{"id":381,"date":"2014-08-21T05:40:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T12:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hofman.org\/?p=381"},"modified":"2014-08-21T05:40:43","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T12:40:43","slug":"from-exp-god-righteousness-for-me-still-very-much-a-work-in-progress-hh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hofman.org\/?p=381","title":{"rendered":"from Exp God &#8211; Righteousness (For me, still very much a work in progress &#8211; hh)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"harryhofman\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"from%20Exp%20God%20-%20Righteousness%20%28For%20me%2C%20still%20very%20much%20a%20work%20in%20progress%20-%20hh%29\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, August 21, 2014<br \/>\n5:26 AM<\/p>\n<p>\u2026Righteousness is not to be taken lightly, nor is it easily attained. Holy God does not give His righteousness to people indiscriminately. He gives it to those who know they cannot live without it. Our desire for personal righteousness must be powerful, all-consuming, dominating everything we do. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Pursuing righteousness means that we value the opinion of God far more than we treasure the opinions of people.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Righteousness is not merely an absence of sin.<\/strong><\/span> It is allowing God to fill us with His holiness <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(Ro 6:11)<\/span>. It is being like Christ. Jesus is our model of One who sought God&#8217;s righteousness first, and then the Father glorified Him. We are not only to seek the kingdom of God, but we are also to pursue His righteousness <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(Mt 6:33)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(Ro 6:11 NLTse)[11]\u00a0So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0(Mt 6:33 NLTse)[33]\u00a0Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"google\",\"pinterest\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"harryhofman\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"from%20Exp%20God%20-%20Righteousness%20%28For%20me%2C%20still%20very%20much%20a%20work%20in%20progress%20-%20hh%29\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>&nbsp; Thursday, August 21, 2014 5:26 AM \u2026Righteousness is not to be taken lightly, nor is it easily attained. Holy God does not give His righteousness to people indiscriminately. He gives it to those who know they cannot live without it. Our desire for personal righteousness must be powerful, all-consuming, dominating everything we do. 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