The Righeteousness of God

Today we examine the biblical importance of the Righteousness of God and why it is central to the Sermon on the Mount. The sermon centers on the profound meaning of God's righteousness as the foundation of the Sermon on the Mount, emphasizing that true righteousness is not achieved through human effort, religious ritual, or moral performance, but is a divine gift imputed to believers through faith in Jesus Christ alone. It traces the purpose of the Old Testament law—not to save, but to reveal humanity's inability to keep God's holy standard, thereby exposing sin and pointing to the need for a Savior. The message unfolds through key biblical truths: Abraham's faith was credited as righteousness, believers are made alive with Christ, and God's justice is satisfied through Christ's substitutionary sacrifice, which allows the righteousness of God to be credited to the repentant sinner. This divine righteousness, received by grace through faith, transforms the believer's identity, enabling a life of genuine hunger and thirst for God, not religious performance. The sermon concludes with a sobering call to examine one's faith—true salvation is not merely intellectual assent or religious activity, but a personal, living trust in Christ, with eternal consequences for those who claim His name without genuine faith.