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CHAPTER 2 -

How to enter into righteousness through faith and grace of God?

 

 

- (John 8:32) And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

 

For us to better understand righteousness through faith, and the burden of legality, we must receive instruction. Knowing the truth shall make us free, according to Jesus. This applies as well to learning the truth about salvation and righteousness through faith. Therefore the aim of the following lines is to help people learn the truth about salvation and righteousness through faith.

 

HOW CAN WE BE SAVED?

 

The first stage in getting rid of legality is to understand what salvation means. The underlying problem for many people living in legality is that they do not really understand what salvation means. They do not fully understand that salvation is only found in Jesus, by receiving Him as our Savior. The following information is related to this:

 

Salvation is only in Jesus Christ alone, not in what we do:

 

- (Acts 4:12) Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

 

- (1 Cor 3:11) For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

 

We must turn to Jesus in order to be saved:

 

- (John 5:40) And you will not come to me, that you might have life.

 

- (John 6:37) …and him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out.

 

Jesus is waiting to come into our life. We must open the "door of our heart" for Him and not keep it closed:

 

- (Rev 3:20) Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

 

If we have turned to Jesus and asked Him into our life – received Him into our life – we are then the children of God and will have eternal life. We will have it despite how we feel right now. It is a matter of faith, not feelings, and we can only trust the promises mentioned below:

 

- (John 1:12) But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name

 

- (1 John 5:11-13) And this is the record, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

12  He that has the Son has life; and he that has not the Son of God has not life.

13  These things have I written to you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God.

 

THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SINS

 

Behind legality is often found the mistake of classifying sins into big ones or small ones. People may think that God will forgive some sins easier than others, or that their sins are unforgivable. They think that their particular sins are too big to be forgiven. But by studying the Bible, we see clearly that we receive forgiveness for all our sins, not just some of them. This can be seen in the following examples:

 

Jesus carried all the sins through history. We are taught in the Bible that Jesus carried all our sins - big ones and small ones – including our debt of sin, not just some of them. In fact, He carried all sins committed throughout time – our sins and  everyone else’s.

   Thus, it is not right to divide sins into different categories based on how they can be forgiven. They all are forgiven in the same way, because Jesus carried them all:

 

- (Isa 53:6) All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

 

- (1 Peter 2:24) Who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live to righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.

 

- (1 John 3:5) And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

 

The forgiveness of sins is promised. If we think that our sins are too big to be forgiven, or do that they do not belong in the group of forgivable sins, we actually undermine Jesus’ work on the cross and the forgiveness of God. This cannot be so, because there are no exceptions. God promises forgiveness of sins to everyone who turns to Him in the name of Jesus. This is indicated by the following Bible verses:

 

- (Acts 10:43) To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whoever believes in him shall receive remission of sins.

 

- (1 John 2:12) I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

 

- (Col 2:13) And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, has he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

 

Apostle Paul as an example. The Apostle Paul, even though being a former blasphemer, persecutor, and a violent man, is a good example of how we can receive forgiveness for all our sins from God.  If God forgave Paul, He will certainly forgive us too when we turn to him:

 

- (1 Tim 1:12-16) And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

13  Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

14  And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

15  This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

16  However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

 

Other promises. There are many other verses in the Bible promising the forgiveness of sins – also for those who have turned away from God and now want to turn back to Him again. These verses are worth believing in without doubting them:

 

- (Isa 1:18) "Come now, and let us reason together, said the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

 

- (Isa 38:17) ... for you have cast all my sins behind your back.

 

- (Jer 3:22) Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.  Behold, we come to you; for you are the LORD our God.

 

WHO IS THE ACCUSER?

 

It is common for people living under the law to hear internal criticism and accusations such as, "You can’t receive forgiveness.”, “How could you do that?”, “You are not a child of God.”, “Why can’t you do better?", etc.  Many may think that these accusations come from God and that He has not forgiven their sins. People may continually suffer from these mental accusations.

However, the Bible teaches us that there is another force influencing us  – Satan -- who is an accuser and a liar. He is the one who accuses people and harrasses them with constant criticism, not God. The Holy Spirit of God can show people their sins so they can repent, but He never accuses or condemns people. It is good to understand this so that we do not become depressed by accusations or condemnations, whether from Satan or from our own habitual self-abuse:

 

- (Rev 12:10) And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brothers is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

 

- (Zec 3:1) And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

 

- (Rom 8:33-34) Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifies.

