'But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested,
.. being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
.... Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ
...... unto all and upon all them that believe:
for there is no difference:
.. For all have sinned,
.... and come short of the glory of God;
Being justified freely by His grace
.. through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Whom God hath set forth
.. to be a propitiation through faith in His blood,
.... to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past,
...... through the forbearance of God;
To declare, I say, at this time His righteousness:
.. that He might be just,
.... and the justifier of Him which believeth in Jesus.'
(Rom 3:21-26)
Hello there,
The believer is justified 'freely' by God's grace (unmerited favour) through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
David spoke of it: as Paul tells us in Romans 4:6-8:-
'For what saith the scripture?
Abraham believed God,
and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, saying,
"Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered.
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin."'
(Rom 4:3)
It was necessary that sin should be righteously dealt with, and that has been done, in Christ Jesus; but it is the glory of the gospel that the same love that prompted our redemption and our deliverance can provide gratuitously, freely and without cause (except in the great love of God Himself) 'a righteousness of God apart from law.'
Praise God for His wondrous grace!
In Christ Jesus
Chris
.. being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
.... Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ
...... unto all and upon all them that believe:
for there is no difference:
.. For all have sinned,
.... and come short of the glory of God;
Being justified freely by His grace
.. through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Whom God hath set forth
.. to be a propitiation through faith in His blood,
.... to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past,
...... through the forbearance of God;
To declare, I say, at this time His righteousness:
.. that He might be just,
.... and the justifier of Him which believeth in Jesus.'
(Rom 3:21-26)
Hello there,
The believer is justified 'freely' by God's grace (unmerited favour) through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
David spoke of it: as Paul tells us in Romans 4:6-8:-
'For what saith the scripture?
Abraham believed God,
and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly,
his faith is counted for righteousness.
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly,
his faith is counted for righteousness.
unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, saying,
"Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered.
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin."'
(Rom 4:3)
It was necessary that sin should be righteously dealt with, and that has been done, in Christ Jesus; but it is the glory of the gospel that the same love that prompted our redemption and our deliverance can provide gratuitously, freely and without cause (except in the great love of God Himself) 'a righteousness of God apart from law.'
Praise God for His wondrous grace!
In Christ Jesus
Chris