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How do we know Christ's righteousness is necessary for salvation?

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Christ's righteousness is essential for salvation, as it allows God to be both just and the justifier of those who believe (Romans 3:26).

The necessity of Christ's righteousness for salvation is rooted in God's nature as a just judge. In Romans 3:26, it states that God is just and the justifier of those who have faith in Jesus. This implies that for God to justify a sinner, a perfect righteousness must be presented, which Christ achieved through His obedience and sacrifice. The cross is the ultimate demonstration of God's righteousness, where it was declared that God could not slay the innocent nor clear the guilty without a just cause. This consistent principle of divine justice underlines the doctrine of substitutionary atonement, wherein Christ, through His righteousness, makes a way for sinners to be declared righteous before God.
Scripture References: Romans 3:26, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Romans 9, Ephesians 1:6-7, Romans 3:21-26, Hebrews 9:14, 1 Peter 1:19, Romans 3:22-24

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