Obedience unto Righteousness
Rom 6:16 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? When we come to faith in Christ, He forgives us, redeems us and then clothes us in His righteousness by His blood and sacrifice, he paid the debt that we could never repay. From there, the Lord then leads His children in the paths of righteousness for His namesake (Ps 23), as the title verse states, we have a new master now, and we no longer serve our old master of sin. With this new master, we now forsake our sin by crucifying the deeds of the flesh and putting them to death. We practice walking in the Spirit every day by yielding to and obeying its promptings, this is what is meant by “obedience UNTO righteousness”. In doing that, we progressively grow in practical, outward righteousness as a fruit. That is why Jesus said: “For I say unto you, That except YOUR righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of th...