Key Truths for Families - Breastplate of Righteousness

TRANSCRIPT: Good morning, Five Minute Families. Here at Clear View Retreat, we want to build up families so that you are better equipped to navigate the ‘norms’ and ‘storms’ of life. Drawing families closer by focusing on the hope, connection, and strength that God and His word provide is our goal. Because of that goal we started this radio spot that has now become an easy five-minute podcast that can be found on most of the podcast platforms you have access to. Whether you send a comment on fb or via one of our other contact forms, please let us know if there is a topic you would be interested in having us explore after we finish this current series - Key Truths for Families. So far in this series we have discussed that our families need to have Christ esteem, know the battle before us, stand firm, and be held together with the belt of truth. Now continuing through our journey in Ephesians chapter 6 we come to the second piece of armor mentioned - the breastplate of righteousness. Verse fourteen says, “Stand firm therefore, having belted your waist with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness.” Righteousness - defined as the quality of being morally right or justifiable - is mentioned throughout the Bible. Those two parts of the definition - morally right or justifiable - can be seen in how the Bible handles the concept of righteousness. In Ephesians 4:24 Paul explains how our newness in Christ is based in righteousness and holiness of truth, which is the imputed, justifiable part of righteousness. Additionally, Ephesians 5:9 prompts us to be fruitful in goodness, righteousness, and truth; thus, due to the Holy Spirit, we now have the ability to be morally right. Oi, imputed righteousness, holiness of truth, behaving morally right, all of that can seem overwhelming. But, truly, once we realize that we already have received the righteousness of Jesus Christ, we can now focus on learning more about God’s Truth and how to live and relate to others in His goodness. So, how do we do that in ou