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Righteousness2 Introduction: Until man is righteous and knows it, Satan reigns over him, sin and disease are his masters. Righteousness is the nature of the father imparted to us. It is the nature gaining ascendancy in us until we know that we are what God says we are—masters and conquerors. If we grab a hold of that revelation that he took our place so that we could have his place, Our Christian walk would never be the same again. I. Overview A. Man without God - Eph. 2:12 You were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the community of Israel, strangers to God’s covenants and the promise that goes with them. Yours was a world without hope and without God. Revised English Bible In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from God’s people, Israel, and you did not know the promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope. New Living Translation Study of Sin Consciousness Every spiritual failure comes from sin consciousness Destroys faith, vision, & gives inferiority complex Makes man truly inferior. C. The saint vs. sinner. Rom 5:1, 2 Righteousness of God Access to God with boldness. Eph. 3:12 No longer under power of darkness. Col. 1:13, 14 Redeemed to proper place. Eph. 2:1,4-6 C. Righteousness is our relationship with God. Rom. 4:13 II. Two kinds of Sin Consciousness Man who has never been born-again Not only a sinner but called iniquity/ unrighteousness. 2 Cor. 6:14 More than a transgressor, he is child of wrath. Eph. 2:3 Spiritually dead. Eph. 2:1,5 United with Satan Eph. 2:1-3 The undeveloped believer—one who has never grown beyond the state of babyhood 1. Carnal Christians. I Cor. 3:1-3; Rom. 8:7, 8; Eph. 5:26 2. Baby Christians. Eph. 4: 13, 14; Heb 5:11-14 III. God’s Cure A. Legal problem requires legal solution Col. 1:13-14 Delivered out of Satan’s dominion Born into kingdom of son. Natural born citizen We have redemption. Satan has no more legal right to reign over believer Remission of our sins Conclusion: