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W O W - T H E B I G P I C T U R E
by Thomas Nelson Publishers
Justification By Faith Explained and Illustrated
-- Romans 3:21-4:25; Psalm 125:1-3; Proverbs 23:17-18
But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being
witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God,
through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there
is no difference; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of
God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is
in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood,
through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His
forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously
committed, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that
He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but
by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by
faith apart from the deeds of the law. Or is He the God of the Jews
only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles
also, since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith
and the uncircumcised through faith. Do we then make void the law
through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.
What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to
the flesh? For if Abraham was justifiedby works, he has something to
boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say?
"Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."
Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.
But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the
ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, just as David also
describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness
apart from works:
"Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
And whose sins are covered;
Blessed is the man to whom the LORD shall not impute sin."
Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the
uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for
righteousness. How then was it accounted? While he was circumcised, or
uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised. And he
received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the
faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the
father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that
righteousness might be imputed to them also, and the father of
circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who
also walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while
still uncircumcised.
For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to
Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness
of faith. For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void
and the promise made of no effect, because the law brings about wrath;
for where there is no law there is no transgression.
Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that
the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of
the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the
father of us all (as it is written, "I have made you a father of many
nations") in the presence of Him whom he believed-God, who gives life
to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they
did; who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the
father of many nations, according to what was spoken, "So shall your
descendants be." And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his
own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and
the deadness of Sarah's womb. He did not waver at the promise of God
through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,
and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to
perform. And therefore "it was accounted to him for righteousness."
Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him,
but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who
raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered up because of
our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.
Romans 3:21-4:25
WORSHIP:
Those who trust in the LORD
Are like Mount Zion,
Which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
So the LORD surrounds His people
>From this time forth and forever.
For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest
On the land allotted to the righteous,
Lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity.
Psalm 125:1-3
WISDOM:
Do not let your heart envy sinners,
But be zealous for the fear of the LORD all the day;
For surely there is a hereafter,
And your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 23:17-18
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