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Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. (Romans 10:1-3 KJV)


There are two kinds of righteousness every human being must be aware of. It is a must because failure to know this is catastrophic both in this world and in that to come. For they being ignorant of… and beating about the bush in fruitless effort to establish… friend, do not be ignorant.

After Job had been through hell and was yet undelivered, God responded to his foolish words. Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? (Job 38:1-2 KJV). So the Proverbs writer said: “Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not good;” (Proverbs 19:2 KJV). So every human being must know this: believers and unbelievers alike. Did God not say: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6 KJV)?


WHAT IS RIGHTEOUSNESS?

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Any of the under listed definitions are acceptable.
• The quality of having a right standing before God
• Being right all the time
• Being acceptable to God
• Being without fault or blame before God
• Being in conformance to God’s rules and commands

And take note: God must be the Assessor in issues of righteousness. We may only echo what He has declared. We cannot add to it or remove from it.

THE TWO KINDS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS, and going about to establish THEIR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS, have not submitted themselves unto THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. (Romans 10:1-3 KJV)

Two kinds of righteousness are mentioned there. What are they?
• God’s righteousness
• Their own righteousness


Let us begin to note some things from what we are told from the passage. First thing is that it’s a prayer of intercession for them to be saved. Who are the them that are desired to be saved? Them that are “ignorant of God’s righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God”

Hmm…

It therefore means that the “their own righteousness” is the kind found with them that are not yet saved. Correct? “yes!”
From this point, we shall call the “their own righteousness” SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS and the other one: God’s Righteouness.
So what are the two kinds of righteousness we have?

Forgotten ?

Alright,

1. Self righteousness (also called one’s own righteousness), and
2. God’s righteousness


ATTRIBUTES OF THE TWO KINDS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

We are not through with the text.

Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. (Romans 10:1-3 KJV)

We shall begin to see the attributes of the two kinds of righteousness from this portion of text. Remember we have learnt one attribute already. Can you recollect? Ooh!!!

Alright, we said it’s common to them that are not saved yet. Now you remember.

Attribute 1:
SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS FOR THE UNSAVED, WHILE GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS IS FOR THE SAVED

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We have seen that from the above text. Now some may ask, “do you mean a born again person cannot be self-righteous?”. The answer is “Yes”, even though he may not know (that is, except in his mind).

It is clear from the above text that God’s righteousness simply requires that they (unbelievers) have “submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.” which a believer has done at salvation as it is seen in the latter verses of this Romans 10. Submit today unto God’s righteousness and receive it!

This takes us to attribute 2
Attribute 2:
GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS ONLY NEEDS A MAN’S SUBMISSION

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And… have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

That is, the “self” in self righteousness, if submitted unto God, will be replaced by God to become God’s righteousness. Simple substitution of mathematics!

Humility is needed! Only submission is needed. No other requirement


Attribute 3:
YOU KEEP “GOING ABOUT” (BUSY) TO SUSTAIN SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS KEEPS YOU PRAISING

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and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God

you become a laborious man “going about to establish” your acclaimed righteousness. You must keep looking for what to do and what you must not do lest you lose the righteousness. But when you enjoy God's righteousness, you're rather thanking God

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SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS KEEPS SEEKING TO BE ESTABLISHED, BUT GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS IS ROOTED IN THE UNFAILING GOD

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and going about to ESTABLISH their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God

huh! There is enough proof here that self righteousness is not “established”.
It is not firm.
It is so shaky.
It is not assuring, not enduring.
It has no guarantee.
It is not stable. You are righteous today, but next hour, it's gone.
Therefore the self righteous man must keep “going about” seeking to establish the righteousness, instead of submitting unto what is already built – Christ, the Cornerstone.

Don’t be deceived, sometimes these people are very zealous because Paul already said “I bear them record that they have a zeal of God” but their zeal is towards establishing their righteousness with God.
Do you see a man zealously striving to get God to accept him? Do you see a man trying all strength to get himself right with God, trying to maintain righteousness by striving to keep all of God’s law? You have seen a Pharisee in active service. He is not born again. And if he is, then he’s being self-righteous in his mind.

Is it wrong for a Christian to desire to be obedient to God? of course! That is the emblem of christianity before the world. Righteous by God’s standard, and living godly in this present world (Titus2:12). But when he wants to attain it by his strength or wants to sustain the credit he did not acquired by strength, he is being self righteous.
for by strength shall no man prevail. (1samuel 2:9)

Attribute 5
KNOWLEDGE IS THE WAY OUT OF SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS, NOT A WORK-YOUR-WAY-OUT THING

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that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to KNOWLEDGE. For they being IGNORANT…

the difference between the saved and the unsaved is knowledge and the product of knowledge. Quitting self righteousness, the man must first be aware that there is another establish-free, busy-free, praise-full, sure righteousness he only needs to submit to.

This is because there are many laws of Moses to be kept, and “of making many books [there is] no end; and much study [is] a weariness of the flesh.” (Eccl 12:12) such that the reader could easily “drift away” and continue to go about to establish his own righteousness, and not submit to God’s righteouness.


