Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.

— Isaiah 6:3

He is the Rock, His works are perfect, and all His ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is He.

— Deuteronomy 32:4

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

— Romans 8:3

For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

— 2 Corinthians 5:21

And to the one who does not work but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness.

— Romans 4:5

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, mercy and love from Christ to you.

Righteousness means rightness or being upright in all things. Only God is holy, pure, and utterly perfect; He knows no sin. Every human lacks true and perfect righteousness. While we may gain a measure of security by finding someone whose behavior seems worse than our own, righteousness cannot be measured by imperfect human standards. Righteousness must be measured by God’s holy and perfect standard-by which we all stand condemned and without hope.

God understands our weakness and does not leave us hopelessly enslaved by sin. He extends compassion and offers His grand solution to our utter unrighteousness. God sent His Son to provide us His own true and perfect righteousness. When we believe Jesus bore the punishment our sin deserves, God freely gives us His righteousness, apart from any contribution on our part. This is the only way to be right with God. (Inspired by BSF’s Study of Romans)