READ : Ephesians 4:17-32
“…that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” – 2 Corinthians 5:21
When a man is born-again, the spirit within is changed. The unsaved spirit is desperately wicked and corrupt. What about the new creation? What about a man who has experienced the miracle of being born again? The new creation is righteous and truly holy. In other words, a man who is saved has undergone a radical transformation of the heart. His spirit is now a new creation in Christ. He is not a renovated and repainted version of an old thing. He is brand new. He is indeed newly created in God.
So what happens next? What are we supposed to do now that we are born or created again?
This Scripture makes us know that we are actually righteous when we are born again. What God is telling us is that we must put on (act like) the new spirit which is created in righteousness and true holiness. It is time for you to acknowledge what God has done to your heart. The Bible says we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. The righteousness of God is the highest form of purity and “sinlessness”. God is describing the status of your new spirit.
Acknowledging good things will make your faith come alive. Say to yourself, “I am the righteousness of God, I’m a new person! I can make it! I am holy.” These confessions will take you out of sin into a life of practical holiness. There is always something on the inside that must work on the outside. Righteousness on the inside should evidently be working on the outside.