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62. Q. Why can’t our good works be our righteousness before God, or at least a part of our righteousness?

A. Because the righteousness which can pass God’s judgment must be entirely perfect and must in every way measure up to the divine law.¹ But even our best works in this life are all imperfect and stained with sin.²

¹ Rom. 3:20; Gal. 3:10 (Deut. 27:26) ² Isa. 64:6