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Having spent over a year now blogging on righteousness, I came upon an interesting sight the other day, and it was just as I was starting 2 Peter 3… the very last chapter in the bible containing the word “righteousness”.  The sight was a group of Christians witnessing on a street corner with signs telling people to repent.  I was struck to core by the one that read:

Romans 3:10
There is no one righteous
I immediately pulled over.  I wanted to tell this person that this isn’t true, because people can be accounted righteousness through belief and obedience of God.  Something about that sign, I cannot remember what it was, told me that this person was sending the wrong message.  The …

I thought I would share this snippet from my Open Enrollment form this year for my medical coverage:

“The recently enacted health care reform law prohibits health flexible spending accounts and health reimbursement arrangement from reimbursing for OTC drug expenses for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010.”
Obama has said that if I like my plan, I can keep it… implying no negative impact to me.  Though admittedly not a huge impact, very small in fact, this is a negative non-zero impact.  Also notice this will disproportionately impact lower income families who try to minimize their costs by treating with common-sense and over-the-counter medications before going to the doctor.

Where I might have welcomed a change to my plan, is where …

13But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
Here it is, the last verse in the bible with the word righteousness in it, and the where the first message in the Bible on righteousness tells us that credits us with righteousness when we believe, the second tells us our obedience is our righteousness, the last verse tells us where that we can only have true righteousness when we are in Heaven.

This explains a lot. It helps explain why Genesis 15:6 says that we can only be accounted righteousness… because the home of righteousness is not of this world.

It explains why Deuteronomy 6:25 says our obedience is our …