Seek : HIS Righteousness.

[Behold]

Reader.

Matt 6 says........ to "seek the KOG and HIS Righteousness".

Now lets look at this verse in Light of The Cross ...

Notice how Matthew's verse joins the KOG and God's Righteousnes as one..

So, God's Righteousness, is "The Gift of Righteousness"......and we are to seek that.. .vs.. trying to do righteousness.

Reader, if you are trying to "do righteousness" then you are pitting yourself and your self effort against ""God's Righteousness".
Paul teaches that if you are doing that, then you are """IGNORANT of God's Righteousess and you are trying to establish your own""""......and that is = SELF Righteousness, and God wont accept it.
So STOP !

The verse says.......to seek "HIS" Righteoueness"".......and that is = God's Righteousness, and the only way to seek that is to receive it as "THe Gift of Righteousness", by faith.

Most Christians are trying to DO Christianity, and in fact Christianity is God Rghteousness, given as a "Gift".
Its God's Grace........and we are so seek it and walk in it.

Its to be received, by faith.
= "The righteousness of faith"....or the 'imputed righteousness".........Paul teaches.. = Its a "GIFT" from God.
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Now, SAINT... learn this as your faith in Christ"..

Jesus is Salvaiton.
Jesus is Eternal Life.
Jesus is Redemption
Jesus is the Blood Atonement
Jesus is the New Covenant
Jesus is THE Truth
Jesus is THE Resurrection
Jesus is God's Grace
Jesus is our Sanctification

So, when we read....>>"'Seek FIRST God's Righteousness"......then we seek all those by Faith. = We receive all those by FAITH as they are... ALL...... = "THe Gift of Salvation"

This is why Paul tells us that when we have received God's Grace,, then we are "complete IN HIM">.. "In Christ" because Jesus is "made unto us"....God's Salvation.

Colossians 2:10 (KJV)

1 Corinthians 1:30 (KJV)

Romans 3:22....""Even the Righteousness of GOD... which is by FAITH of Jesus Christ... UNTO All and UPON All them that BELIEVE.."""

 

[TrevorHL]

Greetings Behold,

Reader, if you are trying to "do righteousness" then you are pitting yourself and your self effort against ""God's Righteousness".

They are not completely separated. The character which is developed by a person yielding to God in faith and trust and praise is what God is seeking in the individual, and as such this faith produces obedience and in this sense true "righteousness". They are as cause and effect. Paul is arguing against the concept that righteousness comes from obedience to law, a concept held by the Jews, not "the obedience of faith". There are those who advocate incorrectly "faith alone" {Luther? - James an epistle of straw). Abraham's development is highlighted in three stages, belief, strong faith and obedience.

Kind regards
Trevor

 

[Behold]

faith produces obedience and in this sense true "righteousness".

Hello Trevor,

Our obedience is not God's "Gift of Righteousness".
Our obedience is our Discipeship.... and that is to : = "present your body as a living sacrifice to God, which is your reasonable Service"'.

See that Service ??????? > that is = our discipleship......not our Salvation.

Our Salvation is Jesus on The Cross, provding Himself to God as. := "Gods Gift of Salvation". "the Blood Atonment".. ,"The New Covenant'".

God's Salvation, which is God's Rightesouness, is not something you do... its something we receive = "The Gift of Righteousness."""

Like this : = "by one man's Obedience (Jesus) MANY are MADE RIGHTEOUS"...

Who are the "MANY" ??? = They are the Believers, = The born again.

 

[1stCenturyLady]

They are not completely separated. The character which is developed by a person yielding to God in faith and trust and praise is what God is seeking in the individual, and as such this faith produces obedience and in this sense true "righteousness". They are as cause and effect. Paul is arguing against the concept that righteousness comes from obedience to law, a concept held by the Jews, not "the obedience of faith". There are those who advocate incorrectly "faith alone" {Luther? - James an epistle of straw). Abraham's development is highlighted in three stages, belief, strong faith and obedience.

and @Behold

The key to receiving God's righteousness rather than following commandments that are against our nature is abiding IN Jesus. That is when He will abide IN you. He will take away the desire to commit sins of lawlessness out of your nature. THEN you will find yourself not even wanting to do anything that is unrighteous. It will no longer be in your nature. So instead of being righteous against your nature, you will naturally be righteous. 1 John 3:21-24

 

[Soyeong]

Reader.

