How Does Christ Give Imputed Righteousness?

How do we receive the imputed righteousness of Christ? The Bible teaches that only those who are holy will be able to live with God in heaven. But is Christian perfection even possible? How can sinners be holy?

When Jesus warned, “Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven,” His listeners must have been shocked. After all, the scribes and Pharisees were thought to be the most righteous people in the land. What did Jesus mean?

In this presentation, Professor Walter J. Veith looks at justification by faith, imputed righteousness, and Christ’s standard of perfection.