Re: its a question of righteousness

Nothing Trapper, when as you say one has 'faith' in the Holy Father.

Question is how can one be righteous when one is a born sinner and does not have faith in God, for without the Holy Spirit it is not possible.

The Bible says that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). Despite this verdict on human shortcomings, the idea persists in our humanistically dominated culture that sin is something peripheral or tangential to our nature. Indeed, we are flawed by sin. Our moral records exhibit blemishes. But somehow we think that our evil deeds reside at the rim or edge of our character and never penetrate to the core. Basically, it is assumed, people are inherently good.

Since as you say ones "faith" one recieves the Holy Spirit from the Lord Our Father and only by the quickening power of the Holy Spirit may we be brought out of this state of spiritual death. It is God who makes us alive as we become His craftsmanship (Ephesians 2:1-10).

So yes having "faith" in God is indeed the path to righteousness.