God covers us with His righteousness:

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God covers us with His righteousness:

Isaiah 61:10
10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
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It is God that covers sinful men/women with His righteousness.

Romans 3:8-26
8 And why not say, "Let us do evil that good may come"? — as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their condemnation is just.

(All Have Sinned (Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-4))
9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.
10 As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one;
11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God.
12 They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one."
13 "Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit"; "The poison of asps is under their lips";
14 "Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."
15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;
17 And the way of peace they have not known."
18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

(God's Righteousness Through Faith)
21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference;
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
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I see nothing in these scriptures that say we are saved by our works.
 

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Luther likened justification to a dunghill covered by a fresh covering of snow. So when a little heat is applied the whole thing stinks to high heaven. :blink:

Actually Jesus Christ INFUSES us with His righteousness through the new birth. He abides in us. When we learn to surrender to Christ then His power works in us (not our power) to DO HIS (not ours) good pleasure. As HE is SO ARE WE in this world! We can do all things through Him who strengthens us with His grace.
 

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Luther likened justification to a dunghill covered by a fresh covering of snow. So when a little heat is applied the whole thing stinks to high heaven. :blink:

Actually Jesus Christ INFUSES us with His righteousness through the new birth. He abides in us. When we learn to surrender to Christ then His power works in us (not our power) to DO HIS (not ours) good pleasure. As HE is SO ARE WE in this world! We can do all things through Him who strengthens us with His grace.

Aren't we misquoting Luther by adding "So when a little heat is applied the whole thing stinks to high heaven." in the same sentence? This is rather misleading.
Infusion has nothing to do with justification except that God imparts His Spirit to those who have been justified.i.e. already declared righteous. Also because His Power {already} abides in us we {then} learn to 'surrender' (better read 'present ourselves') to God.
I'm continually amazed how often many put the mule before the Master.
 

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Luther likened justification to a dunghill covered by a fresh covering of snow. So when a little heat is applied the whole thing stinks to high heaven. :blink:

Actually Jesus Christ INFUSES us with His righteousness through the new birth. He abides in us. When we learn to surrender to Christ then His power works in us (not our power) to DO HIS (not ours) good pleasure. As HE is SO ARE WE in this world! We can do all things through Him who strengthens us with His grace.

So you are saying you do not agree with the OP even though it is 95% based on the scriptures I gave.

Here is some more that you will disagree with,

Romans 10:3-4
3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
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As I see it most own this forum are trying to establish their on righteousness.

Philippians 3:8-10
8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ
9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
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I claim the righteousness that has been given me as a free gift, "in Christ" by my belief, faith, trust and confidence in Christ's work on the cross.
 

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So you are saying you do not agree with the OP even though it is 95% based on the scriptures I gave.

Here is some more that you will disagree with,

Romans 10:3-4
3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
NKJV

As I see it most own this forum are trying to establish their on righteousness.

Philippians 3:8-10
8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ
9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
NKJV

I claim the righteousness that has been given me as a free gift, "in Christ" by my belief, faith, trust and confidence in Christ's work on the cross.

You claim righteousness for yourself? Hmm...who else did that?
 

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Aren't we misquoting Luther by adding "So when a little heat is applied the whole thing stinks to high heaven." in the same sentence? This is rather misleading.
Infusion has nothing to do with justification except that God imparts His Spirit to those who have been justified.i.e. already declared righteous. Also because His Power {already} abides in us we {then} learn to 'surrender' (better read 'present ourselves') to God.
I'm continually amazed how often many put the mule before the Master.

Yes. You are right.
 

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Aren't we misquoting Luther by adding "So when a little heat is applied the whole thing stinks to high heaven." in the same sentence? This is rather misleading.
Infusion has nothing to do with justification except that God imparts His Spirit to those who have been justified.i.e. already declared righteous. Also because His Power {already} abides in us we {then} learn to 'surrender' (better read 'present ourselves') to God.
I'm continually amazed how often many put the mule before the Master.
Aren't we misquoting Luther by adding "So when a little heat is applied the whole thing stinks to high heaven." in the same sentence? This is rather misleading.
Infusion has nothing to do with justification except that God imparts His Spirit to those who have been justified.i.e. already declared righteous. Also because His Power {already} abides in us we {then} learn to 'surrender' (better read 'present ourselves') to God.
I'm continually amazed how often many put the mule before the Master.

I wasn't quoting Luther. Quotations " like this" are required. I was commenting on what Luther said.
 

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I wasn't quoting Luther. Quotations " like this" are required. I was commenting on what Luther said.
"So when a little heat is applied the whole thing stinks to high heaven."

Problem is Luther did not say that. That part was probably added by his detractors e.g. the Papists. They hated the doctrine of justification as laid out by Luther. Your quote in post #2 made it sound as if Luther was against the truth of justification by faith alone.
 

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I wasn't quoting Luther. Quotations " like this" are required. I was commenting on what Luther said.
"So when a little heat is applied the whole thing stinks to high heaven."

Problem is Luther did not say that. That part was probably added by his detractors e.g. the Papists. They hated the doctrine of justification as laid out by Luther. Your quote in post #2 made it sound as if Luther was against the truth of justification by faith alone.

Luther was reacting to the lawlessness he saw in the Catholic church. He saw the selling of indulgences and other money raising tactics as evil...and rightly so. But he also went too far in other areas....as well as being misunderstood. He WAS a Catholic priest until the end of his life.

The reformers threw out some of the baby with the bath water. After all was Luther infallible? Was he chosen to be the pope of Protestantism? The way men adhere to His principles you'd think the church of Christ was actually the church of Luther (or again of Calvin). One day they may even call the church "Lutheran" instead of Christian!!! ;)