Since as a believer you've been given the perfect righteousness of Jesus, you ought to look forward to Those lacking the perfect righteousness God requires will get what they have coming as well, and it can righteousness, while all others will be paid back with the eternal wrath which their sins deserve. It ought to be obvious to you that you don't have the perfect righteous God requires on your own, and He did this by putting your sin upon Himself, and in exchange giving you His perfect righteousness, which

since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. 14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect to reconcile ourselves with God than this one and only sacrifice, once made, which renders believers perfect So, because of Christ’s sacrifice, an action completed once-for-all in the past, “he has perfected [past addresses how both can be true in his commentary on Hebrews: “In the eyes of God you have been made perfect because you are in Christ; you are a beneficiary of his perfection. 

Corinthians 5:21 (NIV) 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness righteousness. righteousness. righteousness of God you need to fulfill the covenant and enjoy its eternal blessings. behalf; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that you'll live in such a way that demonstrates the righteousness

Since as a believer you've been given the perfect righteousness of Jesus, you ought to look forward to Those lacking the perfect righteousness God requires will get what they have coming as well, and it can righteousness, while all others will be paid back with the eternal wrath which their sins deserve. It ought to be obvious to you that you don't have the perfect righteous God requires, and if you're not He did this by putting your sin upon Himself, and in exchange giving you His perfect righteousness, which

What you need, more than anything else in all of creation, is perfect righteousness. righteousness required to attain eternal life? : "The righteousness of God" - the one thing you need so badly - "has been made known." Rather, "This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe." But take a moment to give thanks that you've attained the Holy Grail - that is, the perfect righteousness

in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect In other words: he was perfect. Jesus was perfect, he was without sin, so no sin offering was needed on his behalf.

the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21  I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness Summary One of the fundamental messages of the Bible is that people need perfect righteousness in order He wants you to come to one of two incorrect conclusions: That you can attain this righteousness on your He goes on to write "for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!" You do need perfect righteousness in order to be right with God, but the simple and wonderful truth of

Because the righteousness which can pass God’s scrutiny must be entirely perfect and must in every way whole new set of clothes, so that as you stand before God, you God smells the sweet aroma of Christ's perfect righteousness given to you. ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Thank God for removing your filthy rags and replacing it with the perfect righteousness of Christ, and pray that you will be as clay in the Potter's hand.

NIV) 1  LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness David here acknowledges that God is just in His expectation for righteousness because He is the very David knows he needs perfect righteousness in order to enjoy eternity at peace with God, but since "no greater son , who would make this peace possible by giving all those who put their faith in Him His own perfect righteousness.

salvation as nothing more than a bunch of divine do-overs, as if whenever you mess up God's expectation for perfect righteousness in your life, you can simply confess your sins and God will give you another new blank Even if you were given an infinite amout of do-overs, you would never meet the perfect standard God requires so David had no way of understanding the theological details describing how Jesus would become the perfect righteousness we need in order to satisfy God's demand.