Title: Names of God: YHVH, part 13. The righteousness of God is a gift; Rom 3:21-26.
Rom 3:21 But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
Righteousness could never be found by man or earned by man. In both testaments, righteousness could only be had as a gift from God.
Isa 52:1 Awake, awake,
Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion;
Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city.
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
Will no more come into you.
Isa 52:2 Shake yourself from the dust, rise up,
O captive Jerusalem;
Loose yourself...
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