who are made to be righteous should continue to act consistent with that reality.
Are you not able to understand that a person comes to the Cross as "unrighteous", "ungodly" and "Yet a sinner"?
God redeems them, with Christ's BLood and Death, while they are "unrighteous", "ungodly" and "Yet a sinner".
Its ONLY GOD's OWN Righteous that He accepts, and that He provides, so that by this = "Gift of Righteousness", we are "made righteous".
Welcome To : Salvation.
Its a
"GIFT".
Listen.
A person can be a Adolf Hitler, and kneel before the Cross, and this heinous Jew Killer, 5 seconds later is born again, absolutely EQUAL to God's Righteousness,..... yet, 1 minute earlier, he was a hell bound murdering satanic devil.
So, He didnt continue anything.........All He did was Trust, and God took His Faith in Christ, and Hitler could have become ....
=,"As Jesus is, so are the Born again, in this World"., just like every OTHER Born again Believer.
"God is no respecter of Persons"....He has no respect for your works., as your works , before you are saved are just the same after you are saved.
They're just works., and nothing more.
Not ever.
This is God's righteousness that He gives, and you can't DO THAT....by self effort.
You can be all you can be, as good as you can be, as much as you can, but that is not the same as becoming """"the Righteousness of GOD "in Christ""""., that God requires you to become so that He will Accept you.
He has to provide for you, what He accepts, to accept you.
Welcome To : Salvation
Its a
"GIFT".