[BlueDragon]

Wait one minute. This fly right in the face of...

Superfly

...trying to get over, trying to get over...

But it don't no way get it over and past --- me. Not without that "fly" suffering loss...

Abraham was credited with righteousness. That does not mean that he was righteous, but that due to his faith he was credited with righteousness --- Because he heard God, and believed God. (sola fide) ~faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God~

So far, nothing much is "fly[ing]" over those pesky "protestants'" heads...but that bluebird of happiness(?).. .he may be lightening his load right about now..? (don't be looking up about now, without yer' safety goggles on...in proper place)

Abraham was justified by faith (and following through, acting upon that same faith), not otherwise by his own inherent righteousness.

Instead, we can project (and we must) that this come to pass due to the Grace of God --- and in God's own continuance & fulfillment of His own promises made to Abram, when He called Abram from the Ur of the Chaldees, in the first place.

Freddie's dead...and

the "fly", though it may yet fly, will no longer reproduce...

[metmom]

Abraham was credited with righteousness. That does not mean that he was righteous, but that due to his faith he was credited with righteousness --- Because he heard God, and believed God. (sola fide) ~faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God~

It's become very clear that the big stumbling block for Catholics is the concept of being credited with righteousness.

It's true, we aren't righteous. Not by a long shot, and every born again believer is acutely and painfully aware of that.

But as SR mentioned, God deals with us judicially, and can credit us with the righteousness of His Son, with which He can then go on to deal with us AS IF we had no sin.