Isaiah 54:17 "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord."

This sermon from American Pastor J.D. Montieth teaches on a topic that is essential to the Christian's spiritual peace, The Righteousness of God: "Few things are more important to a Christian’s spiritual peace than being made righteous by God. This act of divine grace is so beyond the realm of human thought that few can fully relish how glorious it is: sinners, worthy of condemnation, are made righteous by God because of their faith in His Son. It makes no difference, then, what the world thinks of God’s elect, because their righteousness makes them both cleansed and forgiven in Heaven.

"God does not justify a man because He finds him pure. There are no such men. Hence, sinners should not think that justification is the result of their own purification process. It is not. If this were the case, then the righteousness would be man’s. Only when men become spiritually enlightened enough to realize that they cannot produce righteousness on their own will they turn to Christ.

"There is no middle ground between reverence for the Lord Jesus and rejection of His God-given lordship over all creation. When men do not yield to the Son of God and the grace of God brought through Him, they prove themselves unworthy of reform. When Jesus is rejected, all divine mercy for sin vanishes. However, for the saint who believes in the Son of God and yields himself to the Spirit and Word of God, a much different future lies ahead: he is justified, and sin can no longer prevent God’s blessings from being imparted to him. Righteousness also means that many good things await the believer in the future, just as certainly as judgment awaits the God-rejector.

"Lastly, let us emphasize the great reality that the righteousness the believer receives through Christ is solely God’s. It does not come from man, and there is nothing in him to make him as God makes him in Christ, so we should not think that it is because of any part of our fleshly nature. Faith in Christ is how we are made righteous; consequently, to look for righteousness in any other place than Christ will only result in doubting its existence. By faith, we believe in God’s Son, and by faith, we should also trust in the righteousness given to us through Christ."

This sermon was preached live at Castle Grace in the At the Mouth of Two or Three Witnesses Series. Other sections of Scriptures highlighted in this sermon: Isaiah 54:17, Philippians 3:9, Romans 10:4, Hebrews 10:28-29, Romans 8:29-31.

Broadcast live from Castle Grace 07/11/2021