Those who are in the Lord have the righteousness of Christ (not their own) but it is those who..... do the righteous deeds, ordained by God, THEY will be rewarded by Him.

2 Corinthians 5:21

He made Him (Jesus) who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that..... we might become "the righteousness of God" in Him. 

(Only in Christ are we made righteous - His righteousness - our righteousness is as filthy rags.) 

Revelation 19:7,8

The marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has.... "MADE HERSELF READY."  (So Now) She was given (a wedding gown) clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.

 

****For the fine linen she wears is the righteous deeds of the saints.

(The Bride is selected out of the Church because of her (God's) righteous deeds done in Christ)

Matthew 22:11-14

 “But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a man who wasn’t wearing the proper clothes for a wedding. ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how is it that you are here without wedding clothes?’ But the man had no reply. Then the king said to his aides, ‘Bind his hands and feet and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

“For many are called, but few are chosen.” - Jesus  (The Bride is chosen from all who are... the called)

 

Ezekiel 21:1-5

This message came to me from the LORD: “Son of man, turn and face Jerusalem and prophesy against Israel and her sanctuaries. Tell her, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am your enemy, O Israel, and I am about to unsheath my sword to destroy your people—the righteous and the wicked alike. 

Yes, I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked! I will draw my sword against everyone in the land from south to north. Everyone in the world will know that I am the LORD. My sword is in my hand, and it will not return to its sheath until its work is finished.’

Ezekiel 18:23-26,30

“Do you think that I like to see wicked people die? says the Sovereign LORD. Of course not!

I want them to turn from their wicked ways and live.

 However, if righteous people turn from their righteous behavior and start doing sinful things and act like other sinners, should they be allowed to live? No, of course not! All their righteous acts will be forgotten, and they will die for their sins.

“Yet you say, ‘The Lord isn’t doing what’s right!’ Listen to me, O people of Israel. Am I the one not doing what’s right, or is it you? When righteous people turn from their righteous behavior and start doing sinful things, they will die for it. Yes, they will die because of their sinful deeds.

****“Therefore, I will judge each of you, O people of Israel, according to your actions, says the Sovereign LORD. Repent, and turn from your sins. Don’t let them destroy you!

Revelation 3:1-4

“I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive—but you are dead. 

Wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is almost dead.

 

I find that your actions (deeds)....... do not meet...... the requirements of my God.

 

Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.

“Yet there are some in the church in Sardis who have not soiled their  (given - white) clothes with evil. They will.....(because they did)  walk with Me..... in white, for THEY are WORTHY.

Proverbs 21:16 

The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly (congregation) of the dead.