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been put into Christ. We have been mingled together with Christ as one. Thus, we become the righteousness of God. As Christ has been wrought into us, we can say with Paul, "For to me to live is Christ" (Phil. 1:21). Suppose we have a glass of water. Once tea has been blended with it, it no longer is plain water; it is tea. Like wise, once Christ has been wrought into us, we become one with Him.
The righteousness of God is not only God Himself in His justice and rightness, and it is not only the living Person of Christ; it is also we who have been made one with Christ. The living Person of Christ as God's righteousness has been wrought into us, and we have been put into Him. Therefore, we have been made the righteousness of God.
Justification—Being Approved
according to the Standard
of God's Righteousness
What is justification? Justification is God's action in approving people according to His standard of righteousness. His righteousness, not ours, is the standard. Regardless of how right eous we are or how righteous we think we are, our righteousness is just a fraction of an inch