3. Are You Going to Heaven?
Mt 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Mt 13: The Son of man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things which offend, and them that do iniquity; and shall cast them in a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
I Pet 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Jms 5:16 The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much

4. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
Webster: To have always done what is right
Mt 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Mt 13: The Son of man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things which offend, and them that do iniquity; and shall cast them in a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
I Pet 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Jms 5:16 The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much

5. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
Webster: Characterized by proper actions
Biblical: Characterized by proper trust
Lk 18:9 And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt

6. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
Rom 1:16-17
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."

7. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
Rom 1:16-17
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."

8. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
Rom 1:16-17
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."

9. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
Rom 1:16-17
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."

10. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
Rom 1:16-17
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
For IN IT the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."

11. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
Rom 1:16-17
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."

12. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
Rom 1:16-17
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."

13. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
Rom 4:2-3 If Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? "ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.”
Gen 15:6 He believed the Lord; and He reckoned
it to him as righteousness

14. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
Rom 4:2-3 If Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? "ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.”
Rom 4:9-11 Is this blessing then on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say, "FAITH WAS CREDITED TO ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS." How then was it credited? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised; and he received the sign of circumcision, a SEAL of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them

15. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
Rom 3:21-23 But now apart from the Law, the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
vs 24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus
Phil 3:9 NOT having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith

16. What Defines A “Righteous” Person? What Does All This Mean to Me?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
What Does All This Mean to Me?

17. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
What Does All This Mean to Me?
Sinless perfection
is not the pre-requisite to eternal life
Conquering all vices
is not the pre-requisite to entering God’s family.
“The righteous are scarcely saved”
does not mean they barely did enough good works
God will hear your prayers and you can boldly approach
the throne of God if you have placed your trust in Him
Heb 4:16

18. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
What Does All This Mean to Me?
Sinless perfection
is not the pre-requisite to eternal life
Conquering all vices
is not the pre-requisite to entering God’s family.
“The righteous are scarcely saved”
does not mean they barely did enough good works
God will hear your prayers and you can boldly approach
the throne of God if you have placed your trust in Him
Heb 4:16

19. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
What Does All This Mean to Me?
Sinless perfection
is not the pre-requisite to eternal life
Conquering all vices
is not the pre-requisite to entering God’s family.
“The righteous are scarcely saved”
does not mean they barely did enough good works
God will hear your prayers and you can boldly approach
the throne of God if you have placed your trust in Him
Heb 4:16

20. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
What Does All This Mean to Me?
Sinless perfection
is not the pre-requisite to eternal life
Conquering all vices
is not the pre-requisite to entering God’s family.
“The righteous are scarcely saved”
does not mean they barely did enough good works
God will hear your prayers and you can boldly approach
the throne of God if you have placed your trust in Him
Heb 4:16

21. What Defines A “Righteous” Person? What This DOES NOT Mean to Me
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
What This DOES NOT Mean to Me

22. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
What This DOES NOT Mean to Me
That I can be saved without obeying God.
Jms 2: Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected; and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS," and he was called the friend of God. You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.

23. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
What This DOES NOT Mean to Me
That I can be saved without obeying God.
Just as trust in promises reveals righteousness,
obedience to commands reveals trust
Jms 2:18
Someone may well say,
"You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works."

24. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
What This DOES NOT Mean to Me
That I can be saved without obeying God.
Just as trust in promises reveals righteousness,
obedience to commands reveals trust
Rom 10:10
for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

25. What Defines A “Righteous” Person?
Common Explanation of Righteousness
God’s Explanation of Righteousness
What This DOES NOT Mean to Me
That I can be saved without obeying God.
Just as trust in promises reveals righteousness,
obedience to commands reveals trust
Proverbs 24:16
“A righteous man will fall seven times …
But he rises up again.”
Psalm 103:14
“God knows that we are dust!”