Apr 29 + God's righteousness + Christ's all-inclusive victorious death

 Today we looked at a very simple poem and found two themes in it, wrote 10 of our own ideas of things that have a lot depending upon them, and were assigned to choose 5 questions on the poem out of 10 options to answer on Canvas.

For the first thing that I know there is a lot depending upon, I put "God's righteousness." Psalm 89:14a says: "Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne."

This is just a kind of cool verse at first sight, but when you really consider it (especially after turning to your spirit by calling "O Lord Jesus") you can see that it's saying quite a lot. God on His throne is the One upholding and administrating the entire universe in both the physical and spiritual realm, and the very foundation of His throne, which has the whole universe depending on it, is His righteousness. 

This righteousness, which condemned man prior to the Lord Jesus dying to fulfill God's righteous demand for us, is the very same righteousness which, now, because of the Lord's all-inclusive, victorious, redeeming death for us on the cross, actually forces God to forgive us and to remove our sin from us when we apply His redeeming blood subjectively to ourselves. This is quite spectacular. 

Here's a practical handle: We can hear that "Jesus died for our sins" all day long, but this fact will never mean anything to you subjectively in your own experience until you simply say to Him: "Lord, wash me in Your blood. I trust in the power of your victorious death. Now, Lord, expose my sins that you need specifically addressed. I don't want to search my being, Lord, whatever is in the way from Your flow of divine life into me, You need to touch me with. Lord Jesus, thank You for the covering of Your precious blood. I apply Your blood to my sinful being."

1 John 1:9: "That if we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Hebrews 4:16a: "Let us therefore come forward with boldness to the throne of grace..." 

PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS! We can come forward to the throne of grace: God Himself. Thank you Father for sending Your Son to die for us, bringing us back into fellowship with our wonderful Triune God. We love You Lord Jesus.