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<li>God's Righteousness Demands Perfection
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<li>In regard to holiness &#8212; "Be ye holy for I am holy"</li>
<li>Through conscience &#8212; Conscience gives us the fact of morality</li>
<li>Through law &#8212; Law gives us the content of morality</li>
<li>The law cannot save because:
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<li>We have a fallen nature opposed to God's law &#8212; <a id="si_2" onclick="return mV('Rom',8,5,6,7);">Rom 8:5-7</a></li>
<li>The nature of the law
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<li>The law is a unity</li>
<li>One violation breaks the whole law &#8212; <a id="si_3" onclick="return mV('Jam',2,10);">Jas 2:10</a></li>
<li>Righteousness by law (works) means total obedience and perfect goodness.</li>
<li>Righteousness by law means permanent obedience, not temporary &#8212; we must keep the whole law all of our lives</li>
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<li>We are already sinners
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<li>We are already condemned &#8212; <a id="si_4" onclick="return mV('Jhn',3,18);">Jhn 3:18</a></li>
<li>If we lived perfectly from now on it would not take care of our past</li>
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<li>Self-righteousness is not acceptable to God's <a id="si_5" onclick="return mV('Tts',3,5);">Tit 3:5</a></li>
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<li>God's Righteousness Demands Punishment
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<li>The nature of sin
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<li>Sin is selfishness</li>
<li>Sin is rebellion</li>
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<li>The punishment for sin
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<li>Physical death &#8212; eternal</li>
<li>Spiritual death &#8212; eternal</li>
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<li>The results of sin
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<li>Separates us from God</li>
<li>Renders us spiritually dead</li>
<li>Opens our life to evil</li>
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<li>God's Righteousness Is Revealed
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<li>Through His law</li>
<li>Through His Son &#8212; <a id="si_6" onclick="return mV('Rom',1,17);">Rom 1:17</a>
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<li>The sinless life</li>
<li>The sacrificial death</li>
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