Righteousness: A Divine Perspective
WHAT IS RIGHTEOUSNESS? "Righteousness is standing before God with approachable peace and standing before the devil without fear" Having received a demand for "more explanation" on the above Response: π I appreciate your demand for further explanations, kindly read π We often take it literally that being righteous is to do this right. However, it is more than that in the light of walking with God. God is righteous and to walk with Him we must be made righteous by His son Jesus. Let take a look at 2 Corinthians 5:21, it reads, "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." Our righteousness is of Christ and not of the flesh. We may purse earthly righteousness and not be recognized in the courts of God as been righteous. Scriptures says, "For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the ...