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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