“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”
2 Corinthians 6:14 KJV
Paul clearly states that faith-righteousness has nothing in common with the philosophies of _karma_ and performance-based approval; they could never balance the scales or be evenly yoked together in any context. The Hebrew word for righteousness also includes the idea of a wooden beam in a scale of balances. For us, that wooden beam is the Cross that Jesus carried and on which He was hung, to evenly balance out our righteousness through Him. It’s illogical but Jesus said to take His yoke upon us for it is easy and His burden is light. Let’s believe in the finished work of the Cross, deny ourselves and take up our cross and follow Christ being victorious in the righteousness we received freely as a gift. Hallelujah!
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