The righteousness of God comes through faith in Christ to all who believe. This righteousness applies to all who believe, and is acquired through faith in Christ. So the universal salvation plan of God is put into effect. It does not matter who you are, faith in Christ is the way to get this salvation.
"For all have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God". This is an amazing statement. We tend to focus on the "all have sinned" part, and this is true enough and important enough, but let's for a moment look at the other part: "fallen short of the glory of God". The implication of this is that we were meant to share in the glory of God, we were meant to attain to the level of His glory. Now God's glory is not just a matter of brilliant light, as was seen on the mount of transfiguration. Glory also includes "significance" and "moral excellence". Man was given the job of subduing the earth and having dominion over it. We were created in His image, we are meant to be perfect as He is perfect. God has a very high expectation of mankind, yet if you look at the world's arguments you will see that it actually has a very low view of man. Prevailing morality paints us as creatures who have no self-control. Evolution says we are just the products of random chance, we came about with no meaning and no purpose.
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