Matt 6 says........ to "seek the KOG and HIS Righteousness".

Now lets look at this verse in Light of The Cross ...

Notice how Matthew's verse joins the KOG and God's Righteousnes as one..

So, God's Righteousness, is "The Gift of Righteousness"......and we are to seek that.. .vs.. trying to do righteousness.

Reader, if you are trying to "do righteousness" then you are pitting yourself and your self effort against ""God's Righteousness".
Paul teaches that if you are doing that, then you are """IGNORANT of God's Righteousess and you are trying to establish your own""""......and that is = SELF Righteousness, and God wont accept it.
So STOP !

The verse says.......to seek "HIS" Righteoueness"".......and that is = God's Righteousness, and the only way to seek that is to receive it as "THe Gift of Righteousness", by faith.

Most Christians are trying to DO Christianity, and in fact Christianity is God Rghteousness, given as a "Gift".
Its God's Grace........and we are so seek it and walk in it.

Its to be received, by faith.
= "The righteousness of faith"....or the 'imputed righteousness".........Paul teaches.. = Its a "GIFT" from God.
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Now, SAINT... learn this as your faith in Christ"..

Jesus is Salvaiton.
Jesus is Eternal Life.
Jesus is Redemption
Jesus is the Blood Atonement
Jesus is the New Covenant
Jesus is THE Truth
Jesus is THE Resurrection
Jesus is God's Grace
Jesus is our Sanctification

So, when we read....>>"'Seek FIRST God's Righteousness"......then we seek all those by Faith. = We receive all those by FAITH as they are... ALL...... = "THe Gift of Salvation"

This is why Paul tells us that when we have received God's Grace,, then we are "complete IN HIM">.. "In Christ" because Jesus is "made unto us"....God's Salvation.

Colossians 2:10 (KJV)

1 Corinthians 1:30 (KJV)

Romans 3:22....""Even the Righteousness of GOD... which is by FAITH of Jesus Christ... UNTO All and UPON All them that BELIEVE.."""

Relying on ourselves does not involve relying on anyone else, so it is contradictory to think that we can become self-righteous by obediently relying on God's instructions. God is trustworthy, therefore His instructions are also trustworthy, so the way to rely on God is by obediently relying on His instructions, and it is again contradictory to think that we should have faith in God instead of in His instructions. If God's law were his instructions for how to become self-righteous and God does not want us to become self-righteous, then it would follow that God therefore wants to be disobeyed, which is absurd, rather God's law is His instructions for how to seek His righteousness. Jesus embodied the righteousness of God through His works by setting a sinless example for us to follow of how to walk in obedience to God's law, so the way to seek first the righteousness of God is by following his example through faith, which is the gift of righteousness. In 1 John 3:4-7, everyone who is a doer of righteous works in obedience to God's law is righteous even as they are righteous.

 

[Behold]

The key to receiving God's righteousness rather than following commandments that are against our nature is abiding IN Jesus.

Acutually you have to receive Salvation first.......before you can "abide".

So, this means that "The Gift of Righteousness" that is Salvaiton has to be received by Faith......initually, and then the believer now abides in Christ by being born again "in Christ".

 

[Behold]

we can become self-righteous

We are never to become self-righteous, as this rejects God's Gift of Righteousness.

Self righteousness, is trying to make "self" right with God that that is impossible, as only the Sacrifice of Jesus on The Cross is accepted by God on our behalf as the only way He accepts us and keeps us.

 

[Soyeong]

We are never to become self-righteous, as this rejects God's Gift of Righteousness.

Self righteousness, is trying to make "self" right with God that that is impossible, as only the Sacrifice of Jesus on The Cross is accepted by God on our behalf as the only way He accepts us and keeps us.

