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Ephesians 4:24:

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

You are not some unworthy, sinful little worm. You are a new creature in Christ. You are holy. You are righteous. Therefore, you are worthy to receive healing. Do not pray to be holy, and do not pray to be found worthy. You already are both because of what Jesus Christ did for you. Failure to realize this will hinder your prayer life, because you will feel unworthy to receive your healing. God says you are holy and worthy. This does not mean that we bow down and worship you and cry "Holy, Holy, Holy, Worthy are you," but in God's eyes you are already holy and worthy because you are in Christ.

You are holy. You can present yourself a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God (Romans 12:1). The temple of God is holy
, which temple you are (1 Cor 3:17). The children of believers are considered holy (1 Cor 7:14). We were chosen before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blame before him in love (Eph 1:4). We are growing into a holy temple of the Lord (Eph 2:21). Christ gave himself for the church so that it might be holy and without blemish (Eph 5:25-27). You are reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to be presented holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight (Col 1:21-22). You are the elect of God, holy and beloved (Col 3:12). First Thessalonians was to be read to all the holy brethren (1 Thess 5:27). God wants men everywhere to lift up holy hands (1 Tim 2:8). You are one of the holy brethren referred to in Hebrews 3:1. You are part of a holy priesthood (1 Peter 2:5). You are part of a royal priesthood, a holy nation (1 Peter 2:9). The Holy Spirit in you is called, as if you couldn't figure this out, the spirit of holiness (Romans 1:4)!


The fact that God lives in you is proof that you are holy. God would not allow anything unholy into his presence in the Old Covenant. You are God's holy temple under the New Covenant, as seen above.

You are worthy to receive healing because you are righteous! You are the righteousness of God in Christ (2 Cor 5:21). By the obedience of one [Christ] you have been made righteous (Rom 5:19). Your faith is counted for righteousness (Romans 4:5, Gal 3:6). Jesus condemned sin in the flesh so that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in you (Romans 8:3-4). Righteousness is of faith (Romans 9:30). With the heart man believes unto righteousness (Romans 10:10). The kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost (Romans 15:17).


Christ Jesus is made unto you righteousness (1 Cor 1:30). The New Covenant is called the ministration of righteousness (2 Cor 3:9). You, as a believer, are called righteousness in 2 Cor 6:14. Paul talked of being found in him [Christ], not having his own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith (Philippians 3:9). Noah was an heir of the righteousness which is by faith (Hebrews 11:7). Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness (James 2:23).

There is no question that you are righteous right now if you are born again. Yet for some reason this is controversial today. Many still insist that you are still a fallen sinner, and your sins are just covered. According to this popular view, you are actually unrighteous, but the blood of Christ puts a righteous covering on you so that God sees you as righteous. This "covering" of sins is an Old Testament idea, not a New Testament idea. David could talk about his sins being covered, and that is the best that he could have under his covenant. However, your sins are more than covered. They are obliterated. You have more than a covering of righteousness. You are the righteousness of God in Christ.


The verse at the beginning of this discussion proves that you have been recreated in righteousness and true holiness. Your new born-again spirit is righteous and holy, not sinful, and not in need of any kind of covering. Jesus Christ took your sin and gave you his righteousness. Your born-again spirit is every bit as righteous before God as Jesus Christ was when he walked the earth.

Those who object to this say that if we were really just as righteous as Jesus was, we could not sin. That is not true. Your mind, to the extent that it is unrenewed with God's Word, will lead you into sin. Your body, if you listen to its sense-realm information, can lead you into sin also. God does not say that your mind is righteous or that your body is righteous. Your mind was not born again and your body was not born again. Your spirit was born again. Your born-again spirit is the "new man" that was created after God in righteousness and true holiness. You were re-created in God's image. You are not omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, or worthy to receive worship, but you look like God on the inside. Your spirit was literally born of God.


Because you are righteous, your prayers for healing avail much! "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 5:16).

What about other Scriptures that command us to be holy? Why would God command us to be something that we already are? These Scriptures speak of holiness in conduct, not holiness in terms of standing with God. Your holy conduct should reflect your holy standing.

See yourself the way God sees you. You are righteous. You have the right to receive healing from God along with all his other blessings. You are his holy temple. God was very concerned about the condition of his temple in the Old Covenant. He didn't want to live in a run-down dump. Surely he does not want his current temple -- you -- to be a run-down dump, either.

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