compared to gaining Christ. Righteousness which is from the law is illusory, short-lived; now we have it, now we don’t. It is dependent upon our efforts at meeting obligations, keeping laws, doing right. But the righteousness of God is conferred upon us by God in response to our faith in Jesus Christ. Too many of us Christians have yet to appropriate this freedom-bringing, wing-giving truth. We keep one foot in the law domain where “doing” prevails, hoping that our doing will lead to our being righteous.