Credit for Righteousness

March 24, 2009

Today's Reading: Deuteronomy 13-14 and Romans 4

It is very interesting to see how Romans deals with faith being accredited as righteousness. Especially as it describes a salary as an obligation of work. It was odd that Abraham’s faith was considered righteousness.

Is that really it? Is that all we really need to be righteous? Does anyone think that is a little…easy? I mean, can I do all the sin I want, and then just have a little faith, and bam, I’m completely made righteous?

That is so cool. Well, if you will excuse me, I’m going to quit this blog and go look at some porn or something, then I’m going to kill someone. Hopefully, I won’t get caught or anything.

And hey, after I do all this really evil stuff, all I need to do is have a little faith, and I will be righteous again. This is going under the assumption that I was righteous in the first place.

In all honesty, I’m kind of glad that righteousness is really that easy. If you look at what Abraham did in his life, he didn’t always do the right thing. After all, the Lord commanded him to leave the land, and leave his family behind. I believe that he took Lot with him, who was his nephew. Not really following the letter of the law, are you?

Then there was those times in Egypt, where he told the people there that Sarah was his sister. Boy, that was one of those lies that just went horribly wrong. It was like something out of a situation comedy. Unfortunately, it didn’t go well, and bad stuff happened. I actually believe that he did this twice.

Yet this is the same man who was willing to sacrifice his son on an altar. How in the world did this man, who did such stupid things, do the right thing later on. I guess that gives us hope for all of us.

I know I have done some muy estupido thingys in the past, man, Very dumb. Stuff that I should have known better, and did. And all I really had to do is just have some faith, and it is suddenly credited to me as righteousness.

It’s like a credit card that I maxed out, and because I have faith that there is money on it, suddenly my debt is cancelled. If I wanted to make a spiritual connection, now all my badness is let go, and I can be free to start again.

If the Bible was written today, perhaps even I, or you, could be mentioned in the book of Proverbs.