1) Jesus Christ was perfectly just or righteous. He was sinless: as Man He lived a sinless life. Therefore, He stood before God as the Perfect and Ideal Man. He was the ideal pattern of what every man should be. His righteousness was the ideal righteousness. This means a most wonderful thing: ⇒ It means that whatever Jesus Christ did could stand for and cover all men. ⇒ It means that His righteousness could stand as the ideal and perfect righteousness. His ideal righteousness could cover every person
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