The Gift of Righteousness | Part 2 | Received, Not Earned

Duane Sheriff Ministries - Messages · May 22, 2026 · 50m

Righteousness is not something we can earn or receive through our own good works or effort. It is a gift made possible through Jesus, who became our substitute and did for us what we could never do.

In "The Gift of Righteousness," Duane Sheriff teaches how Jesus fulfilled the law on our behalf, paid the penalty for our sin, and was raised from the dead so that we could be made righteous before God. Jesus did what we could not do: keep the law, and then paid for what we did do by breaking it.

Because sin was judged in the body of Jesus, believers no longer live under God's condemnation. We can…