A Fabergé Egg, made by Peter Carl Fabergé between 1885 and 1917, was made of precious metals or hard stones decorated with combinations of enamel and gem stones. On the outside it looks like a simple egg of white enameled gold, but it opens up to reveal a golden yolk. The yolk itself has a golden hen inside it, which in turn has a tiny crown with a ruby hanging inside.
 
Similarly, Biblical revelation has many profound layers. A truth revealed is more precious than gold, but lo and behold sooner or later comes fresh insight from the same scripture that brings us closer to the Lord. It is this new, powerful understanding of a well known Bible scripture I experienced that I would like to share with you.
The deeper revelation brought me much joy, a joy that swelled within me a few days later when I was made speechless with amazement at learning from a Christian TV documentary that the very epiphany I received was what Martin Luther, the Christian theologian and Augustinian monk whose teachings inspired the Protestant Reformation, experienced as a breakthrough in his Christian walk.
 
The Scripture Revealed
 
Romans 1/17: “For therein (the Gospel of Jesus Christ) is the righteousness of God is revealed from faith, to faith: as it is written: ‘The just shall live by faith.’” (Parentheses are mine)

 
Realizing fully what it means to be the righteousness of God in Jesus is a light which shines and shows us the way into our ‘secret place of the Most High’ where the enemy cannot get to us. Once there, everything changes for us. Our faith is energized and we walk in the power of the Holy.

How To Get The Full Revelation

Isn’t it rather strange for God to issue a command to us in Matthew 5:48 that we “be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” How on earth can we be perfect? Can we keep every commandment of God at all times? This is what Luther battled with, even raising his fist to God. Nevertheless, the Word says we must be perfect as God is perfect. So, it must be achievable by us or God would not have said it. There is a massive ‘however’ however. Yes, God said be perfect, but like Luther I found it impossible to conceive of perfection in myself. Sure, my spirit man was reborn, but what about my soul and body where sin resides? Based on that, it is therefore impossible for any of us to be perfect – unless a way is given to us to be perfect as God is perfect.

Now here is where it gets very interesting:

Because we are the righteousness of God in Jesus it means we are perfect not only in spirit, but also in soul and body! This perfection given to us is absolutely fundamental to receiving the full revelation, not just intellectual understanding. And this relatively surface knowledge is, I believe, the reason why so many Christians are not living in the Blessing, why the power of the Holy Spirit is not working fully in their lives, why many are left wondering what they have done wrong, why God’s promises have not been fulfilled although they are confessed in faith for years and years sometimes. Far too many Christians cannot understand why they are still sick when they confess the health promises. And far too many Christians cannot understand why they are living from hand to mouth – and that on top of knowing they faithfully tithe and give offerings.

Are You Working To Get Righteousness But Are Not Aware Of Doing So?
We may feel slighted by a brother or sister and harbor even a morsel of unforgiveness; the devil then whispers accusations to us in an almost inaudible inner voice. The result is we then ‘feel’ a little unworthy, perhaps just a trace, but it will be enough for the devil to get a foothold in our souls. We might use bad language while driving, and again the devil is right there with us to accuse, convict and punish us for ‘feeling’ we have let God down. We might feel a twinge of pain in our bodies and immediately think of cancer or whatever. We might consider and dwell on heart disease because our genetic make-up suggests we may die early as our brother and father did for example.
The result is that all these thoughts and feelings mount up and make us ‘feel’ bad but the truth is that the devil is hammering us as if we are a sheet of metal under the hand of a panel beater. And what is the devil trying to do? He is ensuring that all these feelings of worry, guilt, unworthiness etc mount up and twist a tourniquet around righteousness, around perfection in body and soul as well as spirit, eventually choking off the blood, the Blessing, the manifested promise of God. The devil couldn’t care less about our spirits; he knows that we know we are going to heaven when we die. It’s our souls and flesh he is interested in; that’s where he does the damage, folks, with his lies and deceptions hoping we all fall for his tricks. And we do fall for them. Here’s how:
Because we ‘feel’ unrighteous in our mind, will and emotions, we then yearn to be accepted by God, to please Him. Most of the time we are not aware, not in the least, that this is happening. Of course the devil is rubbing his hands with glee, laughing so hard his side aches knowing he has accomplished what he wanted. And he knows what will come next: we try to nullify those innocuous ‘sins’ by doing things that will gratify God: go to church twice on Sunday instead of once; give an extra twenty bucks in the offering; offer to do some work for the pastor for free; become an usher, anything as long as it makes us ‘feel’ better about ourselves, and as said, please God; after all doing these things is positive and right, and of course should be commended.

However, using our good acts (even unconsciously) to win the righteousness of God will never work. Righteousness is a free gift and only free. Working to gain God’s nod of approval boils down to saying we do not measure up. It is this condemnation the devil uses to keep us from the full revelation of righteousness, which is exactly what the devil wants! The beast knows fine well that fully understanding righteousness, that it makes us perfect in soul and body as well as in spirit, is the answer to living more abundantly as Jesus wants us to do, the answer to ongoing good health, healing, you name it! But do you think Satan wants us to know this? Of course not! He will always tell us that right living is righteousness. It is not! Righteousness leads to right living!

Sadly, we all fall for the devil’s deceptions. That is until we truly accept we are the righteousness of God in Jesus, that it is a free gift, and this means we are perfect in soul and body as well as our spirits. When we start seeing how God sees us, as perfect, and when we start seeing ourselves the same way, as perfect in spirit, soul and body, then there is a dramatic effect on our relationships, finances, health – everything. Want proof? Here it is in Matthew 6/33:

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”