2. A major theme of the book, appearing over 30 times in one form or another, righteousness is the state or condition of perfectly conforming to God’s perfect law and holy character.
3. The only people who think they are good enough to go to heaven are the people who don't know how bad they really are! Righteousness is what we need but do not have. Therefore God, knowing that we could never be righteous on our own, has provided a righteousness which comes down to us from heaven above. It's not earned or deserved, but is given to us by God as a free gift."
4. "The gospel makes known a righteousness. (Paul's desire was that he might "be found in Him [Christ], not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith," Php 3:9)
5. "The righteousness for which we are justified is neither anything done by us or wrought in us, but something done for us and imputed to us.
6. The righteousness by which, for the sake of Jesus Christ, God made sinners righteous (that is, active righteousness) through the forgiveness of sins in justification."THERE ARE FOUR 11 MINUTE VIDEOS OF THE MESSAGE. ON VIMEO http://vimeo.com/8177343
![Charles E. Whisnant December 13, 2009 Romans 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written
BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.
17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, ‘The just shall live by faith.’
For the gospel reveals how God puts people right with himself: it is through faith from beginning to end. As the Scripture says, 'The person who is put right with God through faith shall live.'
Verse 17 provides us with yet another reason for Paul’s eagerness to preach the gospel: the gospel is not only that through which God works so as to save men; the gospel is that through which God’s righteousness is revealed to men. The gospel reveals not only God’s power to save, but His righteousness in saving men. As Romans 1:18-3:20 will show, God is shown to be righteous in His condemnation of all men as sinners. As Romans 3:21-26 indicates, God is likewise shown to be righteous in the way He has provided a righteousness for men, a righteousness that is obtained not by works but by faith. The gospel, then, is the ultimate expression of God's commitment and power to reclaim the world. What happened in the Fall of Genesis, and Satan believes he had won over humanity through Adam and Eve. God in Genesis 3:15 states that He would bring defeat to Satan’s idea, and bring about redemption to the human race through Jesus Christ who is the Gospel. Which was our lesson Wednesday night. FOR [because] IN IT ,[object Object],THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD: ,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/romans1outline121309-091216060540-phpapp02/85/romans-1-outline-12-13-09-1-320.jpg)
