The Righteousness of God

Righteousness by works would mean that we attain it; righteousness by faith means that we obtain it. There is no virtue or merit in faith, for it finds all its value in the Object the One in Whom we believe. Faith thus implies acceptance, reliance, dependence, confidence, all of which are opposed to self-effort, self-reliance, self-confidence.

Christ thus died for two reasons: to rescue the righteousness of God from all possible misunderstanding and at the same time to provide for and secure the righteousness of man.