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Let us look at this verse again:
"For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God" (Ro.10:2-3).
Here Paul talks about the 'righteousness of God":
"And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faithfulness of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith" (Phil.3:9).
That is exactly what the following verse is speaking of:
"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him" (2 Cor.5:21).
You remain ignorant of this righteousness and that is why you continue to try to establish your own righteous, just like these ignorant people did:
"For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God" (Ro.10:2-3).
AGAIN, the righteousness the Jews wanted to keep doing are the purification works.
It is NOT wrong in any way to obey Jesus!
It is wrong to keep trying to clean yourself by doing the old ceremonial works!
Jesus cleans us all on his own by our having faith that his blood cleans us.
It does not mean we no longer have to obey anything.