4 ASPECTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

God is righteous - 1 Jn 1:5

Man is not - Rom 3:10

Righteousness is a gift of God to man - Rom 3:22

Monday 25 July 2011

Monday 25 July 2011

A. GOD IS RIGHTEOUSRom 3:25-26 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

Monday 25 July 2011

God is righteous and cannot turn from that - he does not, and cannot allow sin, and all who do sin come under his judgment.God does not sin in any way - the Gospel does not make light of sin but exalts God who bears all the judgements and punishments which are rightly the result of sin - God does this in love and enables the sinner to pass from condemnation to righteousness.Jn 3:18, 5:24, Rom 8:1, 1 Cor 11:32

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B. THE SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS OF MAN

Rom 10:3 -Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.Isa 64:6 -All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.

Monday 25 July 2011

Rom 3:9-18 records sin as God sees it and fully describes mans condition.In society we have man made standards for righteousness - yet each stands before God and is judged as God sees them, not by other men. Only through God’s grace and his provision in Christ will anyone enter heaven.

Monday 25 July 2011

Rom 3:9-18 records sin as God sees it and fully describes mans condition.In society we have man made standards for righteousness - yet each stands before God and is judged as God sees them, not by other men. Only through God’s grace and his provision in Christ will anyone enter heaven.

What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, as it is written:"None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.""Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.""The venom of asps is under their lips.""Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.""Their feet are swift to shed blood; in their paths are ruin and misery, and the way of peace they have not known.""There is no fear of God before their eyes."

Monday 25 July 2011

Rom 3:9-18 records sin as God sees it and fully describes mans condition.In society we have man made standards for righteousness - yet each stands before God and is judged as God sees them, not by other men. Only through God’s grace and his provision in Christ will anyone enter heaven.

Monday 25 July 2011

C. THE IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD

Through this we understand how God condemns the sinner and saves the Christian.

Monday 25 July 2011

C. 1. IMPUTATION IS SHOWN IN ADAM’S SIN BEING IMPUTED TO THE WHOLE

HUMAN RACE

Rom 5:12-21, and also the sin of man is imputed to Christ when he became a sin offering for the whole world - 2 Cor 5:14, Heb 2:9, 1 Jn 2:2Righteousness from God, in Christ, is imputed to all who believe - 1 Cor 1:30, 2 Cor 5:21

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Obviously this is not by works, observing the law etc. - Rom 3:21 - But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.Being imputed with the righteousness of God means it is not affected by how good or bad the person is.

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C. 2. THE RESULT OF IMPUTATION IS SEEN IN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST BEING ON A BELIEVER WHEN WE ARE IN CHRISTWe are united with Christ by the HSp - God then sees us as his own son - Jn 17:23 - he loves and accepts us - and also accounts to us the righteousness of God2 Cor 5:21 -For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.Rom 3:21-22 - But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.

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C. 3. BIBLICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF IMPUTATIONAdam & Eve - clothed in skins - needed the shedding of blood.Abraham by believing God - Gen 15:6, Rom 4:9-22Priests of old - clothed in righteousness - Ps 139:2Believer is robed in a garment of righteousness - Rev 19:8 - Paul and Philemon 17-18 - So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me.

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C. 4. IMPUTATION AFFECTS THE STANDING AND NOT THE STATE

It is put upon us - even though we still sin - it is nothing to do with our works - yet it is an eternal standing for our lives.

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C. 5. IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE GROUND OF JUSTIFICATION

NT - righteousness and justify are from the same root.God declares as justified forever the one whom he sees in Christ. Justification is not a feeling it is a certain fact for the mind of God. Rungnado May Day

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Monday 25 July 2011

It is; By faith - Rom 5:1Through grace - Titus 3:4-7On the basis of the death and resurrection of Christ - Rom 3:24, 4:25It is abiding and unchanging resting on what God has decreed.In forgiveness our sin is cancelled, a -ve activity- in justification righteousness is imputed, a +ve activity.

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D. RIGHTEOUSNESS IMPARTED BY THE SPIRITFilled with the Spirit the child of God produces;Righteous works - Rom 8:4Fruit - Gal 5:22-23Gifts - 1 Cor 12:7ffThese are produced in the believer by the Spirit of God - who is walking in the Spirit and not the flesh - in essence the will of God is now fulfilled in the life of the believer - this could not be done by the believer but is done in them, a life imparted with the righteousness of God.

Monday 25 July 2011