Proverbs 24:16
“For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again…”
The Bible is filled with many promises and blessings for the righteous – The only problem is we never think of ourselves as the “righteous”.
We think of ourselves as “not that special” – or “forgiven” – or just as “christians” – anything but “righteous”. In doing so we have confused the word “righteous” with the word “holy”.
Being righteous is your position – not your lifestyle. Being righteous means being “In right Standing with”.
2 Cor 5:21
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
Being righteous simply means being in right standing with God – and when we follow Jesus we are made righteous because what JESUS DID – Not what we do.
We may fall again and again and again……. All we need to to do is rise again….Because that’s what righteous people do.
