My righteousness is just as good as Jesus' righteousness, because it IS Jesus' righteousness!

Every time I try to be righteous by my own actions, God reminds me my righteousness comes from Jesus alone.

Righteousness is by faith.

Grace makes us inwardly RIGHT so we walk outwardly UPRIGHT

Holiness is the strength of the soul. It comes by faith and through obedience to God's laws and ordinances. God then purifies the heart by faith, and the heart becomes purged from that which is profane and unworthy. When holiness is achieved by conforming to God's will, one knows intuitively that which is wrong and that which is right before the Lord. Holiness speaks when there is silence, encouraging that which is good or reproving that which is wrong.

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How diligently they read them!
Here they find their law and profits,
their judges and chronicles,
their epistles and revelations.