34  Who is he that comdemns? It is Christ that died, yes rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

 

- (1 John 2:1) My little children, these things write I to you, that you sin not.  And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous

 

It is good to know who the accuser is. When we understand this, we will come to a new understanding of our relationship with God. One example is provided by Sven Reichmann, a pastor who noticed how important it is in his work to understand this issue, and how the having a better understanding can help people:

 

Whenever we have committed a sin, our heart accuses us. How could you do like that? You knew that it was a sin. How can you behave like this? How can you gossip like that? How can you slander? Most Christians suppose that these accusations come from God. They call those accusations conscience. However, usually it is a question of Satan and not conscience or the Holy Spirit. How can we know that? I have indeed clearly committed a sin, there is no doubt about that. That is why I feel accusations in my heart. Why could it not be the voice of God? The answer is very easy: a tree is recognized by its fruit. If the accusations are leading to you loosing your courage, and feeling like you are under judgment and little by little, you lose your faith in salvation, then accusations cannot come from God. The Lord can, of course, light up the sins in our hearts – He can do it also with very serious words – but it always leads to freedom. Freedom is always the fruit from the activity of God.

   However, the fruit from the work of Satan is judgment. Faith is lost. Often people under this kind of pressure of accusations confess their sins to God and receive freedom from their sins, and this is just what takes place when a sin has been confessed. However, this does not prevent Satan from continuing his accusations. Why would he stop, when he sees that your courage is reducing all the time when you think that you have not been forgiven? It is therefore clear that Satan will continue. And many Christians say, "This is my conscience, God speaks to me about my sins. He has not forgiven me.” God has forgiven a long time ago. Over the years, I have helped many Christians to freedom only by understanding this minor fact. When they see the light and the personality of the accuser is exposed, silence is born in their hearts. (2)

 

AN UNFORGIVABLE SIN

 

The fear of having committed blasphemy against the Holy Spirit or an unforgivable sin is also one of Satan’s lies. We believe in these lies and that is why we are unnecessarily troubled. John Fletcher (who lived at the same time as John Wesley) wrote the following message about people who are unnecessarily troubled:

 

Some people themselves take heavy burdens to carry, and when they are unable to carry those burdens, their conscience is reproached by fictitious guilt. Some people go crazy because of groundless fears, thinking that they have committed an unforgivable sin. Do we not quite literally see hundreds of people who think that they do not have any hope whatsoever, even though they have full reason to be content with their state? (3)

 

However, if we fear that we have driven away the Holy Spirit, this fear is the best proof that the Spirit is still working in us, and that we have not committed an unforgivable sin. The particular task of the Holy Spirit is to call people to repentance and encourage them to receive salvation. In Bible history, David understood that if God were to take away His Holy Spirit, there would be no hope (Ps 51:13), and man would no longer experience the grief that leads to repentance.

The unforgivable sin is never that God rejects us, but that we reject God. Only that man who continually lives with an unrepentant heart and does not yearn for the salvation of his soul is guilty of this sin. Sinning against the Holy Spirit is more than saying certain words, it means turning one’s back on God, wanting to have nothing to do with Him anymore.

 

FORGIVE YOURSELF!

 

- (Acts 10:15) And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God has cleansed, that call not you common.

 

- (Col 3:13) Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do you. (also oneself!)

 

Satan can accuse people, and we can similarly accuse and condemn ourselves. In fact, this is very common. We may live in a cycle of self-condemnation for past actions, and may repeat this cycle over and over again. We may also say, “Of course I know that God has forgiven me, but I can’t forgive myself.”

   However, the problem in this situation is not that we are unable to forgive ourselves, but that we do not want to forgive ourselves; we want to take the place of God as the judge. If God has forgiven our sins but we still condemn ourselves, we actually set our own judgment above the judgment of God. We do not show ourselves mercy. God’s merciful judgement must always come first in our hearts. C.S. Lewis has written:

 

I think that if God forgives us, we must also forgive ourselves. If not, we will set ourselves almost to a higher position as Him. (4)

 

CONCENTRATING ON ONESELF

 

The primary reason why some people do not rest in faithful assurance is that they try to measure the degree of their own salvation by the way they feel emotionally. They concentrate on themselves and try to measure their own faith, or try to measure how their faith affects their life, or determine whether their life has changed to such an extent that they can be sure of their salvation. Their problem is that they live in a continuous cycle of introspection in which they try to measure salvation through observations of changes in their own life.

