tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023319744527233421.post1568940003107226175..comments2023-03-27T05:00:35.508-04:00Comments on Grace Emerges: What's Wrong with Righteousness?GraceEmergeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11958580545720947207noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023319744527233421.post-53873354731424221482014-04-12T07:04:45.488-04:002014-04-12T07:04:45.488-04:00Thanks Steve! Sort of the chicken and the egg, bu...Thanks Steve! Sort of the chicken and the egg, but doesn't following Jesus simply mean learning to love, and this is our righteousness? Or is it something else - an "other" righteousness granted by God and then we sort of automatically learn to love as a result?GraceEmergeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11958580545720947207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023319744527233421.post-23580734181537736212014-04-11T23:03:21.101-04:002014-04-11T23:03:21.101-04:00Could it be simpler than that? What is the righte...Could it be simpler than that? What is the righteousness of the legal experts was external, based on works? As in "I thank God that I am not like that tax collector over there. I pray X times a day, etc." What could be a greater righteousness? How about a righteousness that comes from God, based on our relationship with Him? That means that, if you are a part of the community of Christ, you share the knowledge that we are all on the same level, an unrighteous people made righteous by Christ, and we love each other as a result. And this is a kind of love that means we serve one another, and spur one another on to good deeds, not to "earn points" as works, but out of the greater righteousness, which is a loving relationship with God (and as a result, his fellow children (which is cyclical, by the way))SteveBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12738118297590110783noreply@blogger.com