June 11 – How are we made righteous? Matt. 5:6; “Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled”.
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Righteousness in the Greek is; dikaiosune, and it means, justification.The transliteration for filled is; chortazo. To gorge, fill, satisfy.
Our spiritual blessings come from Jesus! PTL! Man will never be satisfied is he’s the one in charge of his own righteousness. We can only be filled and satisfied if we’re feasting on the blessings of knowing Jesus is our righteousness. My works are as but filthy rags – Isaiah 64:6. Let your Mormon friends/loved ones see the comfort you have in Jesus and what He’s done for you personally. Your explanation of how this works is a great gift they’ll think about in their alone time.
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“Plainly and simply stated, righteousness is the quality and type of living that results from obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel. No persons are wholly righteous: by walking in the light and obeying the celestial law to the extent of the abilities, however, the saints attain a high degree of righteousness; their conduct becomes blameless, upright and just…Righteousness bring to pass eternal progression…” See ‘Righteousness’ in Mormon Doctrine, p. 461. Non-electronic version is on pp. 654-655.
They think a little to highly of themselves. Could use a little humility.
Jesus came to fulfill the law, simply put, because we can’t. If we could then Christ died in vain. It’s ALL because of His righteousness, not ours.