However, if we look inwardly for assurance of our own salvation we will never find it. According to the Bible, our salvation and the foundation for our assurance of salvation is never in ourselves, but always in the finished work of Jesus Christ and in what he has done for us. Pay attention in the next verses to expressions such as “for us” and “for us all.” These verses indicate that the foundation of salvation is in someone else’s work for us and not in our own work:

 

- (Rom 5:6) For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

 

- (Rom 5:8) But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

 

- (Rom 8:32) He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

 

- (Gal 2:20)  I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

 

- (Gal 3:13) Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree

 

- (1 Thess 5:10) Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

 

- (Tit 2:14) Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

 

- (1 John 3:16) Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

 

- (1 Tim 2:6) Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

 

- (1 Peter 3:18) For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

 

- (Hebr 6:20) Where the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

 

- (Isa 53:5-6) But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was on him; and with his stripes we are healed.

6  All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

 

- (Rom 4:25) Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.

 

We must put our trust in Jesus Christ and in His finished work, not in ourselves. His work creates peace in our souls. If we try to find our own assurance, we are doing the same as a sailor who throws his anchor inside his boat instead of into the water. That cannot help. Our ship will very soon be thrown about by strong winds. Our anchor must always be thrown outside our ship, so we can remain securely in position.  

   The problem experienced by the Galatians was just that: they did not throw their anchor to Christ, but concentrated on their own deeds. Paul reproached them about it. Surely, if we act in the same way, Paul’s advice to the Galatians also applies to us:  

 

- (Gal 3:1) O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

 

- (Hebr 12:2) Looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

 

- (John 1:29) The next day John sees Jesus coming to him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world.

 

SALVATION IS A GIFT

 

The problem for some people is that they think that their salvation depends on their own deeds. They may think that they first must surrender, pray, confess their sins, and become better persons before they can be saved. This is how they think, "Some day I will be a perfect believer, I will pray enough and I will witness enough – and then God will accept me.” In other words, they put their hope on the future and the person they will be then, and not in what Christ has already done on their behalf.

   So how is it really? If your thinking follows similar lines, then it is time you are freed from your faulty thinking. Consider the following information that contradicts your ideas:

 

A gift – not a demand. The Bible teaches us that salvation is a gift, not a demand. And because salvation is a gift, no one can affect it by his actions -- prayers, fasting, giving alms, etc. If this were true, salvation would no longer be a gift. These deeds might follow salvation, but salvation itself is not earned. We need to receive it as a gift, just as we receive a present:

 

- (Eph 2:8-9) For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9  Not of works, lest any man should boast.

 

- (Rom 3:24) Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus

 

- (Rev 21:6) And he said to me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that is thirsty of the fountain of the water of life freely.

 

- (Rev 22:17) And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is thirsty come. And whoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

 

It is all fulfilled. The Bible teaches us that God reconciled us to Himself through Christ 2,000 years ago; all of our sins were laid upon Him. The atonement he paid for us is absolute and valid for all time. We are too late if we try to earn salvation ourselves – it is like paying a debt that has already been paid:

 

- (Luke 14:17) And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

 

- (1 John 4:10) Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

 

- (John 19:30) When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

 

Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Jesus came into the world to save sinners, meaning those people who know they are sinners and need salvation. He did not die only for "saints" but mostly for sinners and the ungodly. People like this – people who are without God – has no worth in the eyes of God.

 

- (Luke 19:10) For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

 

- (Rom 5:6,8,10) For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

8  But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

10  For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

 

- (1 Peter 3:18) For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit

 

LIVING UNDER GRACE

 

- (Pro 24:16) For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again…

 

A good example of salvation being a gift is that it is based on grace. We do not need to do anything to earn salvation; we receive salvation without any merits:

 

- (Eph 2:8-9) For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9  Not of works, lest any man should boast.

 

- (Eph 2:4-5) But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

5  Even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)

 

- (Acts 15:11) But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

 

- (Acts 20:24) But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

 

However, grace is not restricted to the moment when we receive God into our lives. It belongs to us from that moment onwards. From that moment, we are under grace regardless of how well we succeed in our Christian life. If we have conquered sin in our lives we live under grace, and if we fall, we still live under grace. Our successes and failures do not change this. The next verses teach us about our state of grace:

 

- (Rom 5:1,2) Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

2  By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

 

- (Rom 6:14,15) For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.

15  What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

 

- (Phil 1:7) Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of my grace.

 

- (1 Peter 2:10) Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

 

- (1 Peter 5:12) By Silvanus, a faithful brother to you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein you stand.

 

The following example describes how easily a person can misunderstand the grace of God or not live by it even though understanding it in theory. This is a story written by Urho Muroma:

 

She sat still and I continued:

- The right understanding of grace requires hidden wisdom, as Paavo Ruotsalainen also says. In the beginning of my Christian life I thought that the grace of God meant some kind of kindness of God towards all people, especially towards those who want to be His own. At that time, I understood salvation so that as I tried my best to achieve the kind of perfection God demands before accepting me into His kingdom, grace was an extra part that God in His grace would add to my efforts, so that I could stand up to the requirements.

