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

stumble. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness And drink the wine of violence. 18 But the path of the righteous himself no stranger to the Doctrines of Grace - admonishes you to fix your eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter

God gave Adam life, and in return, Adam must perfectly obey God. Even if you somehow could perfectly keep God's law on your own (which you can't), you would still be This new Adam, Jesus Christ, perfectly kept God's covenantal obligations, and thereby earned eternal body and soul, in life and in death, to your faithful Savior Jesus Christ, you have a faithful and perfect It's through "the obedience of the one man [Jesus] the many [including you] will be made righteous (v19

He is our mediator, and with his innocence and perfect holiness he removes from God’s sight my sin—mine way that the Torah describes it over and over, the animals offered to atone for sin had to be without defect You were born into God's covenant with Adam in which you only gain ongoing life if you perfectly obey AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our holy and perfectly righteous Father, who justly requires unblemished obedience ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Thank God for your mediator who had no defects

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

We're not perfect by any means, but we're a whole lot better than most. James sets us straight here with a reminder of how far we are from meeting God's perfect standard. AAA Prayer (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father, who expects nothing less than perfection; A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Thank God for being given Christ's perfection, and pray for the wisdom

You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24  to Jesus the

another. 4  But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5  he saved us, not because of righteous of imitation  as in former times the Pelagians would have it  but by way of the propagation of their perverted If you don't realize the effect that original sin  has had on you - that it's sapped you of any ability good on your own - you'll end up chalking the good relationship you currently have with God up to the righteous Paul here corrects this sinful instinct, writing that Christ saved us, not because of righteous things

you to a spirit of joy and re-aligns your life with His will so that your tongue will sing of God's righteousness That much is true: none of us have the righteousness required to come into communion with a God who is perfectly holy and who will not tolerate sin!

Can you live up to all this (God's Law) perfectly? A. No. enables spiritual growth in the life of the believer, however none of us will reach a point of complete righteousness WILL: Help me to recognize and confess my own sin, and strengthen me with the Spirit to trust in the righteousness