For as much as works do indeed accompany salvation (
Hebrews 6:9), and must accompany it, they do not MAKE you righteous.
Don't make you righteous, you say. Know you not that those who Do Righteousness are Righteous, and those who do not do righteousness are UNRIGHTEOUS.
Rom_6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
So then Righteousness is granted to a person that OBEYS Jesus, namely to Love One Another as He COMMANDED us to do. Those who obey Jesus and they actually DO Love One Another, are they that are Righteous. But those who disobey Jesus and Fail to Love One Another, are NOT Righteous, no matter how much they think Jesus gives it to them.
Mat_5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. (So then something to attain, something we are to DO.)
Act_10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and WORKETH righteousness, is accepted with him. (Again we DO this, it is not something we have)
1Co_15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. (If we are told to Awake to Righteousness, and SIN NOT, that is something we DO, it is not automatically given to us, as this last days generation loves to believe)
Gal_5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. (Yet another inspired by God verse that plainly teaches we are waiting for the HOPE of Righteousness by Faith. NOT something we have now.)
Php 1:10-11 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; Being filled with the fruits (WORKS)
of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
2Ti_3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS: (Not that we automatically are righteous, we are INSTRUCTED so that we can walk in Righteousness, which is namely OBEYING God, and Loving One Another, which is nothing but WORKS)
Do we gain a crown of Righteousness when We accept Jesus and GET SAVED? NO.
2Ti_4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me (Stored) a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day (NOT the day you GOT SAVED)
: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing (At the Rapture).
1Jn_2:29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. (Which brings me back to what i said, those who Do righteousness are Righteous, those who FAIL to do that which is righteous, are UNRIGHTEOUS, and it does not matter what they believe is the Truth.
1Jn_3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.. .. . . 8. . .. . .9 . . . . ..10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
(So if you choose to do something that is NOT righteous, you are not of God. This last days generation has no clue how narrow and Difficult the path is to Life everlasting, and only a VERY FEW will find it, they love their false doctrines that teach EASY Christianity, and will NOT take any exhortations from God's prophets. There will be Billions of professing Christians that will be weeping and gnashing their teeth, when they realize they have been on the broad and wide and easy path all along. But Good News though, i have told you the Truth, so that you can be one of the FEW that are chosen in the end.
The imputation of God's righteousness occurs entirely by having your sin forgiven through faith in the blood of Christ.
True, this is accomplished the very day you GOT SAVED. AFTER that, is entirely a different story. All of you would do well to watch my video on Getting Saved Vs Living Saved, They are not the same thing.
Doing works of righteousness is not how you are made righteous (
Ephesians 2:8-9).
Jesus gives us His Righteousness the very day a person GETS SAVED, All their past sins are forgiven them and cast into the sea of forgetfulness. They are made white as snow, they are washed CLEAN, they are 100% PURE. And the very moment you freely chose to get yourself dirty again, to turn your white as snow into muck, to turn you 100% Pureness to <100% Pure. YOU chose to disobey and return to darkness, return to your own vomit, return to the Old man and his deeds, YOU CHOSE to leave His Righteousness that was upon you. Again watch my video about Getting Saved, Vs Living Saved.
We are made righteous to do righteous works (
Ephesians 2:10).
When we GET SAVED, we are indeed made Righteous by Jesus Christ, through His Righteousness are we made Righteous. AFTER He does this for us, we are to live by the Word of God, we are to OBEY what He COMMANDS us to do. We have been made Righteous via Jesus Christ, we are suppose to LIVE for ONLY HIM, and not our own selves, we to obey ONLY HIM, now that we are made White, Clean, Pure, we are to no longer do the deeds of the old man, we are A NEW CREATION, because we are 100% cleansed of our sins by Jesus Christ and what He did for us, We are NOT to continue to live as we did before. We are to walk in the light like Jesus did, NOT walking in darkness like atheists do.
Jesus went to the Cross for you ONCE, the very day you accepted Him as your Savior and Lord, He took all your past sins and forgave them, and was punished for those sins, HE did this ONCE for YOU, the very day you Got Saved. He does NOT continue to go to the cross every single time you commit sins after you have accepted Him. YOU will pay the penalty for any sins you commit, after you have accepted Him. This is the Truth of God.
