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• And, indeed, this is one of the greatest mysteries in the world; namely, that a righteousness that resides in heaven should justify me, a sinner on earth!

  John Bunyan

  Heaven, World, Earth

  John Bunyan (1853). “The Works of John Bunyan: With an Introduction to Each Treatise, Notes, and a Sketch of His Life, Times, and Contemporaries ...”, p.303

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• Our sin is what separates us from God, but it's our self righteousness that keeps us from running to Him for the grace He willingly gives to all who come.

  Paul David Tripp

  Running, Self, Giving

  FaceBook post by Paul David Tripp from Jan 20, 2015

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• Righteousness exalteth a nation.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Nations

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• Reductionism is a dirty word, and a kind of 'holistier than thou' self-righteousness has become fashionable.

  Richard Dawkins

  Dirty, Self, Kind

  Richard Dawkins (2016). “The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene”, p.172, Oxford University Press

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• A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.

  Timothy Keller

  Gratitude, Self, Be Good

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• No man can put on the robes of Christ’s righteousness till he has taken off his own.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Taken, Men, Christ

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• Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility.

  Barry Eisler

  Responsibility, Self, Causes

  "Fictional Politics" by Barry Eisler, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 29, 2010.

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• Money writes books, money sells them. Give me not righteousness, O Lord, give me money, only money.

  George Orwell

  Money, Book, Writing

  George Orwell (1987). “Keep the Aspidistra Flying”, Harvill Secker

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• When I first saw tap dancing, I immediately got it: the righteousness of being able to make so much noise with your feet!

  Shalom Harlow

  Feet, Dancing, Noise

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• All these things He must be in me, abiding, living, speaking in me; that I may be the righteousness of God in Him (2 Cor. v. 21); not in love, nor in gifts and graces which follow; but in Him.

  Martin Luther

  Grace, Abiding, May

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• What joy the gospel gives me! I can approach the throne of God with confidence-not because I've done a good job at my spiritual duties, but because I'm clothed in the righteousness of Jesus Christ.

  C. J. Mahaney

  Spiritual, Jesus, Jobs

  C.J. Mahaney (2009). “The Cross-Centered Life: Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing”, p.35, Multnomah

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• The Saviour comes in the strength of righteousness. Righteousness is at the bottom of all things. Righteousness is thorough; it is the very spirit of unsparing truth.

  Phillips Brooks

  Spirit, Thorough, Bottom

  Phillips Brooks (1838). “Sermons”, p.51

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• Faith is believing that the outcome will be what it should be, no matter what it is.

  Colette Baron-Reid

  Inspirational, Faith, Believe

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• If Christ has been given us, if we are called to his discipleship we are given all things, literally _all_ things. He will see to it that they are added unto us. If we follow Jesus and look only to His righteousness, we are in his hands and under the protection of Him and His Father. And if we are in communion with the Father, nought can harm us. God will help us in the hour of need, and He knows our needs.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Jesus, Father, Hands

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• Let righteousness cover the earth like the water cover the sea!

  Bob Marley

  Sea, Water, Rasta

  Bob Marley (2012). “The Future Is the Beginning: The Words and Wisdom of Bob Marley”, p.93, Crown Archetype

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• In spinning a robe of your own righteousness, before the sun goes down you will find it all unraveled.

  Curtis Hutson

  Spinning, Sun, Robes

  Curtis Hutson (2000). “Salvation Crystal Clear”, p.39, Sword of the Lord Publishers

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• Trust wholly in Christ; rely altogether on His sufferings; beware of seeking to be justified in any other way than by His righteousness. Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ is sufficient for salvation. There must be atonement made for sin according to the righteousness of God. The person to make this atonement must be God and man.

  John Wycliffe

  Jesus, Men, Suffering

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• Human self-righteousness denies the need for the saving, enabling grace of Christ. Human righteousness embraces the cruelest of Satan's lies, that a person can be righteous by keeping the law. If that were true, there would have been no need for the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Christ.

  Paul David Tripp

  Lying, Self, Law

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• The true Gospel of Jesus Christ is a revelation of how God has taken sinful man and made him a new creature and imparted to him a perfect righteousness.

  John Osteen

  Jesus, Taken, Men

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• Fight if you must on the path of righteousness and God will be with you.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Fighting, Path

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• Real faith invariably produces holiness of heart and righteousness of life.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Real, Heart, Holiness

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• God’s wrath is his righteousness reacting against unrighteousness.

  J. I. Packer

  Wrath, Unrighteousness, Reacting

  J.I. Packer (2011). “Knowing God”, p.165, Hachette UK

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• Regret not that which is past; and trust not to thine own righteousness.

  Anthony of Padua

  Regret, Past

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• Our obedience has its origin in God's prior action, and forgetting that truth results in self-righteousness, pride, and despair.

  Elyse Fitzpatrick

  Pride, Self, Despair

  Elyse M. Fitzpatrick “Because He Loves Me: How Christ Transforms Our Daily Life”, Crossway

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• Christ is the most perfect image of God, into which we are so renewed as to bear the image of God, in knowledge, purity, righteousness, and true holiness.

  John Calvin

  Wisdom, Honesty, Truth

  John Calvin (2012). “The Institutes Of The Christian Religion (Annotated Edition)”, p.173, Jazzybee Verlag

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