60. How are you righteous before God?

Only by true faith in Jesus Christ: l) that is, although my conscience accuses me, that I have grievously sinned against all the commandments of God, and have never kept any of them, 2) and am still prone always to all evil; 3) yet God, without any merit of mine,4) of mere grace,5) grants and imputes to me the perfect satisfaction,6) righteousness, and holiness of Christ,7) as if I had never committed nor had any sins, and had myself accomplished all the obedience which Christ has fulfilled for me;8) if only I accept such benefit with a believing heart.9)

1) But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God: being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that i9 in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forebearance of God. Rom. 3:21-25.

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Gal. 2:16.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph. 2:8,9.

And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. Phil. 3:9.

2) What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise, for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one. Rom. 3:9,10.

3) But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. Rom. 7:23.

4) Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Titus 3:5.

5) Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ! Jesus. Rom. 3:24.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Eph. 2:8.

6) And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. I John 2:2.

7) My little children, these things I write unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. I John 2:1.

Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Rom. 4:4,5.

To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 2 Cor. 5:19. 8)

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2 Cor. 5:21.

9) He that believeth on him is not condemned; but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:18.

* Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Rom. 3:28.

* For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Rom. 10:10

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