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Related Verses
Phil. 3:9
9 And be found in Him, not having my own righteousness which is out of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is out of God and based on faith,

1 Cor. 1:30
30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God: both righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

Psa. 89:14
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before Your face.

Rom. 3:24-26
24 Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
25 Whom God set forth as a propitiation place through faith in His blood, for the demonstrating of His righteousness, in that in His forbearance God passed over the sins that had previously occurred,
26 With a view to the demonstrating of His righteousness in the present time, so that He might be righteous and the One who justifies him who is of the faith of Jesus.

Related Reading
There are two aspects of Christ being righteousness from God to the believers. The first aspect is that He is the believers’ righteousness for them to be justified before God objectively at the time of their repenting unto God and believing into Christ (Rom. 3:24-26; Acts 13:39; Gal. 3:24b, 27)…Christ is our beauty given by God to us to be put on us as our clothing, our glorious dress [Hymns, #295]. This is outward, objective. 

The second aspect is that Christ is the believers’ righteousness lived out of them as the manifestation of God, who is the righteousness in Christ given to the believers for them to be justified by God subjectively (Rom. 4:25; 1 Pet. 2:24a; James 2:24; Matt. 5:20; Rev. 19:8). We were sinners who repented to God and believed into the Lord Jesus. Right away God gave Christ to us as a glorious dress to cover us, so we are acceptable to God righteously, outwardly. This is objective righteousness. Also, when Christ was given to us to be put on us, He entered into us to be our life and life supply to live Himself out of us.

This living out is the manifestation of God in Christ. This is pleasant in the eyes of God…Now we can see the two aspects—outward and inward. Christ is put on us, and Christ enters into us to live God out of us to be our subjective righteousness. (CWWL, 1994–1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” p. 259) 

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These two aspects of Christ as righteousness are also typified by the two garments of the queen in Psalm 45:13-14. Solomon had a queen, and that queen had two garments. The first one corresponds with the objective righteousness, which is for our justification. The other garment corresponds with the subjective righteousnesses (Rev. 19:8), which are for our victory. This garment is equivalent to the wedding garment in Matthew 22:11-12. (CWWL, 1994–1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” p. 260) 

Why is the parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15?…After the prodigal squandered his estate and came home, the father should indeed love him, but he should have said at least a few words of reprimand to the son…If Luke 15 had only the parable of the prodigal, we would have to conclude that God is not righteous, that God has not judged sin, but has glossed over it…But thank and praise the Lord that there are three parables in Luke 15. The first is the parable of the shepherd saving the sheep. The second is the parable of the woman seeking the lost coin. The third is the parable of the father receiving the prodigal son. Immediately in the first parable we have the good shepherd forsaking his life for the sheep. The Lord Jesus has already come and died. The sin of the prodigal was already judged in the first parable. Because of what happened in the first parable, there is the second parable, in which a woman lights a lamp to seek for the lost coin. Since the Lord Jesus has accomplished salvation, the Holy Spirit can come to enlighten with His light…The problem of sin has been cleared up in the parable of the shepherd…In addition, the inward feeling has been enlightened in the parable of the woman lighting the lamp…The Lord Jesus has forgiven our sins. The Holy Spirit has enlightened us and has caused us to be convicted concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment. Hence, by the time the Father comes, the matter of sin need not be mentioned anymore; He only has to do the work of welcoming us. In the previous two parables, God’s righteousness as well as His love were already manifested. (CWWN, vol. 28, “The Gospel of God (1),” pp. 97-98) 

Further Reading: CWWL, 1994–1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” ch. 5