The word “righteousness” is used in two ways in the Bible. Sometimes the word refers to a “judicial righteousness” which describes our right-standing with God when we trust in Christ as Savior. Sometimes the word “righteous” refers to an “ethical righteousness” — it is how we conduct our lives. While judicial righteousness is about a “right-standing with God”, ethical righteousness is about our “right acting before God.” But Jesus said a prerequisite for judicial righteousness-a right standing w