This question is asked in Job 9 v 2 ,'But how can a man be righteous before God?',that's a very important question,consider one of the greatest of the prophets Isaiah.He had a vision of God,a Holy God,and was so overcome ,he cries out,'Woe to me,...I am ruined, for I am a man of unclean lips ( Isaiah 6 v 5 )',Then consider the greatest of the apostles,Paul ,who declared himself to be the worst of sinners ( 1 Timothy 1 v 15 ) When the Bible says ,all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,no matter who we are. The answer to the question ,can a man be righteous before God?,is no, it is beyond us,so how can we be justified and accepted with God?. The words of the disciples come to mind,''who then can be saved?''our Saviour give this answer, ''With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible''( Matthew 19 v 25 - 26 )Only God has the answer, and the answer is Jesus, in 1 Peter 3 v 18 ,we read,'For Christ also hath once suffered for sins,, the just ,( righteous man ) for the unjust (unrighteous ones),that He might bring us to God'.First of all we note He died once,only once, it cannot be repeated ,that death on the cross was for sins,He was sinless, it was for sinful humanity.. On the cross Christ took the place of sinners ,and bore the sinners punishment,that means when we trust Jesus,we are free from Gods wrath and judgement,in other words we are Justified and accepted by God. Charles Wesley wrote,' No condemnation now I dread; Jesus, and all in Him ,is mine.Alive in Him, my living Head,and clothed in righteousness divine. Bold I approach the eternal throne,and claim the crown,through Christ alone'.
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