Alien Righteousness

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? (Romans 6:1, 2 ESV)

In order to become a Christian, we must repent of our sins and live for God. We must put our faith in Christ, believing that his dying for us was the perfect sacrifice.

Now, we are covered by his grace. This in no way means that we now have a license to sin. Therefore, we repent daily, because sometimes we stumble. We are in a daily battle with sin. We may fall into sin, but if we are true Christians, we won't dive into it. We don't plan our sin, but rather war against. This is the mark of a true Christian.

The beautiful thing that we have the privilege of experiencing is that we now have what's called an "alien righteousness". In another words, God sees us through Jesus Christ as "perfect", because Jesus has credited his own righteousness to our account. 

Praise God for that!!