We can’t become self-righteous even as the result of having perfect obedience to God’s law because it was never given as a way of doing that and that has always been a fundamental misunderstanding of the goal of why we are required to obey it. Rather, God graciously teaching us to be a doer of His law is the way that He is giving us His gift of righteousness. In Titus 2:14, Jesus gave himself to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people of his own possession who are zealous for doing good works, so the way to believe in what Jesus accomplished through the cross is by becoming zealous for doing good works in obedience to God’s law (Acts 21:20).

 

[Behold]

The Title of my Thread......is "Seek HIS righteousness".

And, what is God's Righteousness that is given as "The Gift of Righteousness"..?

A.) Its the sacrifice of Jesus....Its His Blood and His death and His LIFE.

This is God's Righteousness, that is GIVEN to a BELIEVER.... when you give God your Faith in Christ.

God takes that Blood and Death of Jesus and FORGIVES YOU forever.
And then God takes that LIFE of Christ, that is Eternal, and gives it to you as "The Gift of Eternal Life".

Remember that Jesus told us....."I am the resurrection and The LIFE"......"I have come to give you LIFE"..

Paul teaches it like this......... "Even the Righteousness of God... by FAITH of Jesus....UNTO and UPON ALL them that believe".

See that "unto and upon"?.... that is God "imputing righteousness"... to a believer, because they gave God their FAITH.

This is "The righteousness of Faith".

Now look closely.... at the result of God giving the Believer His "Gift of Rightousness."

A.) "That God might be Just....(and that means, He's satisfied His own Justice that demanded death for sin).... and now that Jesus has satisfied the penalty for sin... God is now the Eternal JUSTIFER of ALL who believe in Jesus".

We understand this as being saved through the Blood of Jesus.

= The Blood Atonement.

And now looking at Abraham.....we see were this started....

AA.) Abraham BELIEVED GOD.. and it was counted (imputed) unto Him as RIGHTEOUSNESS".

How to understand all this simply?

AAA.) "Jesus became our sin, and we became Christ's Righteousness".

Welcome to : Salvation., that is God's Righteousness.

Its a "GIFT" from God.

A Christian is "made Righteous" forever.

 

[VictoryinJesus]

Reader.

Matt 6 says........ to "seek the KOG and HIS Righteousness".

Now lets look at this verse in Light of The Cross ...

Notice how Matthew's verse joins the KOG and God's Righteousnes as one..

So, God's Righteousness, is "The Gift of Righteousness"......and we are to seek that.. .vs.. trying to do righteousness.

Reader, if you are trying to "do righteousness" then you are pitting yourself and your self effort against ""God's Righteousness".
Paul teaches that if you are doing that, then you are """IGNORANT of God's Righteousess and you are trying to establish your own""""......and that is = SELF Righteousness, and God wont accept it.
So STOP !

The verse says.......to seek "HIS" Righteoueness"".......and that is = God's Righteousness, and the only way to seek that is to receive it as "THe Gift of Righteousness", by faith.

Most Christians are trying to DO Christianity, and in fact Christianity is God Rghteousness, given as a "Gift".
Its God's Grace........and we are so seek it and walk in it.

Its to be received, by faith.
= "The righteousness of faith"....or the 'imputed righteousness".........Paul teaches.. = Its a "GIFT" from God.
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Now, SAINT... learn this as your faith in Christ"..

Jesus is Salvaiton.
Jesus is Eternal Life.
Jesus is Redemption
Jesus is the Blood Atonement
Jesus is the New Covenant
Jesus is THE Truth
Jesus is THE Resurrection
Jesus is God's Grace
Jesus is our Sanctification

So, when we read....>>"'Seek FIRST God's Righteousness"......then we seek all those by Faith. = We receive all those by FAITH as they are... ALL...... = "THe Gift of Salvation"

This is why Paul tells us that when we have received God's Grace,, then we are "complete IN HIM">.. "In Christ" because Jesus is "made unto us"....God's Salvation.

Colossians 2:10 (KJV)

1 Corinthians 1:30 (KJV)

Romans 3:22....""Even the Righteousness of GOD... which is by FAITH of Jesus Christ... UNTO All and UPON All them that BELIEVE.."""

Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Seek first the kingdom of God and His Righteousness—and all theses things will be added unto you.

What are “all these things will be added unto you”? Doesn’t He expand on these things?

2 Peter 1:3-8 According as his divine power has given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him
—pause “according as his divine power He has given unto us all things that pertain to life and godliness—that we may partake (up ahead in the passage) we may partake of the divine nature.

…that has called us to glory and virtue: [4] Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

—Seek first kingdom of God and His Righteousness and “all these things will be added unto you” “all things that pertain to Life”
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature: expanded what are these things added unto you?
[5] And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; [6] And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; [7] And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. [8]

—For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The topic of what you will drink, what you will eat, and how you will be clothed? In the New Man—if you had asked of Me, I would give you Living water and Bread to eat. “I am the Bread” where if any thirst and hungers and takes of this that I give, they will never thirst or hunger after righteousness from that which is dead, being filled with Life, that your joy be made full.

And if we look elsewhere instead of “these things will be added unto you” — the exceedingly great promises given in 2 Peter 1:3-8…then what else do we desire?

 

[Behold]

2 Peter 1:3-8 According as his divine power has given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him

Its obvious that "knowledge of Him" is not how we are saved or given "imputed righteosness".
See, knowing about God, or even acknowledging God, is not what God requires of us, to give us "His Righteousness".

Notice How Abraham received God's righteousness, as its the same way we receive it today.

""""Abraham Believed GOD.. and it (His Faith)... was counted (imputed) unto Him as RIGHTEOUSNESS"."...""""

So, its not "knowing"...........its "BELIEVING"......That God accepts to then give us His Righteousness.

A.) = Our '""FAITH is counted by God as (Christ's) Righteousness"...= imputed or GIFTED To us......as "The Gift of Righteousness".

Also, your verse says......"that pertain to Life".....and that is not "Life" as in "im alive"..... That Life is 'Eternal life"... as this is related to Salvation......and is "The Gift of Eteral Life".

Welcome to SALVATION.. Its "The GIFT of Righteousness"........Its '"imputed righteousness"., and "The GIFT of Eternal Life".

 

[Soyeong]

The Title of my Thread......is "Seek HIS righteousness".

And, what is God's Righteousness that is given as "The Gift of Righteousness"..?

A.) Its the sacrifice of Jesus....Its His Blood and His death and His LIFE.

This is God's Righteousness, that is GIVEN to a BELIEVER.... when you give God your Faith in Christ.

God takes that Blood and Death of Jesus and FORGIVES YOU forever.
And then God takes that LIFE of Christ, that is Eternal, and gives it to you as "The Gift of Eternal Life".

Remember that Jesus told us....."I am the resurrection and The LIFE"......"I have come to give you LIFE"..

Paul teaches it like this......... "Even the Righteousness of God... by FAITH of Jesus....UNTO and UPON ALL them that believe".

See that "unto and upon"?.... that is God "imputing righteousness"... to a believer, because they gave God their FAITH.

This is "The righteousness of Faith".

Now look closely.... at the result of God giving the Believer His "Gift of Rightousness."

A.) "That God might be Just....(and that means, He's satisfied His own Justice that demanded death for sin).... and now that Jesus has satisfied the penalty for sin... God is now the Eternal JUSTIFER of ALL who believe in Jesus".

We understand this as being saved through the Blood of Jesus.

= The Blood Atonement.

And now looking at Abraham.....we see were this started....

AA.) Abraham BELIEVED GOD.. and it was counted (imputed) unto Him as RIGHTEOUSNESS".

How to understand all this simply?

AAA.) "Jesus became our sin, and we became Christ's Righteousness".

Welcome to : Salvation., that is God's Righteousness.

Its a "GIFT" from God.

A Christian is "made Righteous" forever.

Jesus embodied the righteousness of God through His works by living in obedience to God’s law, so that is also the also what we have the gift of getting to do by being given the gift of the righteousness of God. While it is true that Abraham believed God, so he was declared righteous (Genesis 15:6), it is also true that he believed God, so he was a doer of righteous works (Genesis 18:19), so you can’t separate them. In Luke 10:25-28, Jesus affirmed that the way to inherit eternal life is by obeying the greatest two commandments and something that we inherit is a gift, so obeying those commandments is the way to experience the gift of eternal life just as being a doer of righteous works is the way to experience the gift of righteousness. The correct way to understand the imputation of the trait of righteousness does not depart from the basics of the way to attain a character and what it means to have a character trait.

