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Is Anyone Here Born In The Righteousness Of God? [Spirituality & Religion]

I sure wasn't.

Ephesians 2:1-10

1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the [a]course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
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rckt148 · 61-69, M
Christ has removed the sin brought on us all by Adam ,,
But as we live in the flesh before knowing of Christ ,,we sin
But once we come to a place of accountability ,we know right from wrong
Christ requires us to be born again ,,John 3:3
Nicodemus knew Him ,sought Him out to learn from Him
acknowledged He has to be from God because of the miracles He preformed
Yet Christ explained ,,I can tell you things going on here on earth that you won't understand ,,unless you are born again ,how could you imagine to understand if I told you about things going on in heaven ?

Born Again is the Holy Spirit indwelling in His ,He lives in us
The Holy Spirit also helps us understand spiritual things
Many study the word of God like the Pharisees and Sadducee ,but they couldn't understand it ,,and Christ told the people "Unless you're righteousness surpasses the righteousness of these ,you will not see heaven "

Spiritual things have to be spiritually discerned ,,it is impossible for a carnal mind to know the ways of God ,

1 Corinthians 2:14 Amplified Bible (AMP)
14 But the natural [unbelieving] man does not accept the things [the teachings and revelations] of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness [absurd and illogical] to him; and he is incapable of understanding them, because they are spiritually discerned and appreciated, [and he is unqualified to judge spiritual matters].

As Paul hopped the Babes in Christ he instructed would move on to the higher calling of God ,,they chose to be happy with milk ,and he rebuked them for it
Can a babe actually "take unto you the whole armor of God "
Use the word as a sword if they don't even understand it ?

Hebrews 5:12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers [because of the time you have had to learn these truths], you actually need someone to teach you again the elementary principles of God’s word [from the beginning], and you have come to be continually in need of milk, not solid food.

13 For [b]everyone who lives on milk is [doctrinally inexperienced[/b] and] [b]unskilled in the word of righteousness[/b],
[quote] since he is a spiritual infant.[/quote] [b]14 But solid food is for the [spiritually] mature, whose senses are trained by practice to distinguish between what is morally good and what is evil.[/b]

I am corrected (or they attempt to correct me )
We live under Grace ,,they don't even understand the meaning of Grace

We are shown mercy ,until we come to know what is required of us

Then after we know the true meaning of sin ,and what God is asking us to do
Then if we continue to sin ,,we are not born again ,
and the sacrifice is no longer for you ,,

Hebrews 10:26-31 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Christ or Judgment
26 For if we go on willfully and deliberately sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice [to atone] for our sins [that is, no further offering to anticipate], 27 but a kind of awful and terrifying expectation of [divine] judgment and the fury of a fire and burning wrath which will consume the adversaries [those who put themselves in opposition to God]. 28 Anyone who has ignored and set aside the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much greater punishment do you think he will deserve who has rejected and trampled under foot the Son of God, and has considered unclean and common the blood of the covenant that [a]sanctified him, and has insulted the Spirit of grace [who imparts the unmerited favor and blessing of God]? 30 For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine [retribution and the deliverance of justice rest with Me], I will repay [the wrongdoer].” And again, “The Lord will judge His people.” 31 It is a fearful and terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God [incurring His judgment and wrath].

The law of Moses was ratified at the cross ,the book of law handwritten by Moses ,placed outside the ark of the covenant is no longer against us
(It was placed there as a testament against the nation of Israel,God came to them and they knew Him not ,so the Gospel then went to the Gentile as well )

We are the righteousness of God if we are buried in Christ (Born Again )
But as He walked ,doing all the Father asked of Him ,,we are to do the same
And that means keeping the faith in Christ unto salvation ,
and keeping the commandments of God
That shows we know what is required ,,not works to earn salvation

1 John 2:3-5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
3 And this is how we know [daily, by experience] that we have come to know Him [to understand Him and be more deeply acquainted with Him]: if we habitually keep [focused on His precepts and obey] His commandments (teachings).[b] 4 Whoever says, “I have come to know Him,” but does not habitually keep [focused on His precepts and obey] His commandments (teachings), is a liar, and the truth [of the divine word] is not in him.[/b] 5 But whoever habitually keeps His word and obeys His precepts [and treasures His message in its entirety], in him the love of God has truly been perfected [it is completed and has reached maturity]. By this we know [for certain] that we are in Him:
GodSpeed63 · 61-69, M
@rckt148 Amen, brother, amen.