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1 | How do we attain righteousness? | Matthew | Dave R. | 38480 | ||
Good post. Great thoughts. How does Jesus cause the "righteous requirements of the law" to be fulfilled in our lives? How do we attain the standard of righteousness that Christ requires? |
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2 | How do we attain righteousness? | Matthew | Lionstrong | 38542 | ||
Hi Dave, Welcome to the forum. Rom 3:21 But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, Rom 3:22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; We can never AT-tain righteousness in this life by our efforts. We can OB-tain righteousness (apart from our efforts to be good) as a gracious gift of God by believing in His Son. By trusting in the finished work of Christ on the cross, God will impute the righteous Christ earned to our account. He will reckon or credit us as righteous by faith in Jesus. Rom 4:9 Is this blessing [of righteousness] then on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say, "FAITH WAS CREDITED ("reckoned," KJV) TO ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS." Rom 4:10 How then was it credited? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised; Rom 4:11 and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them, So we obtain righteousness as a gift from God, apart from our efforts to attain righteousness by being obedient to Christ's commands. Peace, Lionstrong |
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3 | Is there nothing we can do? | Matthew | Dave R. | 38606 | ||
Thanks for your well grounded answer, Lion. (Are you related to Aslan?) Are you saying, then, that after we receive Christ through faith in Him (true faith, not a "said" faith) that there is nothing we can do to help in obtaining righteousness, that it's all up to God? | ||||||
4 | Is there nothing we can do? | Matthew | dasev | 38645 | ||
dear dave r., dasev here. i humbly submit that in one sense, yes there is nothing we can do: see Romans 9 vs 14 to vs 33. What a tremendous act of love it is that God has done for some. |
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5 | Is there nothing we can do? | Matthew | wak | 38680 | ||
What's so tremendous about God loving "some" people. Even I love some people. That's easy. Didn't Christ say someplace in the Bible that loving some is easy, loving everybody is the hard part. Do you think God would ask us to do something that he doesn't do himself? |
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6 | Is there nothing we can do? | Matthew | dasev | 38707 | ||
dear one, God is soveriegn, self-existing, and there are only a few things He can not do. they are 1. lie 2. deny Himself . we may not understand Him much why He acts as He does, but he is the creator and owner of everything. what i own i do with as i please, and God owns me. God loves us all, i think, but He is able to hate what we do and what we have become in our disobedience. are you born again? if so trust Him to show you more than i can. if you are not what if any other things do you find difficult? dasev | ||||||
7 | Is there nothing we can do? | Matthew | wak | 38720 | ||
No difficulties. I just thought you originally said God loved only some people. Therefore, died on the cross only for some people and some sins. Glad we cleared that up! Jesus was very precise on what his most important commandment was and I would think he would follow that commandment himself. Even one the Pharasees (who was close to heaven) fiqured that out. |
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8 | Is there nothing we can do? | Matthew | Lionstrong | 38749 | ||
Hi WAK, Limited Atonement has been debated much on this Forum. Look it up. Peace, Lionstrong |
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