In order to meet the requirements of the law, our faith must grasp the righteousness of Christ, accepting it as our righteousness. Through union with Christ, through acceptance of His righteousness by faith, we may be qualified to work the works of God, to be colaborers with Christ. If you are willing to drift along with the current of evil, and do not cooperate with the heavenly agencies in restraining transgression in your family, and in the church, in order that everlasting righteousness may be brought in, you do not have faith. Faith works by love and purifies the soul. Through faith the Holy Spirit works in the heart to create holiness therein; but this cannot be done unless the human agent will work with Christ. We can be fitted for heaven only through the work of the Holy Spirit upon the heart; for we must have Christ’s righteousness as our credentials if we would find access to the Father. In order that we may have the righteousness of Christ, we need daily to be transformed by the influence of the Spirit, to be a partaker of the divine nature. It is the work of the Holy Spirit to elevate the taste, to sanctify the heart, to ennoble the whole man. { 1SM 374.1}
Righteousness by faith has not been accepted by God's church even to this day. If it was accepted Jesus would have come by now. This doctrine is the most important doctrine there is. It involves the very definition of what it means to be perfect, sanctified, and justified. When we accept Christs righteousness as our own it means we are living His perfection. This is the very principle that was rejected in 1888 when two young men AT Jones and EJ Wagoner stood against the "pillars" of the Seventh day Adventist church just to be shunned, mocked and flat out made fun of. The church today is no closer then they were back then. Very few even know what it means to be perfect, justified, or sanctified. Most of those who teach righteousness by faith are either disfellowshiped, or not allowed to preach in the church. I can name all the popular teachers who actually do teach it. I am not saying that being popular has anything to do with who we listen to, quite contrary is the fact that most bible characters were very lowly, and unpopular. Look at the disciples. Jesus would not go to the proud pharisees to promote the gospel because He knew they knew all they want to know, just like the pharisees of today. Jesus uses lowly folks who are eager to learn the new truths from the old book that the Holy Spirit reveals to them to share. To many this doctrine of righteousness by faith is new mostly because it is not being yelled from the rooftops for the simple fact that it is much more pleasing to the carnal nature to teach that we will never stop sinning this side of heaven, which allows for excuses for sinning. Nowhere in the bible nor the SOP are we told that we cannot stop sinning, nor are we told that we will always sin. The bible is full of action, action that leads to victory over all sin in our lives if we have the faith, which is meant by "righteousness by faith". We must have the faith that knows that we are living His righteousness.
Righteousness by faith has not been accepted by God's church even to this day. If it was accepted Jesus would have come by now. This doctrine is the most important doctrine there is. It involves the very definition of what it means to be perfect, sanctified, and justified. When we accept Christs righteousness as our own it means we are living His perfection. This is the very principle that was rejected in 1888 when two young men AT Jones and EJ Wagoner stood against the "pillars" of the Seventh day Adventist church just to be shunned, mocked and flat out made fun of. The church today is no closer then they were back then. Very few even know what it means to be perfect, justified, or sanctified. Most of those who teach righteousness by faith are either disfellowshiped, or not allowed to preach in the church. I can name all the popular teachers who actually do teach it. I am not saying that being popular has anything to do with who we listen to, quite contrary is the fact that most bible characters were very lowly, and unpopular. Look at the disciples. Jesus would not go to the proud pharisees to promote the gospel because He knew they knew all they want to know, just like the pharisees of today. Jesus uses lowly folks who are eager to learn the new truths from the old book that the Holy Spirit reveals to them to share. To many this doctrine of righteousness by faith is new mostly because it is not being yelled from the rooftops for the simple fact that it is much more pleasing to the carnal nature to teach that we will never stop sinning this side of heaven, which allows for excuses for sinning. Nowhere in the bible nor the SOP are we told that we cannot stop sinning, nor are we told that we will always sin. The bible is full of action, action that leads to victory over all sin in our lives if we have the faith, which is meant by "righteousness by faith". We must have the faith that knows that we are living His righteousness.