He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— 26  he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to is faith itself that justifies us— for faith is only the instrument by which we embrace Christ, our righteousness But Jesus Christ is our righteousness in making available to us all his merits and all the holy works righteousness.

is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness is faith itself that justifies us— for faith is only the instrument by which we embrace Christ, our righteousness But Jesus Christ is our righteousness in making available to us all his merits and all the holy works Christ has exactly what you need: the righteousness and holiness required to satisfy our perfectly holy Those who are in Christ have what He has, so in Him, you have the perfect righteousness and holiness

stands before you to guide you out of the brokeness our sin has brought to the world and into the perfect righteousness that this One true Light both requires and supplies.

Short, straightforward, and effective. of the things that have now been fulfilled by the reality of Christ's all sufficient sacrifice and perfect sinful man and their holy God, and demonstrating how that gap could only be closed by atonement and perfect righteousness. help us determine how to apply it: Civil laws : "Serve the purpose of restraining sin and promoting righteousness

, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Jesus is reminding us here that holiness and perfection are God's constant expectation. This is why you ought to be so grateful that you've been given this perfect righteousness you so badly The ironic thing is that now that "You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that since you've been freed from sin, you will live as a slave to righteousness

may often seem to us to fit better in the Guilt section, since through it we see how far from God's perfect righteousness our lives often are! follows is not a code of laws, but a pastoral address [from Moses] presenting a vision of covenant righteousness In this regard, this "vision of covenant righteousness" that you read about in Deuteronomy applies to

This good news that God has made so much effort for you to know is that the perfect righteousness that

AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Father in heaven, your name is holy, and your law demands perfect righteousness.

As our high priest, Jesus is our perfect mediator - He stands between us and God, so that when God looks Often skepticism grabs ahold of us with the temptation that since Jesus was so perfect, and never fell Although He suffered great temptations, He never succumbed to them, and instead lived the sinless, perfect He didn't come to Earth just to give an example so that you could live perfectly like Him if you would He gives you that perfect righteousness that God demands that only He was able to accomplish, so you

Jesus atoned for your sin, gave you His perfect righteousness so that you have peace with God, so consequently