Do not mean to be coy brother, but have you walked on water yet, have you brought people back to life as He "did" with Lazarus?
not yet brother Jake
but one day I will
the Lord said
2Pt 3:18 But grow in grace,
and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
I know how, I have to get the proper amount of faith.
Jesus said
Mt 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
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It is true that righteousness is acheived by keeping His word, but by faith in Christ to perform His righteousness IN US. ... For example, we are to "keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Rev. 14:12. Faith and obedience is not entirely the same thing, if that were so, they would have the same "original" meanings. I believe the message of Rev. 14:12 is that through the "faith of Jesus" we keep the commandments. Hence, it is faith which works, not faith plus works.
in order to have faith
Rom 10v
9: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10: For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11: For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12: For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13: For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14: How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15: And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
16: But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
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So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.a person must hear first
once the person hear about Jesus and all that comes with him then comes faith
faith brings about obedience, and obedience brings about righteousness
but in all this a person must grow in grace and the knowledge of God.
it is a process for this creation called man.
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Do not take me wrong, I believe I know what you mean, just wanted to make sure that it is Christ's righteousness, not mine. I like to think of obedience as rendering our whole being to Christ, a person. If I say, "I need to be obedient to His commandments," then it can become "law driven" instead of "Christ driven", the true motivation, from the heart, if you will.
what righteousness can we initially claim?
what commandments did we write?
who's words are we following? Jesus
so who's righteousness is it? Jesus
then it is Christ righteousness!!!
so Jesus is the driver and we are his passengers, either we stay for the ride or we jump out.
Peace in Jesus brother Jake
hope to see you around a lot.