{"id":7176,"date":"2018-10-02T09:01:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T13:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=7176"},"modified":"2018-10-02T09:01:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T13:01:11","slug":"i-no-longer-count-on-my-own-righteousness-through-obeying-the-law-rather-i-become-righteous-through-faith-in-christ-for-gods-way-of-making-us-right-with-himself-depends-on-faith-phili","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/i-no-longer-count-on-my-own-righteousness-through-obeying-the-law-rather-i-become-righteous-through-faith-in-christ-for-gods-way-of-making-us-right-with-himself-depends-on-faith-phili","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God\u2019s way of making us right with himself depends on faith&#8221; (Philippians 3:9 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"3l553\" data-offset-key=\"4lq64-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4lq64-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4lq64-0-0\">MADE RIGHT WITH GOD BY FAITH <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"3l553\" data-offset-key=\"8oo8l-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8oo8l-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8oo8l-0-0\">Paul told the Philippians that before he trusted Christ, he had worked to earn righteousness through obeying the law. But when he encountered Christ, he saw his attempts at righteousness as worthless in comparison to Christ&#8217;s infinite worth. As a result, he stopped counting on his own law-keeping efforts and gladly received the righteousness of Christ by faith. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"3l553\" data-offset-key=\"eee2h-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"eee2h-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"eee2h-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"3l553\" data-offset-key=\"bdbb1-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bdbb1-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bdbb1-0-0\">The law was not given that we might earn righteousness, but that we might recognize the depth of our unrighteousness. But Christ was given that we might be made right with God by faith.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MADE RIGHT WITH GOD BY FAITH<br \/>\nPaul told the Philippians that before he trusted Christ, he had worked to earn righteousness through obeying the law. But when he encountered Christ, he saw his attempts at righteousness as worthless in comparison to Christ&#8217;s infinite worth. As a result, he stopped counting on his own law-keeping efforts and gladly received the righteousness of Christ by faith. <\/p>\n<p>The law was not given that we might earn righteousness, but that we might recognize the depth of our unrighteousness. But Christ was given that we might be made right with God by faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1317],"scripture-chapter":[1336],"oyb_day":[1802],"location":[],"class_list":["post-7176","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-philippians","scripture-chapter-1336","oyb_day-october-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/7176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7176"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=7176"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=7176"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=7176"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=7176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}