The last time we interacted on this medium together, we where able to understand that sins are the negative thoughts that lingers in our mind which we finally act on.
In the same vein righteousness is not our going to church for every activity, reading our Bibles at the stipulated morning and evening period, giving alms regularly, praying until our voice cracks and the endless list of religious things we do.
Maybe this scripture rendered in the message translation of the good book will put your in a lighter mood to understand what I,m trying to say
Col 2:11 Entering into this fullness is not something you figure out or achieve. It's not a matter of being circumcised or keeping a long list of laws. No, you're already in--insiders--not through some secretive initiation rite but rather through what Christ has already gone through for you, destroying the power of sin.
Our righteousness is also a mindset, a thought pattern that becomes a life…
The father of our faith didn’t do anything rather than have it in mind which is believe in God’s word
Gal 3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Our righteousness in God is not as a result of what we can achieve with our physical strength and that is why no one can be more righteous than another, because if we were to earn righteousness by our deeds none of us would have been able to measure up to the standard for God and try as we can we could not have meet the requirements of righteousness.
Here is how the Bible quantified righteousness earned by our works
Isa 64:6 … and all our righteousness’s are as filthy rags…
This created the need for God to input HIS own righteousness on us adopting us as his sons.
The significance or implication of understanding that our works can not earn us righteousness is that it will aid us to rely on the grace that God provides for all who believe in him, strengthen our trust in the infinite work of the death of His son (JESUS). It will also free us from looking down on others who in our own estimation don’t measure up to our own standard and understand that they are also part of God’s family who also share in the righteousness of God and as such deserve respect and considerations
Next issue: what happened to my sins
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FORCADOS, Precious Arutase
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