How does all this
come to pass? How does God create a
community of saints out of sinful men and women? How can he avert the reproach of
unrighteousness if he makes a covenant with sinners? How can the sinner become righteous without
impairing the righteousness of God? The
answer is that God justifies Himself by appearing as his own advocate in defense
of his own righteousness….and it is in the cross of Christ that this supreme
miracle happens (Rom. 3:21)…Having thus died with him, we become partakers in
the righteousness of God through the death of Jesus….The justification of the
sinner therefore consists in the sole righteousness of God…Whenever we desire
an independent righteousness of our own we are forfeiting our only chance of
justification, which is through God and his righteousness. God alone is righteous.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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