God’s Free Gift of righteousness.
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Romans 5:15-21 tells you about God’s Free Gift of righteousness.
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Romans 5:15-21 tells you about God’s Free Gift of righteousness.
God uses the word “charisma.” God uses this same word “charisma” when He tells you about Spiritual gifts in 1 Corinthians chapter 12.
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance tells you this about “charisma:”
miraculous faculty a gift of grace, a free gift, esp. of extraordinary operations of the Spirit
I’m going to quote Thayer, but keep in mind that Thayer was not a Christian and his work often adds a twist. You’ll see this here in the words “distinguishing certain.” Thayer gives you this:
grace or gifts denoting extraordinary powers, distinguishing certain Christians and enabling them to serve the church of Christ, the reception of which is due to the power of divine grace operating on their souls by the Holy Spirit
You have extraordinary and miraculous power that allows you to serve in the church of Christ. You receive the power for righteousness by divine grace as it operates on your soul by the Holy Spirit.
But the free gift (charisma) is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. ~ Romans 5:15
You receive the free gift of righteousness by grace. Grace is the means of righteousness. Grace is the means of good works. It’s not the other way around. Good works are not the means of grace. Grace is the means of good works. Grace does the righteousness as you shall see from Scripture.
And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. ~ Romans 5:16-17
What does this Scripture tell you? It shows you Grace and the gift of righteousness go together. Righteousness is doing what God says is right. These verses show the same pattern. You receive the gift of righteousness by grace. You get grace through faith. God gives you faith by leading, teaching, and correcting you. If you get grace and the gift of righteousness, you’ll reign in Life by Christ Jesus.
Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. ~ Romans 5:18-19
You are part of the group called “all men” or “all people” or “many.” The free gift came upon you. You shall be made righteous. You aren’t doing the work. God gave you the free gift of righteousness. God does the work. God will make you righteous. Even now, Christ in you doesn’t sin. Your flesh does no righteousness. And God has a plan to remove the stain of your fleshly nature.
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