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To: Dr. Eckleburg; Nihil Obstat

Just when I think you guys have twisted Scripture till its unrecognizable, you pop up with a new interpretation.

Twist Scripture? Do a concordance search on "righteousness" or "righteous" as a noun in the OT. Seems a number of people are called "righteous" in the Bible. This is not twisting Scripture, this is merely noting what is written.

Regards

3,326 posted on 03/07/2006 4:03:37 AM PST by jo kus (I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore CHOOSE life - Deut 30:19)

To: jo kus; HarleyD; Forest Keeper; AlbionGirl

Of course people are "righteous" in the Old Testament. And that righteousness was the righteousness of God working in them, just like in the New Testament and just like in you and me today.

What does Scripture say?

"For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." -- Philippians 2:13
"And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith" -- Philippians 3:9

Go ahead and trust in your own righteousness. I prefer to trust in His.

3,337 posted on 03/07/2006 10:02:24 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)

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