Jesus was true, inwardly and outwardly. He is “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6), and on this foundation we can build. When we know that our own hearts do not condemn us (1 John 3:21), we can say to the mountain, “Be removed” (Matthew 21:21). But when our own hearts do condemn us, there is no power in prayer, no power in preaching. We are just “sounding brass or a clanging cymbal” (1 Corinthians 13:1). May the Holy Spirit show us that there must be a ministry of righteousness.
Christ was righteousness through and through. God wants to settle it in our hearts that we are to be like Him—like Him in character. God wants righteousness in the inward parts, so that we may be pure through and through. – Smith Wigglesworth
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