In Romans 8, what does the righteousness of the Law mean?
It means the Law's full purity as God first gave it—perfect, holy, and righteous. That righteousness is fulfilled in believers who are in Christ and have experienced salvation by believing the Gospel. It is not achieved by going back under the Mosaic Law, which is weak and beggarly; believers are under grace.
Les explains that the righteousness, or full purity, of the Law as God first gave it was perfect, holy, and righteous. In Romans 8, that righteousness is fulfilled in believers who now enjoy their position in Christ, gained by believing the Gospel. The context in Galatians reinforces that Gentile believers were not under the Mosaic Law but under grace; the Law was weak and beggarly, and Paul was horrified that anyone who had tasted grace would want to return to that bondage.
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
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Can the righteousness of the law be fulfilled in us as Grace Age believers?
The righteousness of the law, which is perfect from God's point of view, can now be fulfilled in us as Grace Age believers.