Righteousness Vs. The Covenant Promises - 1488 Words

Chantae’ Alexander BIBL3213: Romans Assignment 3 Professor Jesse Heath 5, November 2014 Righteousness vs. the Covenant Promises The Book of Romans has set the main foundation of Christianity among the Jewish people and Roman. This book has covered many different laws of the land that God has given his people. Paul tries to address the many questions that the Jewish people have about faith, laws and righteousness. In this essay I will address the current question that many people have concerning the right way to interpret the meaning of righteousness. Since there isn’t a right or wrong way; to interpret God message in Romans, I will state what I feel is the correct way of the interpretation. The righteousness of God is one of the†¦show more content†¦I feel that the righteousness of God meaning the righteousness God gives the people is and will always be the correct interpretation of righteousness, the message that God intended for us to grasp was to gain his righteousness and not to gain it by default. Proverbs 13:4 states that â€Å"The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while t he soul of the diligent is richly supplied† (Bible Gateway, Prov. 13.4). This passage teaches us that the Lord rewards those try. This passage is the reason why, I feel that the righteousness of God is earned. Simply because Romans 1:17 states that â€Å"For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, [a] just as it is written: â€Å"The righteous will live by faith (Bible Gateway, Rom 1.17).† Paul tells us that righteousness is given to the people, by God in verse 1:17. In this passage Paul reveals the revelation of God; he is the revelation of the righteousness (van Aarde 1). God pardons â€Å"those who repent of their sins†, while punishing the â€Å"wicked†, [this shows the righteousness that God gives the people] (Sanders 305). He â€Å"God† gives all a chance to ask for forgiveness of their sins. It is the righteousness and tender mercy that the Lord has over his people. Some may beg to different and say that it’s the covenant promise that makes us righteous. Because God made a promise to all man before we entered the world, they feel that righteousness is given. I