But it is very pleasant and a great comfort to the righteous and elect, since their total redemption presents so much of its theological truth in tension, and the doctrines of grace and salvation are perfect But it is very pleasant and a great comfort to the righteous and elect, all because of one very important

Deeper Jesus doesn't just stand before the Father as some sort of idealized, theoretical concept of perfection He is, as John describes in v1, the Righteous One. faith and trust in Christ will one day also fully realize with all five of our senses the love and perfections

The reason being, no one can keep the law perfectly. Yet Jesus kept the law perfectly. He never sinned. How did Jesus become cursed when he kept the law perfectly? Because he was crucified on the cross. AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, the holy judge who justifies the righteous; ALIGN WITH GOD'S WILL: Thank God that although you are unable to keep the law, your Savior provided you the righteousness

sacrifice, he might set us free, body and soul, from eternal condemnation, and gain for us God’s grace, righteousness Jesus’ suffering and death is the perfect act of love. God’s love for us is astonishing.

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

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.

the distinguishing marks of Christians: namely by faith, and by their fleeing from sin and pursuing righteousness at the four marks our Confession says identifies true Christians: Faith Flee from sin and embrace righteousness Certainly you must do these things, and as our Confession puts it, "embrace righteousness."

and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous Spirit so that they may rightly understand and discern the things of the Spirit of God, but, by the effective them reminding that God desires compassion and not sacrifice and adds that He didn't come to call the righteous - because nobody is truly righteous! But again, we see here the wonderful good news of the gospel: Jesus hasn't called the righteous to be

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

that our blessedness lies in the forgiveness of our sins because of Jesus Christ, and that in it our righteousness God is contained, as David and Paul teach us when they declare that man blessed to whom God grants righteousness