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Thursday, October 10, 2013

JUSTIFICATION, Romans 5

          (This post is not in any way to be construed to be 
a proper treatment of this deep and most  holy princi-
ple (doctrine) of Holy Scripture.  The author is inca- 
pable of that kind of exegesis.)  Look it up; Websters. 
I had to look it up for the correct spelling.(Exegesis)

In Romans 5: 6-8;
     "For  when we  were  still without strength, in due 
time Christ died for the ungodly.  For scarcely for a 
righteous man will one die; yet, perhaps for a good 
man someone would even dare to die.
But  God demonstrates  his own love  for us in that
while  we  were  yet  sinners,  Christ  died  for  the 
ungodly.
   
      Jesus Christ said, "Think not that I am come 
      to destroy the law, or the Prophets; I am not 
         come to destroy the Law, but to fulfill.  
      For verily I say unto you; Till heaven and 
         earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no 
      wise pass from  the Law, till  all  be  fulfilled." 
         
Justification:  a forensic term, opposed to condem-
nation.  As regards it's nature, it is the judicial act 
of  God,  by  which  He  pardons  all  the  sins  of  
those who believe in Christ, and accounts, (treats)
them as  righteous in  the eyes of the Law,i.e.,  as 
conformed  to all it's  demands.  In addition  to the 
pardon  (q.v.) of sin,  justification  declares all  the 
claims of the law satisfied in respect of the justified.
It is the act of a judge; not a sovereign. The  Law is 
not  relaxed or set  aside, but  is declared to be ful-
filled in the strictest sense; and the person justified
is declared  to be entitled to all advantages and the 
rewards arising from perfect obedience to the law."   
                              (See Romans 5: 1-10)
It proceeds on the  imputing or crediting to the
believer, by God himself, the perfect righteous-
ness, active and passive, of  his Representative
and surety, Jesus Christ. Rom. 10: 3-9  Justifi-
cation  is not the  forgivenes of a  man without
righteousness, but a  declaration  that he  pos-
sses a  righteousness, which perfectly and for-
ever  satisfies the law, namely, the  righteous-
ness of  Christ. 2 Cor. 5:21; and Rom. 4: 6-8.

     The sole condition on which this righteous-
ness  is imputed  or credited to  the believer is
faith in  or on the Lord  Jesus Christ.  Faith is
called a  "condition,' not  because it possesses
any  merit,  but  because  it  is the only instru-
ment by which the soul appropriates or appre-
hends Christ and his righteousness."

  (Rom. 1:17; 3:25, 26; 4:20, 22;Phil. 3:8-11;  
    Gal. 2: 16...) 

   The act of faith which thus secures our justi-
fication, secures,  at the same time our sancti-
fication(q.v.); thus the doctrine of justification  
by faith does  not lead to licentiousness.   
                                                        (Rom. 6:2-7). 

Good  works,while not the grounds, are the cer-
tain  consequence of  justification  (6:14. 7:6.)                    
Sanctification is  a process,  awarded,  without  
merit, to believers.  
  
       (This definition of Justification was taken
        from Easton's Bible Dictionary which is 
       on the Bible Gateway website.)
  

            Romans 5: 18,  (Referring to Adam, 
          then to Jesus Christ it says...)

         "Therefore, as through one  man's  offense,
         judgment  came  to  all  men,  resulting  in        
        condemnation, even  so through one man's
        righteous act the free gift came to all men."

   In order to apply  this principle/doctrine to one's
life, an understanding of the term may be required
by a thorough study  of  Romans chapter 5, as well
the  whole of  Paul's letter's to the Church at Rome
and Galatia."

     In the process of re-reading this post, I must 
     point out there has been  help from scholars.
    The post has very little in it from this blogger.
    The Word of  God has been my major source.

  10.10.13  don porter,sr. edited 1.16.14, 8.25.14,
12.24.14, & 2.03.17 

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