Ephesians 4:29 English Standard Version (ESV) Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
A few days ago there was a question posed as to our understanding of righteousness and then these blogs turned to security in salvation. It could be said that the detour from righteousness to salvation was misleading and took us too far afield.
We need to put first things first. A better understanding of important issues requires that we are all listening to the Holy Spirit. He is given only to those who have placed their faith in Christ and accepted Him into their hearts. Then and only then will the Spirit of Truth speak in us.
No salvation, no truth; no truth, no understanding and with that there is strife in human effort to be right.
There are some that believe that righteousness is the act of being right. That is an incomplete definition and the truth about righteousness without the abiding presence of Christ is an exercise in vanity. Vanity in this case being emptiness as to results. We cannot accomplish unity and agreement without all of us being saved.
Philippians 3:8-10 English Standard Version
8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
Having no righteousness of our own, we depend on the abiding presence of the One who is Righteous.