For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. Romans 6:19b
What characterizes a slave of righteousness?
Ownership: Be owned by righteousness–be its slave. Bear righteousness as your family name. Be part of those who are fellow slaves to righteousness. Belong.
Obedience: Know the standard of righteousness (Torah/Christ). Do righteousness. Make righteousness your distinctive, what identifies you.
Choice: Present yourself (again and again) to the standard. Consider yourself. Evaluate where you are and where the standard is. Choose to move toward righteousness.
Righteousness is moral responsibility to God which is only possible through union with Christ.
Rooted and Grounded 