Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8  Whoever makes a practice of sinning John writes, "Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he [Christ] is righteous. Neither is John claiming here that one who is in Christ has attained perfection and is totally without You either "practice righteousness" because "God's seed abides in you," or you "make a practice of sinning AAA Prayer (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father God, whose children practice righteousness;

faithful city has become a harlot, justice has been replaced with bribery, and God’s people have traded righteousness What should have produced justice instead yields bloodshed, and what should have borne righteousness trisagion (thrice holy) - continually sung over God's immediate heavenly presence, have a devastating effect - sung here not just to praise the LORD, but also to warn sinners like him to stand clear of God's perfection Isaiah knew his unclean lips and sin stained eyes could not withstand the unmitigated perfection of the

God credits your faith as righteousness. said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 6   Abram believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness God is contained, as David and Paul teach us when they declare that man blessed to whom God grants righteousness He would have his times of faltering, but he was credited with righteousness that was not his own through , righteousness, and holiness to those He saved.

of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 4  Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. Jesus Christ is the perfect revelation of God to humanity, yet many Israelites chose instead to trust Jesus is the perfect sacrifice, no other sacrifice or shedding of blood needs to be made for the atonement There is no need to look anywhere else for righteousness before God; the grace of Jesus is enough to

Do this until your kingdom is so complete and perfect that in it you are all in all. The children of God practice righteousness while the children of the devil do not. And while the choice between the ways of righteousness and the ways of the devil seems like an easy one It is not always a decision between doing something righteous and doing something unrighteous. Take to heart John’s encouragement from today’s scripture passage by living lives of righteousness because

Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8  Whoever makes a practice of sinning evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness Also, by His Word and Spirit he certainly and effectively renews them to repentance so that they have of the devil: those who unrepentantly keep sinning are of the devil, while those who have been made righteous in Christ will practice righteousness.  

I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9  and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes and by holy exercises of godliness [piety / Spiritual Disciplines],  and to strain toward the goal of perfection This is exactly what the Canons call you to: to strain toward the goal of perfection, until you are AAA Prayer (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father, who gives us a righteousness that comes from

First, by his resurrection he has overcome death, so that he might make us share in the righteousness of perfect obedience. If you want everlasting life & enjoyment, you must give God everlasting, perfect obedience. And since you share in Christ's righteousness, you can be confident that you to will live forever in ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our covenant God, the creator of all that is who has called us to a life of righteousness

But can those converted to God obey these commandments perfectly? A. No. The question is significant: as people who've been made perfect in Christ, are we now expected to obey the commandments perfectly? Yesterday, Psalm 143 reminded us that nobody (besides Jesus) is able to live perfectly righteously, but Are you pursuing righteousness with all seriousness of purpose?

2  He whose walk is blameless,   who does what is righteous,   who speaks the truth from his heart; 3 But as bad as the immediate effects of broken oaths are, they pale in comparison to the eternal effect In fact, all of us are disqualified from dwelling with God by the fact that we're 0 for 11 in perfectly When you trust in Christ, His characteristics become yours, and through His righteousness you will dwell AAA Prayer (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father, who dwells in perfect holiness; A LIGN YOUR