 

[Behold]

While it is true that Abraham believed God, so he was declared righteous (Genesis 15:6), it is also true that he believed God, so he was a doer of righteous works (Genesis 18:19), so you can’t separate them.

Abrham was declared righteous based on His faith.........and now """" being made righteous"""", by the imputed righteousness of God, Abrham.....did good works.

So, the works are a product of the Righteousness, but the ""GIFT of Righteousness""" didin't come by works......as if it had then Abraham's faith is made void.

God does not accept anyone's works.....to accept them or save them.....>He only accepts Christ's Blood and Death sacrifice on The Cross to accept and save anyone and keep them.

 

[1stCenturyLady]

Acutually you have to receive Salvation first.......before you can "abide".

So, this means that "The Gift of Righteousness" that is Salvaiton has to be received by Faith......initually, and then the believer now abides in Christ by being born again "in Christ".

Right. I should have said keep and grow in God's gift of righteousness. The born again naturally keep His commandments, and should run from temptations. Abiding in Christ is the next step towards holiness, which is Christ's ultimate goal for us. "Be holy as I am holy."

 

[Behold]

Right. I should have said keep and grow in God's gift of righteousness. The born again naturally keep His commandments, and should run from temptations. Abiding in Christ is the next step towards holiness, which is Christ's ultimate goal for us. "Be holy as I am holy."

God's Righteousness ...that is God's Grace..... is the ROOT and it produces Holiness as the Fruit.

Christians always try to DO Holiness and can't, and that is because Holiness is to "bear the fruit" of being made Righteous.

God's GRACE is the ROOT, and Holiness is the Fruit.

 

[1stCenturyLady]

God's Righteousness ...that is God's Grace..... is the ROOT and it produces Holiness as the Fruit.

Christians always try to DO Holiness and can't, and that is because Holiness is to "bear the fruit" of being made Righteous.

God's GRACE is the ROOT, and Holiness is the Fruit.

There are some who do not grow to holiness. Why? You must abide in Christ in order to grow in the fruit of the Spirit towards holiness. 2 Peter 1:8-9.

What is your definition of God's grace? There are more than one.

 

[Behold]

There are some who do not grow to holiness. Why?

Holiness is not something you grow into.
Holiness is a fruit of God's Grace that you bear.......

The reason that Christians dont' bear Holiness as a Fruit, is because they are trying to do righteousness, which blocks God's Grace empowering them unto Holiness.

Christianity= is God saving us based on Jesus's Sacrifice and then God empowering us by His Grace to bear fruit.

Christians get in the way of this by self effort to try to be holy and behaivor modify as their idea of it.....and that puts you here....

= "Apart from me you can do NOTHING"......Jeuus said....... And Hes not meaning that you are unsaved or parted from Him......He's explaining that once you start trying to work righteouenss, then you block the Flow of God's Grace that empowers Holiness.

Notice that Paul said...."i DIE Daily".......not "I try to imitate Christ more daily'.

So, the secret of Holiness, is to get out of the way.......so that "i can do all things THROUGHT CHRIST..."......vs, trying to DO it myself.

 

[Behold]

Reader..

Let me explain "fallen from Grace".

This phrase found in Paul's verse from Galatians, does not mean "lost your salvation".

What is means, is..... the Christian has become "Ignorant of God's righteousness, and is trying to establish their own"....by sefl effort and commandment keeping and trying to be like Christ"..... Paul teaches.

See that?

Now, notice carefully this verse from Paul.

= "For with the HEART.....a person BELIEVES......unto Righteousness".

See that?
That is... "Abraham BELIEVED GOD, and his FAITH was counted to Him, as RIGHTEOUSNESS".
That is... Our "FAITH is counted by God, as (Christ's) Righteousness"... imputed to us, as "THe Gift of Righteousness".

