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In the first three chapters of the book of Romans, God, by the pen of the Apostle Paul, built His case against the whole human race. The first is the immoral person. There was no question that he or she needed salvation, but then God went from that obvious and grossly immoral person to a good moral person, and then to the religious person.
What does God conclude? Whether a person is immoral, moral or religious, all are lost and enemies of God.
‘for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ‘
Romans 3:23
But what does the very next verse in the same chapter say?
Romans 3:24-26
“Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time His righteousness: that He might be just, (God is fair) and the justifier of him which (Notice everything that people think they have to do in order to be justified are not in this verse or any verse for salvation today… like joining the church, baptism, do this and do that, but rather) believeth…”
I hope you’re seeing it? It’s so simple that I think people immediately defer to tradition rather than “what saith the scripture”. And those who follow tradition set aside the grace of God, but God is saying. “He is the justifier of them that believe.” That’s It. Nothing Else.
God’s Example “Abraham”
In the very next chapter of Romans, Chapter 4, God uses Abraham as the epitome of faith alone. The man Abraham when he was a hundred years old, God said, “You and your ninety-year-old wife Sara are going to have a son, and from that child, I’m going to build a nation of people.” And what does Paul write in Romans 4:20-22?
‘he (Abraham) 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.’
Romans 4:20-22
This tremendous example was written for us, today. The last three verses of Romans chapter 4 make it graphically clear.
‘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 4:23-25
Praise God for the simplicity of the gospel of the grace of God. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4.
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