Well, according to scripture all believers are made the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus it is also called the righteousness of faith. As we tead
2 Corinthians 5: 21. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
Exactly, we need Christ righteousness, ours is as filthy rags. Jesus is the only one who knew no sin because He had no unrighteousness. If we have the right relationship with Him, which means hearing His voice, through His teachings such as Mat 15:3-14, Mark 7:7-13, Mat 5:19-30 etc we would not just hear His Words we would do them James 1:22, just as how Jesus lived as our example to follow 1 John 2:6
1 John 3: 7. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.”
You highlighted the end result, but forgot to highlight how one gets there.
he that
doeth righteousness
Same thing Jesus taught
Isa 56:1 Thus says the Lord:
“Keep justice, and
do righteousness,
For My salvation
is about to come,
And My righteousness to be revealed.
2
Blessed is the man who does this,
And the son of man
who lays hold on it;
Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
And the law is not made for a righteous man this would mean for those who are made the righteousness of God through faith.
Yes, those who deem themselves righteous does not subject themselves to God's law Rom 8:7-8 which as shown through the Words of Jesus is not going to work out so well Mat 7:23
We are not justified by the law, we are justified by faith. Those with faith do not make void the law but establish it Rom 3:31 because they hear His voice and follow Him (through His teachings) and He knows them 1 John 2:3
You misunderstand that verse in Timothy, where it says the law was not made for a righteous man . Obviously the next part says it was made for sinners etc. He makes a difference between the righteous there and the sinners or else that righteousness spoken of would be sin also (self righteousness) but the writer is not speaking of this.
The law is made for the unrighteous and sinners and scripture says everyone is unrighteous and has sinned, which is why the law is made for everyone, because we need to depend on God's righteousness Psa 119:172 which is everlasting Psa 119:142 , and not depend on our own which is what we do when we reject God's law. Those who don't need God's law don't need grace and those who don't need grace don't need Jesus. So I very much need God's law because I need His righteousness because I have zero on my own, which is why I need a Savior. I know if I have the right relationship with Him which means believing His Word and doing it, He will impute His righteousness to me and if I have Christ in me, I would not be sinning because Christ never sinned. If I see sin ,which is breaking God's law its best to go directly to Him and confess and pray for His , mercy, grace and sanctification. Because we are to not only confess our sins but need to
forsake them Pro 28:13 and we can only do that though the power of Jesus Christ where we can overcome sin just as He did. But if we reject His law, well that's not the path. Rom 8:7-8 Mat 5:19 Mat 7:21 Rev 22:14-15
