RIGHTEOUSNESS is found in Jesus Christ, as the following quotation will prove: "But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness." This scripture plainly teaches that Christ is made unto us righteousness as well as wisdom. Since Christ is the wisdom of God, and in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, it is evident that the righteousness which He is made unto us is the righteousness of God.
Let us see what this righteousness is. The psalmist addresses the Lord in the following language, "My tongue shall speak of Thy word; for all Thy commandments are righteousness." Thus it is so clearly stated that no man need be mistaken as to what the righteousness of God is, for the commandments of God are the righteousness of God, as is thus declared. Then to do away with the commandments of God, as some try to do, is but to do away with the righteousness of God. May God pity those who attempt to do so.
For further proof that the commandments of God are the righteousness of God, read the following quotation from the prophet Isaiah: "My salvation shall be forever, and My righteousness shall not be abolished. Harken unto Me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My law." It is readily seen from this scripture that they who know the righteousness of God are those in whose heart is His law, and, therefore, the law of God is the righteousness of God. This is the truth whether men believe it or not.
It is evident from the Scriptures quoted that obedience to the law of God is righteousness, and it is also evident that disobedience to God's law is unrighteousness, or sin. The law of Ten Commandments is the measure of the righteousness of God. Each of our characters must be measured by it, therefore it is all-important that we, day by day, live by faith in Christ, in perfect harmony with the measure of God's righteousness—the law of the Most High.