   I will use a picture to clarify this.

   Let’s suppose that only people three meters (9.8 feet) tall could go to heaven. Now, I am no taller than 178 cm (5.8 feet) even if I did my best to be taller. Grace is what is lacking from these three meters. Grace would thus mean the extra bit God provides in order for me to go to heaven.

   - Have you ever thought about grace like this?

   She sat still thinking.

   - Have you ever made the mistake of seeing salvation as a result of cooperation between you and God, so that when you first do your best, God in His grace will forgive you for what you cannot do?

   She did not reply, but I noticed that the thought was doing some powerful work in her.

   - It is like this: many people try to create a way to salvation for themselves.

   First, they convert, make a decision and more decisions, give themselves to the Lord again and again, put away the sins which they can, confess their sins, start to pray, read the Bible, pray in the mornings, go to church and meetings, work for God, do social work, charity, and so on. And when they have done their part, they expect that God then will do His part: gives them grace or gives them what is lacking because of Christ.

   - That is exactly how I have thought, she quickly said.

   - But dear lady, that is not the way of grace. It is the way of earning. In this, a man does what he can and waits as a reward God to see his deeds in a favorable light. This is called synergism, the cooperation of a man and God for the salvation of the soul. No one can in this way find peace and assurance of salvation, because it holds no promise. It is not God’s way of salvation. Luther once tried to find God in this very manner, but fell into despair. As have others, always with equally poor results. All of the Catholic Church and many Protestants live like this (5).

 

FREEDOM FROM THE LAW

 

Jesus Christ’s death does not only mean that He carried our sins, it also means freedom from the law and from its demands. Many people living under the law have the problem that even though they have received Christ into their life, they still live under the law’s condemnations. They understand in theory that Jesus carried their sins, but do not grasp that accusations and condemnation are erased from their life. (For Christians, the law only acts as a guide, not as something upon which their judgment or salvation is based.) It was crucified together with Christ, and now we can live completely under grace:

 

- (Col 2 13-14) And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, has he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

14  Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross

 

- (Gal 3:13) Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree

 

- (Rom 6:14-15) For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.

15  What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

 

- (Rom 7:6) But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

 

- (Rom 8:1) There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

 

Hal Lindsey describes how he found the truth in the Bible that the law and condemnation are erased from our lives: 

 

The third and maybe the most misunderstood consequence of righteousness is that God no more condemns us. As Paul wrote, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1).

   I will never forget the day when this truth was exposed to me. It exploded my life like a bomb. I suffered under such self-accusations and judgment of God – that is what I thought them to be – they prevented me from seeing anything else.

   Then, one day, I read the verse above, and I noticed the word "now". I do not know where that word had been hidden until then, but when I noticed it for the first time, it turned my situation upside down! In a flash I understood, that based on what Paul had written in the seven first chapters of the Romans about the death and resurrection of Jesus, I was no more under the judgment of God. (6)

 

RECEIVING RIGHTEOUSNESS

 

Many people living under legalism also incorrectly understand the receiving of righteousness. They think that receiving righteousness is a long process that may perhaps last for years; it’s not something that is received as a gift in a split second. They may think that when they first surrender their life completely to God, read the Bible and pray a lot, God will at long last give them His righteousness.

   However, this idea is incorrect. The next examples show why:

 

Righteousness as a gift. The Bible teaches that righteousness is received as a gift without any precondition. God does not give us righteousness based on how we live our lives, but declares righteous those people who do not deserve to earn it:

 

- (Rom 3:24) Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus

 

- (Rom 4:5) But to him that works not, but believes on him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

 

Takes place in connection with receiving Christ. The Bible also teaches that receiving righteousness is not a goal which we should try to gradually reach, but instead that we are declared righteous and holy in the moment we receive Christ into our life:

 

- (Rom 5:1) Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ

 

- (Rom 5:9) Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

 

- (1 Cor 6:11) And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

 

- (Rom 1:7) To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ

 

- (1 Cor 3:17) If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

 

Righteousness of Christ, not our own. Righteousness is received as a gift and it does not change daily like a tide, because it is righteousness by Christ, not by ourselves. This means that even the Apostles were no more righteous than the people living today who have received Christ into their life; they too were justified by Christ and not through their own efforts:

 

- (Jer 23:5-6) Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

6  In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

 

- (1 Cor 1:30) But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption

 

- (Rom 4:25) Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.

 

- (Rom 5:19) For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

 

- (Acts 13:38-39) Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins:

39  And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

 

 

 

Jari Iivanainen