Thursday, August 14, 2025

Ephesians 6:14b

 

Ephesians 6:14b

Put On the Breastplate of Righteousness!

 

Eph 6:14  Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

          1.     Put On the Breastplate of Righteousness!

a.     Put on Imputed Righteousness

                                               i.     Righteousness hath no man - Romans 3:10 

                                             ii.     Righteousness is given to us

1.     2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 4:22-25 

                                           iii.     Righteousness is not achieved through human effort - Philippians 3:4-9 

                                            iv.     Righteousness is the reason you were redeemed - Titus 2:14 

b.     Put on Imparted Righteousness

                                               i.     While all our righteousness is given to us, we are to take the righteousness of God and begin to make it our own through a pursuit of holiness

1.     Ephesians 4:24 

                                             ii.     Righteousness is now the choice of the believer - Romans 6:11-13 

                                           iii.     Righteousness is the hallmark of the Kingdom of Light - Ephesians 5:8-9 

                                            iv.     Righteousness is the identifier of the people of God - 1 John 3:10 

                                             v.     Righteousness is the practice of the people of God - 1 John 5:17-18 

                                            vi.     Righteousness grows out of properly placed affections - Colossians 3:2-6 

                                          vii.     Righteousness gives incredible courage - Proverbs 28:1 

                                        viii.     Righteousness gives power to the words of an individual

1.     Proverbs 10:20-21 

                                            ix.     Righteousness is our most powerful witnessing tool - Matthew 5:16 

                                             x.     Righteousness is rewarded with mercy - Hosea 10:12 

                                            xi.     Righteousness in the inward heart is the theme of the New Covenant

1.     Jeremiah 31:33-34 

                                          xii.     Righteousness is rewarded with satisfaction - Matthew 5:6 

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