Established in Righteousness and Grace

Thank you, Jesus, for the never-ending, ever-giving gifts of righteousness and grace (Romans 5: 17)

Yet these gifts are also ever-present in the life of a believer.

Regarding righteousness:

"In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee." (Isaiah 54: 14)

and

"As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation." (Proverbs 10: 25)

and

"A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved." (Proverbs 12: 3)


In Christ, we have been made the righteousness of God, and Christ is our righteousness (1 Corinthians 1: 30), and Christ Jesus is the most stable of all:

"Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." (Hebrews 13: 8)

Right after this verse, we read:

"Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein." (Hebrews 13:9)

In Christ, we are established in grace and righteousness.