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Explore the concept of perfect reconciliation through faith in Jesus Christ for salvation. Understand the difference between man's relative righteousness and God's perfect righteousness, and how faith in Christ can transform one's standing before God. Discover how belief in Jesus Christ can lead to submission to God's righteousness, resulting in justification and eternal salvation.
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2 Corinthians 5:19 . . . God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. If the world has been recon-ciled to God and sins will not be held against anyone, why isn’t everyone saved?
Man is certainly better off because Jesus Christ took care of his sin problem on the cross, but there is still a problem. He still lacks something. Know what it is?
+ R GOD’S PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS
MAN sin has Relative Righteousness - R GOD has Perfect Righteousness + R
GOD Man w/ debt canceled Man w/ debt of sin
Perfect GOD (+R) in Perfect Heaven cannot accept or have fellowship with +R -R Perfect Relative Imperfect Man with -R
So what do we learn from this? You don’t have to be good to go to heaven,
Romans 4:3-5 . . . For what does the Scripture say? "And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness." 4 Now to the one who works, his wage is not reckoned as a favor, but as what is due. 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness,
Romans 3:21-22 …But now apart from the Law, the righteousness of God has been manifested, even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe [in Him];
God imputes His +R to anyone who believes in Jesus Christ, then He pronounces him PERMANENTLY JUSTIFIED because he now has +R
Romans 10:3 . . . For they being ignorant of God's righteousness[+R],and going about to establish their own righteousness [-R], have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness [+R] of God.
Romans 10:3 . . . For they being ignorant of God's righteousness[+R],and going about to establish their own righteousness [-R], have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness [+R] of God. How does one submit to the righteousness of God?
Romans 10:3 . . . For they being ignorant of God's righteousness[+R],and going about to establish their own righteousness [-R], have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness [+R] of God. How does one submit to the righteousness of God? By believing in Jesus Christ!