How do we know that righteousness comes from Christ?
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Righteousness comes only through faith in Christ, as the Bible teaches that our own righteousness is insufficient.
In the historic Reformed perspective, righteousness is defined as being declared just before God solely based on faith in Jesus Christ. Romans 3:21-22 asserts that now the righteousness of God is manifested apart from the law, being received through faith in Jesus Christ. The law serves as a tutor, revealing our inability to achieve righteousness on our own and pointing us to Christ, who fulfilled the law on our behalf. This foundational truth of justification by faith alone is central to the gospel and a key element of sovereign grace theology, as illustrated in Galatians 2:16.
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