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Righteousness Explained by nencounter10: 5:06pm On May 31, 2020
THE TWO KINDS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

There are two kinds of righteousness:

1. Righteousness that comes by works

Luke 1:5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. 1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

The above scripture says Elizabeth and Zachariah we're righteous before God because the walked in all the commandments of God and we're blameless. They were declared righteous based on their works.


Philippians 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

The scripture above says there is a righteousness which is of the law. One that is based on how well you keep the laws of God.



Romans 10:5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

Moses says in the above scripture that there is a righteousness based of keeping the law.





2. Righteousness that comes by faith

Romans 4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

The above scripture says Abraham merely believed God it was counted to him as righteousness.It further says that to him who does no good work but merely believes on him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. It is also says that blessed is the man that unto whom God imputes righteousness apart from work.



Romans 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

The above scripture says there is a righteousness that has nothing to do with keeping laws.It says that righteousness is of faith.



Romans 10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above)

The above scripture says there is a righteousness which is of faith.


Philippians 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

The above scripture says there is a righteousness that is of the faith of christ. It says it is a righteousness which is of God by faith.




THE NEW CREATION IS RIGHTEOUS


Bible say,"If any man be in Christ he is a new creation." 2 Cor 5: 17.

The following scriptures shows that the new creation is righteous i.e every child of God is righteous.


KJV
Ephesians 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

AMPLIFIED
Ephesians 4:24
[24]And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God's image, [Godlike] in true righteousness and holiness.

The above scripture says the new man was created righteous.




Romans 9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

Romans 9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 9:32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

All believes have the righreousness which comes by faith which is received at the point of salvation.






NEW TESTAMENT RIGHTEOUSNESS DEFINED

Righteousness is defined below.

1. Righteousness as a standing

Ephesians 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

Eph 2:12 tells us our condition before we came to be in Christ, hopeless, Godless and Covenantless.

We had no right to stand before God.
We had no right to stand in his presence.

We had no ground to stand before God
We had no ground to stand in his presence.

We had not the ability to stand before God
We had not the ability to stand in his presence.

We had no rightstanding with God.

In the old testament, if a man went into God's presence without right, God's glory would destroy him.


Righteousness is the right to stand before God.
Righteousness is the right to stand in his presence.

Righteousness is the ground to stand before God.
Righteousness is the ground to stand in his presence.

Righteousness is the ability to stand before God.
Righteousness is the ability to stand in his presence.

Righteousness is right standing with God.
It is the ability to stand before God without any sense of guilt or feeling of inferiority.
It is the ability to stand before God with the same boldness and confidence with which Jesus would stand before God. That is righteousness.



2. Righteousness as a nature

Ephesians 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after [b]God is created in righteousness a[/b]nd true holiness.


The amplified version says," ...which like God is created in righteous and holiness of a truth."

That tells us the new creature is like God and that he was created righteous and holy.

If you tell a woman," How come you have a womb? How come you can take in and get pregnant?
She will tell you,"I was created that way. It is my nature."

The new creature was created righteous. He is righteous by nature.

Let's look further at the scripture below.

2 Peter 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

The scripture below says we are patakers of God's divine nature.


So, we see then that righteousness is a nature.
Righteousness is the rightness of nature.
Righteousness is the right nature of God.


What does it mean that righteousness is the right nature of God?
It means the the inclinations of the new creation are always and only toward doing right.

All that inclination truths will only be obvious if you can take the human spirit out of his body and detach him from his soul.

But once the human spirit is attached to the soul, it appears not to be so because of influences of the unreknewed mind.

Once the human spirit is attached to the body it appears even more so as if that is not so because of influences of an untrained body.

But whether so or not, righteousness is the nature of the new creation.

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