation and are declared to be righteous in His sight.  He can do this, for He gives us His gift of righteousness and makes us righteous constitutionally in Christ.
        Because of God's justifying work, the saved person is able to do practical righteousness.  This means that he is able to do what is right in God's sight.  This is possible, for we have God's word which shows us His will, we have an inner desire to do His will, and we have the needed power through the Holy Spirit.
        It was Paul's prayer for the Philippians that they be filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Christ. This kind of righteousness is a sign of new life.

                                                  May God  Bless You
                                                   And Your Families

                                                                    Minister: Robert A. Lail
                                                                    The Cross Life Ministry