Pastor Elliott
Righteousness is the fundamental need of every human being to feel good and right about themselves. Righteousness is the inner sense of confidence and security that produces joy in life. The problem is that we seek our righteousness in all the wrong places. Paul gives the resume of his righteousness before he met Jesus: “circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless” (v. 5). But he had no joy until he found true righteousness in the love of Jesus poured out on him at the cross. Joy leaks out of us as we continuously try to establish our own righteousness. Joy is renewed when we say with Paul, “I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.”
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