What Righteousness Means

What is the purpose of the law? Why all the standards? God’s law is the perfect standard which shows our sin to us. That is its purpose. The law shows us we can’t do it on our own. Even the best — the scribes and Pharisees — with all their ceremony, ritual, and education — could not gain the righteousness required to enter the kingdom. And so the law was given — not to show us how good we are — but rather how much we fall short. What does it mean to be righteous? What is righteous living? And why do we need to live righteously? Why is it so important? How can we reflect Jesus’ righteousness in every aspect of life?