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1 | The Lord is Righteous | Ps 34:8 | Pemican | 16966 | ||
I think I already answered your question as best I can. It boils down to the fact that God does not possess righteousness; He is righteousness. Perhaps someone else can add to this. If you are looking for a "unified theory" of righteousness, what comes to mind is Matt. 7:12 the "Golden Rule" passage. But I will address one other thing. When God gives a command it is not necessarily a test of righteousness. In this situation, disobedience to the command would be a sin, but only the sin of disobedience. Many times God gave commands for other purposes, such as to teach a principle. When God commanded animal sacrifices, performing the sacrifice did not pay for sin and make one righteous. It taught the principle of the need for a payment for sin which could only be fulfilled by Christ. In His Grace, Pemican |
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2 | The Lord is Righteous | Ps 34:8 | Bill Mc | 17027 | ||
Great answer! Animal sacrifices never made the worshippers righteous in the eyes of God. Even if an OT Jew came to the Day of Atonement and had all his sins atoned 'covered', he could not then enter into the Holy of Holies. Forgiveness and righteousness are two completely different things. Heb 10:1 makes it clear that the OT sacrifices could never make the worshippers perfect (complete, righteous in God's sight). The Law made no one perfect - Heb 7:19. True righteousness is a gift of God received through faith in Jesus Christ - Rom 5:17,19; 2 Cor 5:21; Eph 4:24; Phil 3:9. Even if someone kept all the Law, he would not be righteous - Gal 2:16. Christ kept the whole law BECAUSE He was righteous, not vice versa. The law is fulfilled in us as NT believers because Christ fulfilled it and He is in us. But our righteousness is FROM God. We don't attain it, even as Christians. We just receive it. What a wonderful thing Christ has done! Thanks for your answer and insight, Pemican! In Christ, Bill Mc |
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