Who are the righteous?

 

 

Who are the righteous?

Do the righteous refer to churchgoers? Or to those who call Jesus Lord? Man may profess with his mouth, but it is God who judges and determines who He deems as righteous in His sight. The apostle Paul says concerning the righteous,

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous man shall live by faith.” Romans 1:17

The above can be rephrased as: the righteousness of God is granted to those who live progressing from one level of faith to the next (faith to faith). Faith, is to believe in God by living according to His commands.