Subject: How do we attain righteousness? |
Bible Note: Hi jeane, Welcome to the Forum! I think you answered Dave's question: "How do we attain the standard of righteousness that Christ requires?" You said, "is it to keep gods commandment" Is this a question or an answer? If it's an answer, the Bible says that nobody can attain righteousness by keeping God's commands. The Bible says, "because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin." Rom 3:20 So we can never reach God's righteous standards by trying to keep God's commands. God will never say to us that our righteous deeds are enough for him to say that we have become righteous. Now don't get me wrong! I'm not saying that we ought to disobey God's commands. What I'm saying is that we can’t become righteous by keeping God's commands. And I'm not saying that we should not care about being righteous either! Everyone ought to want God to call them righteous! What I'm saying is that the only way for God to accept us as righteous is to believe in His Son, Jesus. Righteousness is God's gracious gift to anyone who believes in Jesus, who died on the cross in the place of all who believe in Him. Once we believe in Jesus, we should go on keeping God's commands because we love him, and He sent Jesus to die for the sins of his people. Righteousness, Jeane, is God's gift through faith in Jesus Christ. Rom 5:17 ...much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. Peace, Lionstrong |