Hmm... don’t go away, there is more you need to know about these two kinds of righteousness so you can make a more informed decision as to where you wish to stand.

As we wrap up...

Let me do a simple test for you to know how well you’ve been following this article.

Look at this verse very well

And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us. (Deuteronomy 6:25 KJV)

Now, what kind of righteousness is being talked about in the verse you just read?

Thinking…

And it shall be OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS…

Hmmm…

Alright, the answer? Hmm…

and going about to establish THEIR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS… hmmm

definitely, this is self righteousness.

It cannot be God’s righteousness if it is myself that went about to establish it. Is God a thief? Why will He claim what I laboured for? And it shall be our righteousness, IF we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us. (Deuteronomy 6:25 KJV)

number two reason is that it is not a stable cornerstone righteousness because it is only IF we observe to do ALL.

Number 3: I must establish it because it is not assured. A must do ALL, which means I must have a zeal of God though it is not according to knowledge
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Hey! Hope this does not catch you in a hard way? If it does, you have been ignorant of God’s righteousness so you never see it n this fashion. Thank God you didn’t pass this article by this time. Let’s move on and you’ll understand more. Glory to Jesus!

Now, someone may ask or think “are you saying that righteousness can come without keeping any of the commandments?”

yes, but not me, but bible.

Does it mean we should be lawless? No

We can be righteous but our righteousness is not according to how much of the commandments we have kept. Faith in Christ makes you righteous in God's eyes

Aforxzy:
Hope it isn't the one that South African government rejected and are reselling that AU sent to Nigeria..

Now someone is thinking smart and asking the right question �

When appointing key officers like SSG, FIRS boss etc, fill them with our men. If they agitate, give their leaders inconsequential committee members
Respect these guys

MufasaLion:
Politics is not what you see on that micro blogging app called TWITTER.

In case you don't know, pmb couldn't have been president today if not for Osibanjo votes

Emekaonline:
And where were you when Abiola from the South defeated Tofa from the North? And where was the North block votes then? Those who want to be president from the North after a southern president will never allow Atiku to win in the North

Tofa is too far.
Remind him Gej contested against Northern candidates (Buhari and Ribadu) in 2011 and won

MufasaLion:
Both Osinbajo and Zulum doesn't have supporters base like that.

Says who

obosi2028:
you think the East will vote him, you think the south will vote him . The north will not vote their own, is only the south West will make him present.

He will win if APC presents him as their candidate.
Already he has the votes of the intellectuals, "sane minds" and endsars youths. Tinubu machinery for him, and finally, the endorsement of Buhari will clear the northern votes for him

ogbiwa:
Good morning people.

Having watched over a 1000 football matches, I've come to notice that headers are almost impossible to save.

I've regularly seen keepers save leg shots from point blank range, but once a striker gets a header on target, 9 times out of 10 it ends in the back of the net, even if it's from some yards out.
So why is it difficult for keepers to save headers? And yes I've checked Google but didn't get satisfactory answers.

I wonder where you got your stats from because there are actually more saves from headers than goals.
I also doubt that there are more goals from headers than leg shots

Goal by headers usually looks beautiful but that's not to say they're difficult to save. If it's so, we won't have short Strikers like Gabriel Jesus, Messi, Son, Sterling, Aguero

Congrats bobo

Masterkernel1:
So... He's paid agent, when you were busy shouting Sai idiot, you didn't remember you were betraying the South.

OK. It's a strike against SW only
Only SW had Amotekun, ESN, local hunters to fight herders
Only SW govs confessed to pay criminal herders to not kidnap people
Only SW
Are you happy now?

Owajigarrisson:
God bless you again!!! Those children of slippery animals want to rope the SS and SE into their fight so they can later blame it on us.
To every Igbo man and South Southerner: Do not fall for this weak propaganda from the people who formed alliance with their Fulani brothers in 2015, people who betrayed Southern Unity. If you doubt me,do not forget how Yorubas blamed us that we planned to destroy Lagos after they started the EndSars protest and roped us into it!!
Apart from the word "South", there is no relationship with us and the Yorubas who are famed to have migrated from Saudi Arabia,we are no Muslims and as such should not involve ourselves in an intra-holy war
A word is enough for the wise!!

Don't tell me you fell for the divide and rule tactic used in Lagos Endsars
Endsars was a nationwide struggle, only paid agents see it as tribal

Asgard13:
Are Yoruba people this shameless

Why shout south..

Is the south at war with north or did north place embargo on southern Nigeria

The fight is between Yoruba and Hausa farmers

Route block is Yoruba and Hausa route

West. North route with JEBBA AS POINT

FOOD STILL COMES TO EAST AND AOUTH FROM KOGI , TARABA , BENUE

NO BLOCKADE NO EMBAGO

BUT WHY ARE YORUBA PEOPLE TRYING SO HATD TO MAKE IT A SOUTH AND NORTH ISSUES

SEE THIS ONE NOW

WHICH SOUTH?

