Scripture

Righteousness is the road to life; wickedness is the road to death.
Proverbs 12:28 GNT
The road the righteous travel is like the sunrise,
getting brighter and brighter until daylight has come.
The road of the wicked, however, is dark as night.
They fall, but cannot see what they have stumbled over.
Proverbs 4:18-19 GNT
“For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness”
Romans 4:3
“Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness”
Romans 4:9
“Therefore he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?—just as Abraham ‘believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.’”
Galatians 3:5-6
“[Abraham] did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what he had promised he was also able to perform. And therefore ‘it was accounted to him for righteousness”
Romans 4:20–22

Reflections

The Bible could not make this matter any clearer.

Righteousness is believing the promises of God,
being fully persuaded he’ll keep his word.

The only righteousness the Father accepts is only through Christ. Only Jesus Christ stands righteous before God and when we stand before the Father, He accepts us only through Christ — through His righteousness and victory. All we have to do is accept Christ.

You cannot obtain the righteousness of Christ by working for it. The only way to obtain it is by believing and trusting God for it. It all happens by faith in what Jesus has done!

Sources

David Wilkerson
Fully Convinced of the Promise
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