Lesson 3719

 (Lesson 3719)(03-25-22) Romans 4:16-25

    “Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.”

    Today’s quote establishes the assurance that “justification” comes by faith alone. It is not something that can be earned by the law, nor is it something that was granted to the Jews alone.

    It should be noted that there is a great difference between forgiveness and “justification”. For sin to be justified is to be held blameless in spite of that sin.

    Those of us who have believed on our Lord Jesus Christ are “justified” for the sins of the flesh because the righteousness of Jesus Christ has been inputed into our etenral souls and sin can no longer be counted against us.~