OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21ST 2025
THEME: JEHOVAH TSIDKENU
MEMORISE:
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Romans 10:4
READ: Romans 8:1-11
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3.For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
MESSAGE
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Jeremiah 23:6
Jehovah Tsidkenu means the Lord our righteousness' All our righteousness comes from God; He is the Source and Standard of righteousness. If you are not righteous before Him, then you are not righteous. The world is not our standard; the Lord is.
Once you become a child of God, He puts His Spirit within you, and He begins to work in you to fulfil His perfect will (Philippians 2:1 3). He begins to guide you and show you the right ways to do things.
Before I surrendered my life to Christ and became sanctified, my heart was so hard that l just didn't know what it meant to cry. For example, I happened to be the favorite son of my biological father because I was his last son, and I really did love him too, but when he died, I did not cry. However, when the Holy Spirit came into me, He made my heart tender. He taught me how my heart should be and the right way to respond to things. Now, when I see people crying, tears will often begin to well up in my eyes too. I am no longer hard-hearted because the Holy Spirit has shown me and is still showing me my heavenly Father's righteous, loving, and compassionate ways of doing things.
Knowing God as your righteousness will set you free from trying to please Him by your power. The Bible says that it is not by power, nor by might, but by the Spirit of the Lord (Zechariah 4:6). Our Father is a good Father; He shows us His ways and gives us His Spirit to help us follow them perfectly. It is not by how many laws and commandments you can keep but by how yielded you are to the Holy Spirit.
Beloved, the Bible makes it clear that Christ has been made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption (1 Corinthians 1:30). Since Christ has become our righteousness, we can no longer Live for ourselves.
When we put on the Lord Jesus Christ, who is Our righteousness, we receive the empowerment of His Spirit to stop making provisions for the flesh to Commit sin
(Romans 13:14).
KEY POINT
When you surrender your life to Jesus Christ, He becomes your righteousness, and He gives you the Holy Spirit
to guide you.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Deuteronomy 1-2
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE
HYMN 10: IN CHRIST ALONE
1. In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My comforter, my all in all
Here in the love of Christ I stand
2. In Christ alone who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live
There in the ground His body lay
3. Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ
4. No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand
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