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  • 1 Peter 2:21-25 - The 'So-That' Savior

    . 24 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness 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 writes, “He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that you'll follow in Jesus' steps, and die to sin and live for righteousness

  • Romans 10:1-4 - Zealous Ignorance

    up to God’s perfect standard. As Paul writes, “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes”. Secondly, Jesus marks for believers an end to our attempts to pursue righteousness via the law. Trust not in yourself for righteousness, but in Jesus. , and you sent your Son that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

  • Galatians 4:4-5 - The God-Man

    law, and while all other humans are found guilty of transgressions according to that law, Jesus alone perfectly God’s plan of salvation requires a Savior who was born under the law and who perfectly kept the law. Essentially, our redemption is dependent on a perfect human exchanging our sin for his righteousness. Since there are no perfect humans, God provided one for us by sending his Son into the world to bring

  • Proverbs 28:13-14 - True Christians Fight

    the distinguishing marks of Christians: namely by faith, and by their fleeing from sin and pursuing righteousness Dig Deeper Our Confession helps explain that a true Christian is not marked by a life of perfect holiness It's only as you realize the perfect holiness and righteousness of your creator that you come to recognize

  • Matthew 5:1-12 - Stay Hungry

    Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 6  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11  “Blessed are you when people insult The Canons mentioned this hunger and thirst for righteousness as one of the key indicators you can look Carson summarizes well what it means to hunger and thirst for righteousness , These people hunger and Satisfied with neither personal righteousness alone nor social justice alone, they cry for both.

  • Hebrews 7:21-25 - Pleading Your Cause

    Those whose faith is rooted in Christ have fully met the righteous contingency required to live in peace , but keeping this salvation is to come to God through Jesus by completely trusting not just in His righteousness Deeper Imagine if passages like this one were not in the Bible; if all you had was the initial gift of righteousness from Jesus, but then He said something to the effect of, "Ok, I've paid the debt of your sins and made If you just keep this righteousness I've given to you, my Father will be obligated to accept you on my

  • Psalm 85 - Where Wrath & Restoration Meet

    fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land. 10  Love ( ḥěʹ·sěḏ ) and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other. 11  Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. 12  The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest. 13  Righteousness Dig Deeper   After completing this critical first step of coming to understand God's righteous / gracious God's covenant requirements ( ḥěʹ·sěḏ ) are met by His faithfulness , and His righteousness [holy justice

  • 2 Corinthians 5:21 - Trading Places

    21 (NET) God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness They know that He cared deeply for the poor and marginalized, that He lived a perfect life that sets The verb Paul chose is perfect. He did it so that in Christ, we would become the righteousness of God. When you place every aspect of your life in Christ, you become the righteousness of God.

  • Ephesians 4:29-32 - License to Kill

    Jesus teaches that we must have surpassing righteousness, a feat we're not capable of on our own, but gift is pure grace, it does come with strings attached: we're now expected to live and look like the perfectly righteous people we've been declared to be. Not only does grace declare us to be righteous and holy, but it also equips us to live accordingly.

  • Hebrews 4:13-16 - Mediated Confidence

    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 who represents the people to God, and your confidence before God comes from the fact that you have a perfect and why it's so important, you can cling to its gospel promises because you know your intercessor perfectly

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