What does it mean that Christ is our righteousness?
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Christ is our righteousness because through Him, believers are clothed in His perfect righteousness and can stand justified before God.
To say that Christ is our righteousness means that He fulfills all the requirements of the law on behalf of sinners. In Romans 10:4, it is declared that 'Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth.' This signifies that His perfect obedience and sacrificial death have provided a imputed righteousness to all who believe in Him. This concept reassures believers that they do not rely on their own works, which are as 'filthy rags,' but on the perfect righteousness of Christ. As a result, they can stand before God accepted and justified; this is a comforting truth in the life of a believer.
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