Chad,

> Wow.  Have we really come full circle?  Beating the dead horse: 
> Romans 10:5 
> (via Nehemiah, Ezekiel, Deut., & Lev.) says righteousness comes 
> through the 
> law.
> 
JD:  No.  Romans 10: 5 says, "Moses describes in this way the
righteousness that is by the law:  'The man who does these things
will live by them."  This is not a generalized comment about
righteousness so that it could be applied to any and all righteousness.
Paul is speaking here of the righteousness that is by the law.  In
the next verse, he says, "But the righteousness that is by faith..."
Clearly two different righteousnesses.  And look at Romans 3: 21,
"But now a righteousness from God apart from law, has been
made known."  This is not the righteousness that is by the law,
because it is from God apart from law.  And vs. 22, "This
righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ
to all who believe."  

Jim