Righteous in the Lamb’s Blood

The tripartite image of God in man consists of knowledge, righteousness and holiness. Man through the fall irretrievably lost the threefold image. Like a cracked bucket that cannot retain water so was the innate ability of mankind to be image bearers damaged beyond repair like the bucket so that he could no longer bear the image. To restore man to his first state of righteousness, exceeding the righteousness of mere man was needed. “For He (God) hath made Him (Christ) to be sin for us, who...