BOOK REVIEW by Nwazuluoke Ifeanyi
TITLE: TWO KINDS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
AUTHOR: E. W. KENYON
PUBLISHERS: KENYON’S GOSPEL PUBLISHING SOCIETY
YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1999
NUMBER OF PAGES: 80
CHAPTERS: 20
The thought of being privileged to be able to reach a higher number of people and explain to them the riches exposed in this book by E. W. Kenyon is in itself an exciting idea.
E. W. Kenyon is known for deep revelations and things that first and foremost challenge your Christian faith. However, it is not a book filled with uncertainties but a book filled with a truth that has revolutionized my Christian faith.
Righteousness, he defines as the ability to stand before God or in his presence without a sense of guilt condemnation or inferiority. It is also the ability to stand before the devil as a master over all his works.
The most endearing thing about this book to me is that it opens up to me what Christ did for me not just a vague recollection of the Son of God on the cross, but it opens up the heart of God and shows that God’s main aim for creating man and also redeeming him is to have fellowship, and if redemption could not bring a Man (born again man of course) before the Father’s presence without that man feeling guilty and inferior or condemned, then redemption failed!
“We are not servants. We are not sinners. We are sons” (p. 19)
This in itself is in fact the most important message ever offered to the church. Kenyon uses the pages of this book to challenge some age-old doctrines that have held the church from progressing as was promised Peter by our Lord Jesus Christ. He also goes ahead to open the reader’s eyes to new revelations, understanding and working principles.
“No man who has received Eternal Life and given his spirit an opportunity to develop by feeding on the Word can ever challenge his standing with the Father. Never again will he shrink under that sin teaching of the modern pulpit and look upon himself as a failure and sin-ruled. He is a master. He has as much right in the before the throne of grace as Jesus has upon it. He has much right in the Father’s presence as the Father has a right to sit upon the throne. Why? Because the Father Himself planned the redemption and wrought the Redemption through His Son, and sets His Seal upon that Redemptive work by making the believer in Jesus Christ Righteous with His own Righteousness.” (p.34)
His compelling and authoritative yet simplistic style of writing clearly depicts a divine source of inspiration and a universal audience with as simple a tool as a book.
If I were to keep writing, tears might come to my eyes because this is a book I cherish so much. It has unfolded the riches of His grace to me; I AM the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I can finally say with all boldness that I love God, because if He loved me to allow me stand before him without any sense of guilt, so that love can finally grow.
I recommend this to any Christian who intends to do any mighty thing for His King!