A.) This is Paul's teaching...>"The Righteouenss of Faith".

So, a Christian can lose that understanding, or........they never understood it to begin with.....all they understood was that they were forgiven.
And now, they are trying to Stay forgiven......by their own effort......and that is to be "ignorant of GODs righteousness.. (The Gift of Righteousness).... = so they are trying to establish their OWN righteousness".
And the only righteousness you can establish of yourself is "SELF>. Righteousnes" and that denies God's Righteousness.
And when you do that.......you are '"FALLEN from GRACE".

Let me show you how that sounds......
It sounds like this.....

'"Yes i know that Jesus saved me......but NOW.........but NOW.......i have to ... do and do and do and not do and not do of myself to try to stay saved". "to keep myself saved".
And they will have a list of do's and don'ts..... Like......."commandment keeping and trying to abide, and confessing sin,"....and even more on their SELF SAVING LIST.

See that person?
They are "ignorant of God's righteousness and are going about to establish their OWN"....and that is to have become "fallen from Grace".... Paul teaches.

 

[Soyeong]

Abrham was declared righteous based on His faith.........and now """" being made righteous"""", by the imputed righteousness of God, Abrham.....did good works.

So, the works are a product of the Righteousness, but the ""GIFT of Righteousness""" didin't come by works......as if it had then Abraham's faith is made void.

God does not accept anyone's works.....to accept them or save them.....>He only accepts Christ's Blood and Death sacrifice on The Cross to accept and save anyone and keep them.

The content of a gift can be the experience of doing something such as giving someone the opportunity to experience driving a Ferrari, where the gift intrinsically requires them to do the work of driving in order to have that experience but where doing that work contributes nothing towards earning the opportunity to experience driving it. Similarly, the content of God's gift of eternal life is the experience of knowing Him and Jesus (John 17:3) and the gift of God's law is His instructions for how to have that experience, not for how to earn it. In Luke 10:25-28, Jesus affirmed that the way to inherit eternal life is by obeying the greatest two commandments and something that we inherit is a free gift (Exodus 33:13, Matthew 7:23).

Our salvation from sin would be incomplete if we were only saved from the penalty of our sin while our lives continued to be directed at being doers of sin, so there is an aspect of our gift of salvation that we are experiencing in the present by repenting and redirecting our lives towards be a doer of God's law. In Titus 2:11-13, our salvation is described as being trained by grace to do what is godly, righteous, and good, and to renounce doing what is ungodly, so we are not required to have first done those works in order to earn our salvation as the result and we are not required to do those works as the result of having first been saved, but rather God graciously teaching us to be a doer of those works is the aspect of His gift of salvation that we are experiencing in the present.

Similarly, we are not required to have first done righteous works in order to become righteous as the result and we are not required to do righteous works as the result of having first been declared righteous, but rather being a doer of righteous works in the present through faith is the way to experience the gift of righteousness. According to Titus 2:14, the way to believe in what Christ accomplished through the cross is by becoming zealous for doing good works in obedience to God's law (Acts 21:20).

 

[David in NJ]

Greetings Behold,

They are not completely separated. The character which is developed by a person yielding to God in faith and trust and praise is what God is seeking in the individual, and as such this faith produces obedience and in this sense true "righteousness". They are as cause and effect. Paul is arguing against the concept that righteousness comes from obedience to law, a concept held by the Jews, not "the obedience of faith". There are those who advocate incorrectly "faith alone" {Luther? - James an epistle of straw). Abraham's development is highlighted in three stages, belief, strong faith and obedience.

Kind regards
Trevor

AGREE, with this TRUTH = God FIRST imputes the Righteousness of CHRIST upon us the moment we BELIEVE the WORD by FAITH.

After this Salvation, we now walk in righteousness, not of going back to the Law, but continuing to "seek" the righteousness of Christ which is our Growth in the Holy Spirit.

SEE here = Philippians 3:7-11
But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.
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 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; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

SEE here = Hebrews 12:1-2
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

SEE here = Romans 3:21-26
But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe.
For there is no difference; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 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, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.