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Yeah, people get confused about this issue : "If I'm not justified/saved by my good works, but God's grace through faith, surely nothing I do after being justified/saved by faith can contribute to my justification/salvation!" They would do better to switch to thinking "I can't be justified by...

You immediately jumped to accusation instead of being understanding. Let's cool the conversation down, de-escalate.

Nope, I don't agree that mere faith in Christ is the basis of justification, because that idea is not the whole story, just part of it. I'll copy paste the OP as my explanation : Walking by faith is not "works". "Works" is "a righteousness of my own"; walking in faith is God's righteousness...

I'm on my phone. It's hard to type. Also, I don't see a point in re-typing everything I've already spent my time explaining. Why is it offensive for me to ask that you read the OP?

Do you dispute Jer 23:6? They're both true : "God Is Our Righteousness" is one of Christ's names, AND "God's Righteousness" is the basis of justification (by God's grace through faith).

Please read the OP.

I made a typo : "God's love IN us is our means of righteousness / service"

jer 23:6

If "God Is Our Righteousness" (Jer 23:6), and "God is love", maybe it is true, to some extent, that God's love is us is our righteousness.

This just struck me this morning--so many individual "commands", even New Testament expectations, are wrapped up and fulfilled in "love". I'm hoping this will restore/change my life. This is reassuring, sounds like the same stuff God is always saying to me.

In my view, sin in them doesn't give them freedom, but works its works in them against their inner man's will, causing them to be guilty, killing and enslaving them (this is all from Romans 7)--the question is whether they will be honest about their slavery or not.

It is an abomination to love what oughtn't be loved; i think, also, it is an abomination to not love what ought to be loved--and God ought to be loved. Then again, Jesus brings glory to the Father, and the Father glorifies the Son, so, could it be that they're not self glorifyng? On the other...

Unsaved Jews could not keep the Law. The Tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil always leads to death, even if the "promise" it holds forth is life--if righteousness and life came by the Law, Christ died in vain.

If you have ever boasted to solicit praise, that would be an instance of leading people to yourself instead of to God. People lead others to themselves as to an idol, so they will bow down to the idol (self), "come let us follow gods our fathers never knew"--as Jesus says of the false Jews...

Not saying it's "wrong", it just struck me as odd bc I didn't know Catholic priests would do that

I think the difference is "walking in faith" comes from a relationship with God, living "as unto the Lord" (Ro 14:5), thus you lead people to the Lord not to yourself.

You teach catechism without being catholic lol

Are you Catholic, then?

Nope.

I have not spent time on the idea of the trinity, but, being cautious, as I listen to people try to explain it, it falls apart. It sounds incoherent. Like an invention of men. Maybe one day it will make sense. Ultimately, what ever I think the text says will not change the God I know.