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That's actually right. They are deemed to have their own righteousness...are declared righteous by God because of their faith. But He also justifies the wicked by their change of heart in doing righteousness since God sees into the heart from where righteousness and wickedness get their origin...

Dot cooked 2 of them! Lots of mouths to feed! :)

Religion teaches us that whether I behave rightly or not...if I hide behind Jesus I'm saved in spite of anything I do or don't do. Then it is a question of having a good lawyer...not unlike the wealthy in this life. Jesus then is not only seen as a Genie of sorts but also a lawyer for the rich...

Yes! :)

Praying with you brother! :)

That's not what you said. And that's not what you meant. The bible states that Cornelius was righteous BEFORE being baptized in the Spirit. Actually God does not baptize the wicked in the Spirit. Being baptized INTO Christ means you have been approved in heaven. God does not make sinners...

You forgot that you disagreed with DOING righteousness to BE righteous. Instead you are after a religious posturing.

A person doesn't accumulate different righteousnesses as a set. A righteous person is just righteous. God sees Him for what he is and what he does. How he gets there is an individual thing. God judges on His own scale. You are trying to make a checklist that God doesn't have. Judge not...but...

You are moving more and more into error. You know an animal by where they go to seek refuge. A water animal goes into the water to escape danger. A bird flies off. And a carnal man misunderstands the bible into more error. We walk as Jesus walked by entering into Him. We take on His sinless...

False again. Peter was sent as a witness to the righteousness of God in allowing the first Gentiles into HOLINESS. Cornelius was ALREADY righteous and therefore was already accepted by God. Notice there was no need of repentance. Only the approved are baptized in the Spirit. Please stop adding...

But we are not given our own righteousness as a gift. Our righteousness is earned. What is the gift is the ability to be a minister of God...by having His righteousness on us...as an anointing. The anointing is the gift...the charis. How could Peter put Ananias to death without even touching...

Ernest T. Bass said: ↑ Righteousness simply means 'right doing'. Amen! Acts 10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh (toils) righteousness, is accepted with him. This is false. God doesn't accept people outside of reality and truth. No one has a right standing without right...

Fine..be obscure! :)

You're a universalist? I find that people always take an idea too far....either everyone burns or else everyone lives. The bible is more than just a few pages long...for a reason. There is nuance. There are 4 possibilities listed in the bible....not just one or the other.

OK Where do people who go who don't know Christ and just do the best they can?

...says the devil! There is no option in just trusting the Lord....you must follow men...and such. America is NOT the church. Christians don't entangle themselves in the "affairs" of this world (especially politics). Nothing is more demonic than politics...except maybe religion. If there are...

Without law there is chaos...does chaos save anyone? Grace is found WITHIN the law of God....not outside of it. God IS love but He MAKES laws to help keep order and the possibility of salvation for us. Law is escape from the random chaos of events.

Here is a way to see how indoctrinated a person is....by the words of Jesus. Mark 2:17 When Jesus heard it, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” Mat.9 :12 But when Jesus...

It is an indoctrinated idea that everyone has the righteousness of Christ in doing the simplest things right. If a child draws a nice picture...is that by the righteousness of Christ in your view? Yet we are all to become as children. The easiest way to understand is the best way...unless we...

The bible is full of instances of men and women being righteous by their own choices. Study the bible and see for yourself. I have posted many such verses many times. But people are very slow to see the truth. Of course. But you are thinking that all who are not in Christ are going to hell. So...