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of mind, and makes us ineffectual Christians. It is a work of Satan.
    If we have a feeling of inferiority, we cannot reign in life. We are IN HIM. We have been bought with a price, with the precious blood of Jesus, and we no longer belong to ourselves. (I Corinthians 6:19-20)
    All of our success is in Him. We cannot fail when we understand that we have been made righteous.
    We have no room for thoughts and feelings of inferiority.
    We must replace those feelings with the knowledge of who we are in Christ Jesus.
    I once talked with a lady who called me long distance. Her husband had continually told her she would go to hell if she put on lipstick or cut her hair. The woman had severe emotional problems from the strain of this constant condemnation. She knew that she could never be good enough to go to heaven.
    Her husband did not understand that we are made righteous by the atoning blood of Jesus. He thought that our outward appearance was a sign of being righteous, or unrighteous. He desperately needed someone to help him.
    Many people who believe such things are sincere and dedicated Christians. They are bound by denominational doctrines and ideas, but they can be free of such bondage and torment.
    Let us examine two aspects of righteousness: the Divine Side and the Practical Application.
     
    The Divine Side:
    God, through Jesus Christ, has redeemed us.
    Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
    For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
    Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
    Romans 3:22-24
     
    Our righteousness comes only by faith in Christ Jesus. We have all sinned, but when we stand at the foot of the Cross, we stand on level ground. We observe the Cross and embrace it with the knowledge that we have sinned, and because of our faith in what He has done, we are forgiven.
    Righteousness comes to us as a free gift. We can never earn it. We will never be good enough to receive it. It does not come by external observances—by keeping the law, or wearing the proper clothing—it comes to us by faith in Jesus Christ.
    In the beginning, man was created to be a king who was subject only to his Creator, but:
    Man transgressed.
    He was disloyal to God.
    Man believed Satan.
    He believed the devil's he instead of the Word of God.
    Man lost dominion over his own kingdom.
    Satan became the ruler of this world and the prince of the power of the air.
    Satan took over the entire kingdom that God had commissioned to Adam.
    Instead of living like a king, man became a slave.
    He became a slave to sin and Satan.
     
    The Practical Application:
    Every man alive must choose to live like a king, or he will automatically exist as a slave.
    We have the power of choice to change our destiny! We should choose a personal relationship with Jesus. If we choose to live by rules and outward appearances, we are not going to live like kings.
    In his letter to the Romans, Paul tells us that the Gospel is for the salvation of all men. (Romans 1:16) God has given to EVERY man the same measure of faith to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 12:3)
    But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
    Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
    But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
    That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
    For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
    Romans 10:6-10
     
    This is the practical application to righteousness. The righteousness which is of faith SPEAKETH! I want you to