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Righteousness, in the biblical context, refers to the quality of being morally right or justifiable, aligning with God's standards and commands. For the saints, or believers in Christ, righteousness is not merely an abstract concept but a practical reality that should manifest in their daily lives. The Apostle Paul, in his epistle to the Romans, provides profound insight into how believers are to live out this righteousness.

In Romans 6:13, Paul exhorts the believers, "Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness." . This verse underscores the call for believers to yield their members—meaning their physical bodies and faculties—as instruments or servants to righteousness. The imagery of yielding suggests a deliberate and conscious decision to offer oneself to God, allowing His righteousness to govern one's actions and thoughts.

The concept of yielding one's members to righteousness is further elaborated in Romans 6:19, where Paul writes, "I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness." . Here, Paul contrasts the former life of sin with the new life in Christ, emphasizing that just as believers once served sin, they are now called to serve righteousness. This service to righteousness is not burdensome but leads to holiness, reflecting the transformative power of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer.

The call to yield one's members to righteousness is rooted in the believer's new identity in Christ. Romans 6:18 declares, "You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness." . This freedom from sin is not a license to live according to the flesh but an empowerment to live according to the Spirit. The believer's union with Christ in His death and resurrection signifies a break from the dominion of sin and an entrance into a life characterized by righteousness.

Furthermore, the yielding of one's members to righteousness is an act of worship and obedience to God. In Romans 12:1, Paul urges, "Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship." . This offering is a holistic surrender of one's entire being to God, acknowledging His lordship and seeking to honor Him in every aspect of life.

In summary, the call for saints to yield their members as servants to righteousness is a central tenet of Christian living. It involves a conscious and ongoing decision to reject sin and embrace a life that reflects God's holiness and justice. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, believers are equipped to live out this righteousness, demonstrating the transformative impact of the gospel in their lives.

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Romans 6:19
I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as you have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity to iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness to holiness.
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John xvi. 16, 17
... which succeedeth; so also shall it be with the Saints. ... But God forbid that any should
have a soul ... now yield your members servants to righteousness." For this ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily lxxix john xvi 16.htm

Matt. xxi. 33-44.
... uncleanness, even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness ...
there, and to show him the choir of those saints, and I should have no ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxviii matt xxi 33-44.htm

Perseverance of Saints.
... them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after ... nothing in respect to
their ever having been real saints. ... Thus we should speak of spurious converts ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture li perseverance of saints.htm

The Third Book
... is laid up for me a crown of righteousness." [151 ... by a very few good men, when those
saints, who were ... members, in the persons of their children," should be saved ...
//christianbookshelf.org/salvian/on the government of god/the third book.htm

Letter cxi. (November, AD 409. )
... God for this, that He visits even His saints with the ... as the lot of that Job to whose
righteousness God Himself ... that if they were healed she should be restored ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter cxi november a d 409.htm

Covenanting a Duty.
... That his Covenant should be acceded to, by men in ... The Lord Jesus is King of
saints.[190] Ruled ... conflict with the principles of eternal righteousness; but with ...
/.../cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/chapter iii covenanting a duty.htm

Differences in Judgment About Water Baptism, no Bar to Communion ...
... For if Christ be my righteousness, and not water ... for their right to communion of
saints, so that ... Further, suppose I should grant this groundless notion, Were not ...
/.../the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/differences in judgment about water.htm

"The House of Israel"
... discerned in Him no beauty that they should desire Him ... before the bright beams of
the Sun of Righteousness. ... there will be light in every dwelling of the saints. ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 59 the house of.htm

Oh, How He Loves!
... he hath espoused her unto himself in righteousness and truth ... Behold how these weeping
and pleading saints love their ... Alas, that there should be so few, even in ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 56 1910/oh how he loves.htm

Psalm LXVIII.
... living, and their members instruments of righteousness to God? ... wherefore also His
members are His saints and believers ... For why should not captivity be happy, if ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxviii.htm