AN OPINION
ASK TEN DIFFERENT LAYMEN
THE MEANING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
YOU’LL PROBABLY
GET TEN DIFFERENT ANSWERS
ASK TEN CLERGY
OF DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS
THE SAME QUESTION
YOU’LL PROBABLY GET THE SAME VARIETY
IT’S A WORD
THAT BEEN USED AND ABUSED
SO THAT NOW IT’S MOSTLY A BUZZ WORD
SAID WITHOUT MUCH DEPTH
MY OWN OPINION
FOR WHAT ITS WORTH
IS THIS
WHEN SOMEONE WAS ACCUSED OF A CRIME
HEBREW BIBLICAL TIMES
BY OLD JEWISH LAW
IF HE WAS FOUND INNOCENT
HE IS DECLARED
JUSTIFIED
RIGHTEOUS
RESTORED
TO WHAT HE WAS BEFORE
NO MENTION OF CRIME
AS IF THE INCIDENT HAD NEVER HAPPENED
GOD GOES ONE STEP FURTHER
WHEN WE SIN
REPENT
ASK FORGIVENESS
HE DECLARES US JUSTIFIED
RIGHTEOUS
RESTORED
WE ARE AS INNOCENT
AS THE MAN WHO DID NO CRIME
THERE IS NO SIN THAT GOD WILL NOT FORGIVE
IF THE SINNER IS REPENTANT
WE WOULD DO WELL
TO FOLLOW GOD’S EXAMPLE
FRANK A VOLLMER
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