we're created in the image of a God who works and creates, it makes sense to understand that even in a perfect We also see here that one of Adam's primary objectives was to keep it that way (perfect and sin free)

WILL: Thank God that you (likely) are treated honestly in your work, and pray that you will prioritize righteousness

to reconcile ourselves with God than this one and only sacrifice, once made, which renders believers perfect to reconcile ourselves with God than this one and only sacrifice, once made, which renders believers perfect

The bigger problem is the holy wrath of God, whose perfectly just nature makes it necessary for Him to lash out in righteous anger against even the slightest trespass (v3b). Even if, somehow, you could escape death, you'd still have to face a perfectly good God's unmitigated

It simply is not possible, no matter how righteous a person may appear. increases every day, does not mean that you should stop asking for forgiveness or give up on walking God’s righteous

Since the effects of bending the speed limit a bit or knocking off a few minutes early don't seem catastrophic wrath against anything that infringes upon or even slightly compromises that which He has decreed to be righteous your life demonstrating your gratitude for Christ's atoning for your sin by keeping God's good and perfect

But He kept the command that Adam broke, and His perfect obedience became the perfect antidote for the

ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our covenant God, the creator of all that is who has called us to a life of righteousness

And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully Because Jesus is both fully human and fully God, he was able to fulfill the righteous requirement of

According to God’s righteous judgment we deserve punishment both in this world and forever after: how This servant is going to be righteous. He will justify many. He will bear their iniquities.