Pondering Righteousness & Grace
Righteousness dwells at the root of all virtue. It is the mother lode of virtue.
Righteousness dwells at the root of all virtue. It is the mother lode of virtue.
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
'Heavenly' is the true instruction of saints and sinners. To the saint this is an anointing.
Listen to Me, My people; hear Me My nation. . . hear Me, you who know what is right, you people who have My law in your heart. .
It is finished! (John 19:30) Jesus threw His final pain-filled cry into all time at 3pm.
The righteousness of the righteous man will be credited to him, he is the man who holds a new spirit and a new heart - he is a new man...
Clergy are no longer the keeper of the keys. Amidst all the centuries since Christ, Christians live in an increasingly charmed season.
The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, "Surely this was a righteous man.
It is in the shattering of the common-place that a disciple grows. It is in the opening of unexpected paradigms a disciple ventures to higher ground.
Set your heart so that righteousness is its standard. Jesus' death removes the punishment for sin. His righteousness removes the compulsion to sin.