Yoruba should learn how to speak for themselves and don’t change narratives

And the north should keep their produce in the east and continue with Jebba as YORUBA PEOPLE REQUEST

THEY WAN EVEN DO PROTEST

HOW IS AFENIFERE PROTEST CONCERN EAST ?
OR IJAWS OR AKWAIBOMITES

NA SO ENDSARS TAKE STATE

FROM END POLICE BEUTALITY TO IPOB AND IGBOS WANR TO DESTROY YORUBA LAND

PLS FIGHT YOUR BATTLES AND LIVE SOUTH OUT OF THIS

YORUBA PEOPLE KILL HAUSA
HAUSA REACTS AND CLOSE JEBBA

HOW SOUTHERN NIGERIA TAKE ENTER THIS YORUBA AND HAUSA FIGHT

WETIN SEF

STIP THIS SILLY YORUBA PROPAGANDA IS GETTING STALE

Fake handle paid agent sent to twist the narrative to create division in the south. Your strategy has failed already as it's obvious to the blind this is a revenge on the entire south who have been calling for defense against criminal herders

oluwaseyi0:
I completely agree

Nothing in Nigeria can ever be as terrible as Buhari

Getting some of equal or worse proportion to buhari is impossible even in anywhere on the planet, every slowpoke is far better than the sinile man at aso rock

You think so. He's got many proteges in North. Some are gov of one particular state like that, practising with cutting off a particular region of his state from developmental activities

Almubarak5:
A lot of people saying rubbish here.
Like what has the government done to deserve payment on that road??
Just why can’t it be toll-free, it’s a shame so many people always choose the most idiotic course of action regardless of circumstances.
At the end of the day, we keep paying this people to get richer and oppress us some more!!!

Those comments are from paid agents. Ignore

justscorchone:
From some of the comments made here clearly Nigeria youths would rather stay enslaved than demanding freedom, at this point I feel regret stepping out to protest and screaming my lungs out, our great freedom fighters will be turning in their graves.

Those comments are from paid agents. Check well

God airpus o

SpecialAdviser:
Its really a privilege to have Dave Umahi as a governor. I pray to have his kind one day in my state.

You don't need his kind as your governor. You only need whoever is your governor to appoint a competent engineer like this as his Commissioner of works.

A governor's main duty is administrative, not technical.

Nelsizzy:
If you are not a PCM, you won't understand what they face. You can't expect graduates to sit at home for a year with responsibilities mounting because of Covid-19. Meanwhile same doctors get their monthly pay in spite of everything. Is it not same Nigeria where one can't get a job because of a stupid Nysc discharge certificate? After spending 6 years for a 4-year course, you are now expected to wait for 2 years before wasting another year of your life. All these to apply for a job as an under 25 year old.


We should have conscience abeg.

Camping is the issue here, not nysc
If they post you directly to your PPA, will they die?

edoairways:
It doesn't work that way. Physical training is needed here not absentia. Best they can do is to reduce the intending corp members by 60% and have them come in batches

In the light of the pandemic, cant they forget "physical training"?
Even football games are being suspended
EPL contemplating banning celebration when teams get a goal. We don't like it but we have to do something to survive

No one is saying abolish nysc
But must there be 21day camping?

We can understand schools being reopened. Those kids have been at home for a full session now. But Nysc?
What benefit has it done to the youths that makes it more important than being safe from a pandemic

You can. How?
Be unmarried
So you don't have to submit to any husband

simigold:
If you work in an organization and you are allowed to go on annual leave without the leave being interrupted at any point, then know that you are not so relevant to the upkeep of the organization, they are only pretending to pay you while you are only pretending to work for them, your days are numbered.

Not true.
A good company is built around structures, not people. If your company cannot do without you, they've failed to set standard management system and will crash sooner or later

I don't know if Ndidi will want to go out of England at this time because of his schooling

The content of the news say "we will like to see", the headline reads "buhari will.. " aba

fashrola:
Overpampered and still poo inside their shorts? Like for real.....

You've obviously never been to a boarding school in Nigeria before

heniford2:
question why did the only single handle pick on Dani Davis to stay in the senior hostel why did they not assign another person to keep in watch to the junior student since his sick,why did the seniors who noticed his uncleanness did not report to school authority about Dani Davis behaviors why so many questions yet to answer Deeper life is truly a mess of a school and a church, a good lawyer will expose there ass easily

If you have ever been in a boarding school, especially rich kids school, you'll relate better. The boarding master obviously could see this Davis needs some special attention and that's why he's kept an eye on him and require he's moved to another hostel when he's not around.
Someone that had a nurse specially assigned to him.. This is jss1 boy for God's sake.

thesmallgod:
Your Daddy GOs go to Jerusalem to pray at the relics of the apostles, so they are also idol worshippers

Sure it is. If they esteem it as an "intermediary" or a way to get to God, like Catholics see Mary

Transformer donated by NIPP is one of your "greatest achievement"
How low can it get

Koulture:
Sentiments and patriotism aside,iweala is not qualified to lead the WTO.
The job requires someone with vast experience in trade issues.The south korean candidate Yoo myung hee who for over 25yrs worked as a trade negotiator and trade policy maker would have made a perfect pick.

The job requires someone with real,hands on experience in the field.

All the trade experience she's got is local
More like a trade minister in her country