“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so _by the obedience of one_ shall many be made righteous.” Rom. 5:19. 18. What prophetic declaration foretold this truth? “_In the Lord_ shall all the seed of Israel be _justified_, and shall glory.” Isa. 45:25. 19. What other prediction asserts the same great truth? “_By His knowledge shall My righteous servant justify many_; for He shall bear their iniquities.” Isa. 5:11. 20. What does the imputed righteousness of Christ enable God to do, and still be just? “To declare, I say, at this time His righteousness: _that He might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus_.” Rom. 3:26. 21. By what name is Christ appropriately called? “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In His days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely and this is His name whereby He shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.” Jer. 23:5, 6. 22. What blessed experience follows upon the acceptance of Christ as our righteousness? “Therefore being justified by faith, _we have peace with God_ through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Rom. 5:1. 23. What does Christ thus become to the believer? “For _He is our peace_, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us.” Eph. 2:14. 24. On what basis is there no possibility of justification for the sinner? “Therefore _by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight_: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Rom. 3:20. 25. How does the death of Christ bear testimony to this? “I do not frustrate the grace of God: for _if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain_.” Gal. 2:21. 26. What is proved by any attempt to be justified by the law? “_Christ is become of no effect unto you_, whosoever of you are justified by the law; _ye are fallen from grace_.” Gal. 5:4. 27. Why did Israel fail to attain unto righteousness? “But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? _Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law._ For they stumbled at that stumbling-stone.” Rom. 9:31, 32. 28. What is revealed by the law? “By the law is _the knowledge of sin_.” Rom. 3:20 29. What bears witness to the genuineness of the righteousness obtained by faith, apart from the deeds of the law? “But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, _being witnessed by the law and the prophets_.” Verse 21. 30. Does faith set aside the law of God? “Do we then make void the law through faith? _God forbid_: yea, we _establish_ the law.” Verse 31. 31. What scripture shows that the righteousness which is received by grace through faith must not be made an excuse for continuing in sin?