I longed to understand Paul's letter to the Romans, but one expression stood in my way–"THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD." I took it to mean that righteousness whereby God is righteous and deals righteously in punishing the unrighteous! Night and day I pondered until I grasped the truth that the righteousness of God is that righteousness whereby in Christ, by Christ and sheer mercy, God justifies us by faith. Thereupon, I felt myself to be reborn and to have gone through the door to paradise. The whole of scripture took on new meaning. Whereas "THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD" had filled me with fear, it became inexpressibly sweet in love
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