the distinguishing marks of Christians: namely by faith, and by their fleeing from sin and pursuing righteousness A true Christian will "flee from sin and pursue righteousness." and more you'll recognize and be disgusted by indwelling sin and for strength and desire to pursue righteousness

with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s . 6  The LORD works righteousness from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness theological, telling how God conducts Himself - He forgives, heals, redeems, crowns, satisfies, works righteousness

Rather, David expresses a deep felt concern for the wickedness and evil that permeates God's good world , and he begs God to restore justice and righteousness. will not welcome evil people; v7 - God is loving, and welcomes His people; v12 - The Lord blesses the righteous

filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple. 5  You answer us with awesome and righteous true faith in Christ, a childlike fear of God, a godly sorrow for their sins, a hunger and thirst for righteousness God answers us with awesome and righteous deeds.

For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. 14  For by one sacrifice he has made perfect In fact, they could never make anyone perfect , no matter how often they were repeated, because it is The book of Hebrews changes the angle of the light, so we can see Christ's perfect sacrifice and not clearly see the wonderful object that cast that long shadow: the one sacrifice by which Christ has made perfect

we have no access to God except through the one and only Mediator and Intercessor: Jesus Christ the Righteous basis of our own dignity but only on the basis of the excellence and dignity of Jesus Christ, whose righteousness

The verses below nearly perfectly parallel God's pronouncement of blessings, except that they explain We often forget that God loves perfect justice and righteousness (Ps. 33:5, Rev. 15:3). Everybody deserves every one of the curses outlined in Deuteronomy 28, but God gracefully holds the full effect

Jesus' atonement (payment) for our sin on the cross satisfied the righteous anger that God has for those who cross His good and perfect will, making forgiveness possible, as Paul writes in Ephesians 1:4, "

Rather, in his grace God grants me the righteousness of Christ to free me forever from judgment. describing the LORD's grace, David does not do so by minimizing or ignoring His holiness: The LORD works righteousness you've experienced in Christ; it's because of His atonement (payment) and because you been given His righteousness

nevertheless, without my deserving it at all, out of sheer grace, God grants and credits to me the perfect satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness of Christ, as if I had never sinned nor been a sinner, as if I had been as perfectly obedient as Christ was obedient for me.