Righteousness by Faith & Righteousness by Works

Watch this week's video with Pieter Swart as he talks about Righteousness by Faith & Righteousness by Works.

Striving? Frustrated? Not happy? No joy?

How do you live up to a standard of righteousness? How do you work or perform to be righteous?

You cannot work for righteousness. You cannot try hard enough to live up to a righteous standard. It is a free gift that you receive in Jesus Christ the day you become born again.

Salvation means that I've been made righteous (Romans 1:16-17). Jesus, who was not a sinner, became a sinner so that I could receive His righteousness (Romans 4:25). When He rose from the dead, we received that righteousness.

Righteousness means that I stand before God just as if I never sinned, and that I have a right to the promises and inheritance of God. He made you righteous. You are blessed because He made you righteous and nobody can separate you from that.

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I was one of those who tried to achieve righteousness by doing righteousness and avoiding sin. But I could also see sin in near everything. It paralyzed me. It made me miserable.
Recently I let go of that and I am feeling more free than before. I have hope again. It's fragile right now. But that's because of the half decade of works righteousness thinking. Leaving that behind, rep3nting of it (i.e. turning about) will take time. But God is faithful and will see me through

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Paul himself Worked way too much & he talked about how he crucified his flesh daily. It sounds as if WORK is must as James too pointed out. So I think it’s a distinction between “self righteous Works” verses “Works we do in obedience” to the gospel.
It’s a gift 🎁 but not Free. There is conditional. Obeying the gospel is important because the devil too believe in Christ.