Right Relationships: Righteousness

Righteousness means "living in right relationships"

The GOOD NEWS is the Gospel of Jesus the Christ (the Messiah). Its all about relationships!! Jesus clarified & summed up religious rules toward the way to get & live the fulfilled & love-filled life with TWO commands (the new Covenant of Grace):

God relations: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." (Matthew 22:37)

Human relations: "And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself'." (Matthew 22:39)

It is all about RELATIONSHIPS! Through belief in Jesus, God made a way to live The Way to a life of love & fulfillment. Upon belief in Jesus and the salvation God delivered to mankind through the death of Jesus, there is the spiritual baptism of the Holy Spirit entering that new believer forever...a divine power source Who you can ask to help you in doing YOUR part in right relationships. Relationships ARE ALWAYS a two-way street! For the context of this HUGE OPPORTUNITY, check HERE for THIS IS THE DEAL.

We relate with GOD (as the Father, the Son [Jesus], and the Holy Spirit):

through prayer,

through consciously working toward having spiritual awareness,

through fellowship with other positive believers,

through study of The Word (Bible study and faith study),

through regular attendance at worship services (inspiring worship, Bible study together and fellowshipping with believers),

through church, community, and even broader stewardship,

through glorifying God by actually relating in our world as Jesus would want us to,

and through wrestling out one's own personal investigation toward understanding of The Faith.

We relate with other HUMANS:

by understanding individualness: that all of us are different and HOW we can be different. Smalley's personality types HERE.

by being realistic of what we can bring to the relationship [realistic expectations of ourselves],

by being realistic of what others can bring to the relationship [realistic expectations of others],

by truly understanding that each person is DIFFERENT [HERE]!

by having some understanding of at least the four basic human personalities [HERE],

by learning about evaluating evidence & opinions [HERE].

by (through the above gaining of spiritual awareness) learning that you are divinely enabled to relate better to others & that it takes self-will, patience, tolerance, and commitment (you must WANT to) to make them work.

by learning to have GRACE toward errors & failings of those you are relating to.

by staying away from SIN because sin damages relationships.

and by avoiding signaling to the bad elements that we might be receptive to them [HERE].

The Golden Rule of living is the goal!

(posted 3 September 2011; latest update 14 November 2011)

	God relations: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." (Matthew 22:37)
	Human relations: "And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself'." (Matthew 22:39)

	through prayer,
	through consciously working toward having spiritual awareness,
	through fellowship with other positive believers,
	through study of The Word (Bible study and faith study),
	through regular attendance at worship services (inspiring worship, Bible study together and fellowshipping with believers),
	through church, community, and even broader stewardship,
	through glorifying God by actually relating in our world as Jesus would want us to,
	and through wrestling out one's own personal investigation toward understanding of The Faith.

	by understanding individualness: that all of us are different and HOW we can be different. Smalley's personality types HERE.
	by being realistic of what we can bring to the relationship [realistic expectations of ourselves],
	by being realistic of what others can bring to the relationship [realistic expectations of others],
	by truly understanding that each person is DIFFERENT [HERE]!
	by having some understanding of at least the four basic human personalities [HERE],
	by learning about evaluating evidence & opinions [HERE].
	by (through the above gaining of spiritual awareness) learning that you are divinely enabled to relate better to others & that it takes self-will, patience, tolerance, and commitment (you must WANT to) to make them work.
	by learning to have GRACE toward errors & failings of those you are relating to.
	by staying away from SIN because sin damages relationships.
	and by avoiding signaling to the bad elements that we might be receptive to them [HERE].
	The Golden Rule of living is the goal!