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NASB | Philippians 3:9 and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Philippians 3:9 and may be found in Him [believing and relying on Him], not having any righteousness of my own derived from [my obedience to] the Law and its rituals, but [possessing] that [genuine righteousness] which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith. |
Subject: ?self effort 2 B holy now vs befor saved |
Bible Note: Won't work. Can't be sustained because it is from self effort that you attempt to perform the task regardless of how many graces you 'conjure up'. [I assume you meant your self-effort to be good before you were saved, right? :)] No, I believe she means righteousness. Righteousness as in 'blameless'. We all realize no one with imputed sin can stand before God and live and Jesus took care of that on the cross. But righteous/blameless people lived long before God sent Jesus to "redeem" them from Paradise. Isaiah' mention that there is none righteous has to do with a very specific time in Israel's history having to with their rebelliousness [which is as the sin of witchcraft; no righteousness here. No, not one was.] [Your self-effort before you are saved is a pointless exercise, because no one can attain the perfection that God requires. We all have sinned, and legalism (the idea of earning salvation by law-keeping) is thoroughly refuted in Scripture. We need the imputed righteousness of Christ to be able to stand before an infinitely holy God.] But she said she is saved. Now what self effort needs be expended on her part that is different from the time she wasn't saved. I think I'm reading her correctly and that is what she is asking. [So, the Spirit of God motivates us and empowers us to fight against our old sin nature, to put sin to death] Empowers us to fight? Hmmmm....I thought it was Christ in me who did the fighting and the overcoming of the world. Believing that to be so what then is my fight, ergo power for my self effort, in the matter of overcoming? Who do I overcome that He will one day reward me amd how is my 'overcoming' accomplished? Good reading on this is the Beatitudes; John 15-17 and the parables. And lets not forget Acts 2 and 1 Corth.13,14. |