is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness 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 Christ has exactly what you need: the righteousness and holiness required to satisfy our perfectly holy Those who are in Christ have what He has, so in Him, you have the perfect righteousness and holiness

Short, straightforward, and effective. of the things that have now been fulfilled by the reality of Christ's all sufficient sacrifice and perfect sinful man and their holy God, and demonstrating how that gap could only be closed by atonement and perfect righteousness. help us determine how to apply it: Civil laws : "Serve the purpose of restraining sin and promoting righteousness

, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Jesus is reminding us here that holiness and perfection are God's constant expectation. This is why you ought to be so grateful that you've been given this perfect righteousness you so badly The ironic thing is that now that "You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that since you've been freed from sin, you will live as a slave to righteousness

may often seem to us to fit better in the Guilt section, since through it we see how far from God's perfect righteousness our lives often are! follows is not a code of laws, but a pastoral address [from Moses] presenting a vision of covenant righteousness In this regard, this "vision of covenant righteousness" that you read about in Deuteronomy applies to

This good news that God has made so much effort for you to know is that the perfect righteousness that

In other words, God's mighty angel army, assembled at God's command to pour out His righteous wrath against praised God in the highest because they knew the sacrificial death of the newly born Savior and the perfect righteousness He would impute to God's elect would result in peace between God and His people.

Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Articles 1-7 Article 8: The Saving Effectiveness will that Christ  through the blood of the cross  (by which he confirmed the new covenant)  should effectively woman - that would be required to both pay the penalty for your sin and present on your behalf the perfect righteousness the covenant requires for you to be at peace with God.   As we will see this week, the saving effectiveness of his Son’s costly death is limited to His people

who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness that has now claimed your allegiance. 18  You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. 20  When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness This certainly gives you all the benefits of Christ - His atonement and perfect righteousness - but it Eternal life is not the wage of righteousness. You don't earn it. It's a gift .

AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Father in heaven, your name is holy, and your law demands perfect righteousness.

And to preserve this unity more effectively, it is the duty of all believers, according to God’s Word Jesus' twofold work in which He both paid for your sin and satisfied God's covenant requirement for perfect righteousness on our behalf isn't just a trivial fact floating in the midst of billions of other trivial