At Innovation3, Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church (Seattle, WA) discussed righteousness, risk, and repentance.

#1 :: Righteousness

Righteousness is an effort to make ourselves righteous. We have a tendency to base on righteousness not on the gospel but on our own works. We try to be validated by others and not God.

1. Does success or failure effect how close you feel to God?
2. Does success or failure cause you to feel more or less holy?
3. Do changes of success or failure in any way alter how you see God?
   If attendance goes down or someone does not get healed, do you question God?

Works righteousness is pervasive. Righteousness is very hard to measure, but we can measure attendance, giving, etc.

Ministry does not flow not for righteousness but from righteousness. We should not minister to get righteousness. We should minister because we are righteous.

#2 :: Risk

Having the proper mindset about righteousness allow you to be able to take risk without fearing failure.

Having a works righteousness mindset makes you risk averse or risk addicted because you always have to have more because Christ is not enough.

#3 Repentance

We need to repent whenever we use people to achieve works righteousness.

Do not religiously repent. Religious repentance repents with a religious motive so that God will help your works righteousness. It seeks to use people, use the church, and use God.

Understand the source of your righteousness.