The Cross of Christ Alone Can Save

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Originally Posted by notofworks

The word "Righteous" can cover a lot of territory. The "Just" in the Old Testament and the word "Righteous" in the New Testament can be interchangeable.

Right.

Righteousness can be obedience. Romans 5:17 seems to point to a right standing with God while the Matthew 5 reference seems to have more to do with obedience.

Actually I think Matt 54's reference is fulfilled in Romans 5's experience of receiving this gift.

So what is your point? You keep coming back to "Righteousness", so go ahead and make your point because I'm not figuring out your code.

You wondered what I meant earlier in associating righteousness with salvation, making it seem you did not have a concept of how righteousness is involved in salvation -- or at least you never said what relationship the two have together. It was just that you looked as though I was from Mars when speaking about righteousness and salvation together. So I am trying to determine what relationship you think righteousness has at all.

Here is what inspired this thought from http://apostolicfriendsforum.com/sho...postcount=937:

Originally Posted by notofowrks

Are you equivocating salvation and righteousness? Maybe you are.

You give hints of something you are thinking, but do not explain your beliefs on it in such statements.

I'm not sure that I said that "works are something like helping an old lady across the street" as a blanket all-inclusive statement. I believe I was talking about the concept of works bettering our position with God for salvation. I'm not sure what helping an old lady across the street has to do with baptism.

Well you mentioned salvational baptism is salvation by works, and then you said "works" are like walking an old lady across the street when you claimed repentance is not a "work"..