RIGHTEOUSNESS (being upright before God)

By Ron Adams   "Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do, and does not do it, to him it is sin." James 4:17   Those who say: "I didn't do anything wrong," "I never hurt anyone," or "I never even bothered anyone," fall short of "doing right" and "helping." ~~~~~~~ Righteousness is not just the absence of sin-- it's the presence of right-doing. The absence of wrong-doing leaves a void that is to be filled with righteous deeds. Faith without works is dead! ~~~~~~~ Jesus said to those on His left: "Depart from Me . . . for I was hungry,and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me . . . to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me." Matthew 25:43-45

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