You have not understood what I have said; You do not understand the difference between RIGHTEOUSNESS not of your work versus RIGHTEOUSNESS which is by your WORKing out your SOUL's salvation AFTER receiving the salvation of your SPIRIT which Jesus did ALL the work for.
Actually I do
1. The righteousness not of our works is the righteousness of Christ which was imputed to me. It is based on being Justified. Or having my guilt removed. And that guilt and my sin being replaced with the righteousness of Christ. That lamb of God who took the payment on his body on the cross
The end result of this is that we are saved forever. We know we will go to heaven, and this is the root and base for point 2.
2. The goodness (fruit) Is God working through us, as we take steps of faith to serve and love those around us. It is a process many call working towards spiritual maturity. It is serving the world. Being a light in Christ. In order to do this we must
1. Deny self
2. Put the needs of others above ours. Understanding God will take care of our needs (A point I struggled with often. I loved serving others. But I felt to allow people to serve me was me being selfish. I great sister told me I was preventing God from using others to help me, and I was being selfish by doing just that.
3. Remain attached to the vine, Jesus is the source of energy that enables us to produce fruit. If we are not attached, we are unable to produce fruit. We can do good work, but they are not works of God. They are works of the flesh.. I believe this is why many think they are good people. Because they do good work. But they fail to realise, they are not doing works of God but of the flesh.
4. It all takes faith, and it is based on love, Just like the faith we had to lead us to Receive Gods eternal life. We have to have faith in God to Recieve the blessings of our temporal life he wishes to give. Without faith we can do nothing, and without love, we are as paul says a clanging Gong..
The main point is this is all based on point 1. If point. Has not occured. We can not do this, And because of point one, we can consider all things bad a momentary light affliction.
RIGHTEOUSNESS IMPUTED AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IMPARTED
Imputed righteousness comes from ‘believing’ in Jesus Christ ‘the righteous one’.
Imparted righteousness comes from ‘doing’ Christ Jesus righteousness.
I had to cut a lot of your post out. It made it over 1000 words so I wa not able to respond. I would not create so long post. Most do not read them, I did read what you wrote, and this is my respons
I think I showed in the first part of this the different between imputed righteousness, and experiential (imparted) rightiousness.
REFUTE THE VERSES I'VE BEEN SHARING. THEY'RE RED. YOUR POSTS ARE MOSTLY OPINION.....IN MY OPINION.
"Study to show yourself approved." Then WE ALL can tell if you've studied anything well enough to teach it. LIKE I DID.
so you are not willing to study that verse?
I have, And it is not about working to earn your salvation as many say. If you think it is, Then I can not agree
I would not try to tell people you have never met they have not studied. That comes across as rude and proud. Especially, as in this case, when it is not true
Again, I ask you to restudy that passage. But it is up to you