6   All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we Certainly our Father does deliver us from evil and from a host of pestilences, persecutions and problems And it's not just our weak lapses that convict us, even our righteous acts are like filthy rags!

Confession of Faith, Article 20: The Justice and Mercy of God in Christ We believe that God— who is perfectly goodness and mercy on us, who are guilty and worthy of damnation, giving to us his Son to die, by a most perfect AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, who is perfectly merciful and also very just—

WILL: Thank God that you (likely) are treated honestly in your work, and pray that you will prioritize righteousness

As Jesus commanded you, "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect (Matthew 5:48)."

we're created in the image of a God who works and creates, it makes sense to understand that even in a perfect We also see here that one of Adam's primary objectives was to keep it that way (perfect and sin free)

to reconcile ourselves with God than this one and only sacrifice, once made, which renders believers perfect to reconcile ourselves with God than this one and only sacrifice, once made, which renders believers perfect

It simply is not possible, no matter how righteous a person may appear. increases every day, does not mean that you should stop asking for forgiveness or give up on walking God’s righteous

The bigger problem is the holy wrath of God, whose perfectly just nature makes it necessary for Him to lash out in righteous anger against even the slightest trespass (v3b). Even if, somehow, you could escape death, you'd still have to face a perfectly good God's unmitigated

But He kept the command that Adam broke, and His perfect obedience became the perfect antidote for the

Since the effects of bending the speed limit a bit or knocking off a few minutes early don't seem catastrophic wrath against anything that infringes upon or even slightly compromises that which He has decreed to be righteous your life demonstrating your gratitude for Christ's atoning for your sin by keeping God's good and perfect