You look into the royal law of liberty, and you see reality. (James 2:8) You see the Kingdom of God. (James 1:23)

When you see yourself in this royal law of liberty, what do you see?  You need to see reality.  In reality, you are a new creature, created in righteousness. (1Cor 5:17)

Do you think that the Christ in you can sin? Of course not. (1 John 3:9) Jesus is that spiritual man. (1John 3:5)  Jesus is the ministry within you, and He does not sin, but your flesh does not see Christ nor does it know Him. (1John 3:6) Your flesh is of the devil and cannot do righteousness ever. (1John 3:8) The flesh is not born again and cannot be reformed, and we must die to the flesh.  (1John 3:9, Rom  8:13) So make no provision for the flesh. (Rom  13:14)  
 
If we see ourselves in the royal law of liberty, we realize that we are joined to our brother and sister in Christ, that we are part of the same person.  We know that we have no meaning or purpose outside the Body of Christ.  Real righteousness is by grace through faith. 

If I had a machine that would keep my finger alive outside of my body and I separated my finger from my body, that finger would not have a purpose.  That is how we are without the Body.  When we see reality, we realize that we have no purpose if we are in disorder or not functioning properly in the exact ministry to which we were called.  That would be as if I were able to connect my finger to my forehead.  It would not only look strange, but it would be useless.  This type of uselessness can develop in Christian lives.  This is what happens when there are disorders in a local assembly.  It happens when a member tries to emulate someone else's gift, ministry, or office. 

There are many false prophets and false apostles who lay hands on people and prophesy lies over them, making them useless to the Body of Christ through their lying spirits.  When the Church is divided and separated from those who have been called as the foundation of the Church (Eph 2:19-22), they are like a part of the Body, perhaps and arm or a leg, consisting of many members, who have been cut off from the headship and the covering that exist in the true Body of Christ.  
 
Here, we may have to deal with the lies of the ungodly counselors.  In the New Age religions and in the Positive Mental Attitude counselors, there is a teaching about self-talk.  They teach their adherents to speak to themselves in positive terms.  "I feel great!"  "I am the best at what I do!"  This does plant seeds into the garden of the heart, but these sayings are not by the Spirit of God.  To hear God's voice, we must listen to God.  When we generate our own voices or speak a vision out of our own hearts we try to do the work of God by the human spirit.  We can lean to be a hypocrite this way, but we cannot come into the manifestation of the sons of God.  It is the planting of counterfeit weed seeds that look a lot like the real thing but are fake.  These ways are more similar to magic and witchcraft than to the functioning of the Body of Christ.  The flesh cannot be reformed.  It must die.  The Christ must be built to the fullness.  This is done by preparing the soil and planting seed from God.  
 

Topic: Righteousness by Grace through Faith

You can know the will of God by being led by the Spirit. Then, the next question is this: \"How can I know it is the Spirit and not myself?\" Here are ten things you need to know about being led: 1. You must seek God on purpose Hebrews 11:6 God is and He is a rewarder--we will find Him if we seek Him. Matt 7:8 All who seek find Luke 11:9-13 God will give...

\"It is because of him [the Father] that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God--that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.\" 1 Corinthians 1:30 NIV The battle for righteousness is a battle to correct the proper operation of the human spirit, mind/soul, and body. Of course, this includes correcting our relationship to God. Real righteousness is by grace through faith. Romans 14:23 tells us simply that...

The words of which God speaks are real.  They are Truth.  It is His Truth that sets you free from Satan\'s lies.  He who does righteousness is righteous. (1John 3:7) Real righteousness is by grace through faith. God\'s process for righteousness is by grace, and grace is through faith. (Eph 2:8-10) (some caveats about hearing God\'s Voice) FREE on-line BOOK (a classic): The Real Faith, by Charles S. Price FREE on-line BOOK...

We may have never realized just how very strait (constricted) (Luke 13:24) and narrow (Matthew 7:14) that way of righteousness is. It is very narrow and constricted. If God didn\'t tell us to think it, say it or do it, then it is sin. It is missing the mark. If God did tell us to do it and we get our flesh involved at all, to the extent that we...

The Process Righteousness consists of God leading us and us following. The problem is that we have no capacity within ourselves to follow God. So God has a way to give us the free gift of righteousness. God\'s method is \"by grace through faith,\" and this is the process. God speaks. God has already prepared our heart to receive and hear. (some caveats about hearing God\'s Voice) When we hear, God\'s faith comes. God\'s faith gives...

If a bird lands on your head, that\'s not really your fault... but you don\'t have to let it build a nest. When you are tempted, you may slip across into sin. (Eph 4:26) Temper, lust, covetousness, or disrespect may involuntarily spring forth. (1John 1:10) Think about it. When you have a thought of envy, do you analyze the situation and make a conscious decision to be envious as a first...

We may wonder why, if we have been crucified with Christ, the flesh has any influence on us at all. It seems that crucifixion is a slow death. As soon as you are born again (by believing and trusting in Jesus) you ARE a new creature. However, you still HAVE a fleshly nature. Your REAL self is the Christ nature, that ministry that you have BECOME. This ministry, Christ in you,...

Down to earth righteousness is real and it has to do with the will of the person through whom the righteousness is done..  It is righteousness the flows from the Holy Spirit.  It is the flow of God\'s Own Love through the follower of Christ.  It is the fruit of the Spirit.  God speaks, leads.  The Christ follower hears and directs his or her will to follow.  God\'s Own Faith...

Sin: Acknowledging lies rather than Truth, so you step or slip off the narrow and restricted Way that leads to the genuine and absolute fullness of Life. Jesus: The Way, the Truth, and the Life.    Key Scripture: whatever is not of supernatural belief and trust is sin. Romans 14:23b Whoever does miss the mark (sin) also does lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness. * 1 John 3:4 Owe no one anything, but to love one another:...

 All that is good comes from God     Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding,       Forgiveness,       Repentance,       love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, meekness, temperance,       Faith       Righteousness   Don\'t try to make your own.     Yield your members to God\'s righteousness. Don\'t try to make your own righteousness.       Stand in His presence and receive...

Righteousness is by grace through faith. Why do Christians struggle so to be righteous when righteousness is the free gift of God. Salvation is by grace through faith. Salvation is more than being born again and escaping from the punishment for sin. Salvation is forgiveness and it is also being set free from slavery to sin and the sinful nature. Here\'s how it works: God speaks His vision of hope to us....

Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.   Sin shall not have dominion over you.  Every person who has not been born again is absolutely controlled by the dominion of sin.  The unsaved can do self-righteousness, but it is not a true righteousness.  All true righteousness flows from the throne of God.  Real righteousness is by grace through faith. ...

Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.   Real righteousness is by grace through faith.  ...

Romans 6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Romans 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin: but yield yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law,...

1 Peter 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: You see that they have purified their souls (soul, mind, heart, life are all the same Greek word.)  This purification is holiness.  There is a measure of holiness in those who follow Jesus.  It is accomplished by obeying...

 \"But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind have taken us away.\"  Isaiah 64:6 \"For God hath not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness\" (I Thessalonians 4:7).  Some theologians assume that Scriptures that seem so completely opposed as these two are an indication that one of the Scriptures must be...