Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.

 **"Robes Not My Own"**  

*The Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus*

When Justice stood, His scales untouched by flaw,  

And all my rags of virtue burned like chaff—  

No plea remained, no merit, no escape…  

*Then Love stepped in to bear the sentence’s half.*  

**(Romans 3:23 / Isaiah 64:6)**

O staggering swap! The Sinless took my place—  

His holy flesh, my curse; His wounds, my cure.  

*God made Him sin*—the thunder tore the sky—  

*That in His death, God’s righteousness was sure.*  

**(2 Corinthians 5:21 / Romans 3:26)**

Not earned by fasts, nor bought with tears or gold,  

But gifted like a robe for prodigals:  

*“Behold My Son—in Him, I see you whole,  

Clothed in His victory, where mercy dwells!”*  

**(Philippians 3:9 / Luke 15:22)**

Now when Accuser points to stains once mine,  

I point to Calvary’s cross, forever signed:  

*“There hangs my guilt! There stands my Righteousness—  

Christ’s endless ‘Yes’ to all God’s ‘Thou shalt’s divine!”*  

**(Romans 8:33–34 / Jeremiah 23:6)**

**Key Scriptures:**  

- **God’s Righteousness Revealed:** Romans 1:17; 3:21–22  

- **Imputed Righteousness:** Romans 4:5–8; Genesis 15:6  

- **Christ Our Righteousness:** 1 Corinthians 1:30; Jeremiah 33:16  

- **The Great Exchange:** Isaiah 61:10; Galatians 3:27  

- **Eternal Security:** Romans 5:19; Hebrews 10:14  

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> *"This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe."*  

> — **Romans 3:22**