Subject: How do we attain righteousness? |
Bible Note: Hi Magnum, No, I am not saying that Jesus cannot empower us to keep God's command. He Gives us the Holy Spirit, who empowers us to know and live the truth. But we still sin and are not righteous in ourselves according to God's standard. See 1 John 1:8,9. God counts us righteous only by faith in Christ alone. Read my post again, please, Magnum. What I said was, "the Bible says that nobody can attain righteousness by keeping God's commands." If we could attain righteousness by keeping God's commands, then Christ died needlessly. Please read Gal. 2:21. Any saint of the Bible who is called righteous, is righteous only by faith in God's word, not because they have never sinned. Rom. 4:3 For what does the Scripture say? " And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness." Rom. 4:5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness, Rom. 4:6 just as David also speaks of the blessing upon the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works: Rom. 4:7 " Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, And whose sins have been covered. Rom. 4:8 " Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account." Peace, Lionstrong |