Freed from sin’s dominion. An overview. We understand from the previous blogs that because of disobedience by one man Adam, the whole of humankind became helpless slaves to sin. Sin was the lord over humanity until the cross at Golgotha. However, God destroyed sin and the sinful human spirit on the cross at Golgotha forever.
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The amplification of the concept of justification. The earlier blogs presented Paul’s forceful assertion that the justification of sinful humankind was because of God’s love and the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. God loves humankind so much that he delayed the punishment for sin in the garden of Eden. He delayed his wrath against sin to
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The benefit of justification by the faithfulness of Jesus. “Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand and rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.” Romans 5:1 –
Did all people sin in Adam or like Adam? “Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people.” Romans 5:18. God created humankind (all its members) in one Man, Adam, on the sixth day of creation. God breathed
The illustration of justification continued. Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people.” Romans 5:18, NET. The Greek text also reads that just as one transgression that applied to all people came condemnation of all people came
The illustration of justification continued. “But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness. Romans 4:5, NET. Jews could not accept that legal justification could be granted to those who did not obey the law of Moses. The Jewish law
The illustration of justification continued. In Paul’s time, the Jewish Christians insisted that non-Jewish Christians must obey the requirements of the law of Moses, including circumcision. They insisted that obedience to the law of Moses was required to justify sinners. Paul counteracts this claim with a logical argument. “Now to the one who works, his
An illustration of justification. Paul employs the example of Abraham for additional clarification of justification. “What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has discovered regarding this matter? For if Abraham was declared righteous by works of the law, he has something to boast about – but not before God.
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The wonderful exchange of life on the cross “’ And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.’ Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.” John 12:32, 33, NET. “Draw all people to myself” does not mean that each
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How could Jesus be all-in-one? To understand how Jesus could be the sacrifice for sin and the scapegoat in his body, we must accept Jesus’s definition of life. “The spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh counts for nothing; the words I speak to you, are spirit and life.” John 6:63, From a
The Mercy Seat – continued. “God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.” Romans 3:25, NET. The literal rendering of the Greek text is: “Whom set forth God a mercy seat
The Mercy Seat. “God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.” Romans 3:25, NET. Paul, in Romans 3, refers to Jesus Christ as the atoning sacrifice, how the atonement is accomplished,
The Mercy Seat. We have learned thus far that whole of humankind became an irrevocable sinner in the garden of Eden. There are no exceptions. Also, there are no privileged people in the eyes of God. All are sinners, unable to do anything about it through their effort. However, because God loves humankind, he justified
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