A great question to consider in light of reading this. We are not made righteous by the self, nor the approval of our fellow human beings. May we know where our righteous is!

“… fearing that all might not yet be right, suddenly this sentence fell upon my soul: “Your righteousness is in heaven.” Also, I thought that with the eyes of my soul I saw Jesus Christ at God’s right hand. He was there as my righteousness. No matter where I was or what I was doing, God could never say that I lacked His righteousness, for it was there right before Him. Moreover, I saw that it was not the good state of my heart that made my righteousness better, nor the bad state that made my righteousness worse, for my righteousness was Jesus Christ Himself, the same yesterday and today and forever (Hebrews 13:8).”

Excerpt From
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
John Bunyan
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