Righteousness is by Faith.

The gospel revealed God’s plan for imputing righteousness. We are not only saved from condemnation of sin, and from the power of sin, but we are given a standing in righteousness before God. Our own righteous acts could never produce this right standing before God.

Rom 1:17 For in the gospel of Christ, the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

We need a righteousness before Him that is identical to Christ’s righteousness. God does not tell us to try and work up this righteousness because, as we have already seen, our good works could not produce it. The fact remains, however, that without this righteousness we can never stand in God’s presence. It is here that we see another aspect of this glorious gospel.

It reveals God’s righteousness—a righteousness that God puts on our account. This is God’s great plan of bringing man back into right standing with Himself. It is of this that He speaks in Romans 3:21 , 22

Rom 3:21 But now a righteousness of God has been revealed apart from Law, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets;
Rom 3:22 even the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ, toward all and upon all those who believe. For there is no difference,
Rom 3:23 for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,

This means that God is going to put the righteousness of Jesus on our account. He reckons the righteousness of Christ to be our righteousness. It is this that puts us in right standing with God. So then, when we come before God, united with Christ, we have the only kind of standing before God that He will recognize. God must put away sin. He is righteous in His character and cannot overlook sin. He cannot tolerate evil; so to be just, He put away sin by the death of Jesus Christ. But to justify us—to give us a right standing before Himself— He took the righteousness of Jesus and put it on our account.

He put our sins on Jesus’ account and put Jesus’ righteousness on our account. God made Christ to be sin for us, and then Christ became our righteousness.

Praise God for His righteousness. For in Him we live, and move, and have our being....Acts 17:28.

Something that I wanted to share concerning righteousness and what a friend shared on my Facebook.

Peace with God—Because of the Cross

“... having made peace through the Blood of His Cross.” Colossians 1:20

How can a Cross bring peace if Jesus is the One hanging there?
At the Cross, wickedness was not appeased. Wickedness was confronted.
At the Cross, sin was not overlooked. Sin was atoned and paid for.
God’s greatest Righteousness confronted man’s greatest wickedness, and Righteousness won! Peace was attained through the Blood of the Cross.
Thank God for the Cross! Thank God for Jesus!