Clothed in the perfect righteousness of Christ, believers may have confidence in the presence of God. They know that the punishment, which their sins merited, was fully paid by Christ. They know that their obligation to perfect obedience was perfectly fulfilled by Christ. They know that Christ continues to intercede for them as their Advocate before God. In short — being found in Christ, they know with the confidence of faith that ‘There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus’ (Rom. 8:1).

CORNELIS P. VENEMA, THE GOSPEL OF FREE ACCEPTANCE IN CHRIST: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE REFORMATION AND NEW PERSPECTIVE ON PAUL, 250.