RIGHTEOUSNESS OF MY OWN                                                
  - comes from (keeping the) Law.                   

Righteousness as a goal                        
       Strive                                                   
       Work                                                              
       Achieve                                           
       Collect merit badges                                              
       Arrogance or anxiety                                                   
       Uncertainty:                                         
                 - when have I don enough?                                     
                 - what if I don't make the grade?
          
RELIGION                                        
       Keeping rules & rituals
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TWO KINDS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS        Philippians 3:9        received from Pastor Don Baron
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RIGHTEOUSNESS NOT MY OWN
   - comes from God

Righteousness as a gift
        Negative:  forgiven thru  Jesus' death   
        Positive:  righteous thru Jesus perfect life credited to my account
        "In Christ" - when God looks at me, He sees His Son
      

          



RELATIONSHIP
        Not achieving, but believing
        Peace at the core of your life
                 - all is well
         “I am covered over with the robe of righteousness that Jesus gives to me.”