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Saved By Grace Through Faith
(Eph2:8-9)
God is righteous (2Ch12:6).
His word and His law are righteous (Rm7:12), and
He justifies the righteous and condemns the wicked (Dt25:1).
Faith is knowing salvation through justification as grace.
The life of faith is sustaining faith and boasting only the gift of God until the end (1Co1:31).
The gift that God gave all men is
The Only Begotten Son, His death and His precious blood.
As such, those who confess that they would go to hell because of their sin would
Welcome the most a law where by believing one could be saved.
God's command regarding the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil defined
Eating it as sin and its punishment death (Ge2:17).
Deceived by the devil who was
Contained in Hades until the great day of judgment (Is14:12-15; Jude6),
Adam sinned (Ge3:4-6) and
All men became hell-bound with the devil (Mt25:41).
The law that God gave Israel through Moses made
The consciences and laws of all nations and people uniform and
Brought the world under it (Rm3:19-20).
The more one tried to keep the law, however,
The more he became conscious of sin as sin sprang to life (Rm3:19-20, 7:9-13).
God instructed them build the sanctuary and
Place the stone tablets inside the testimony,
Above which was the atonement cover (the mercyseat) (Ex25:21), because
From the law that brought death would come
The righteousness that will impart life as grace (Rm7:9-10; Gal3:21).
Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn2:19-20), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-20),
He would reveal Himself as the visible righteousness (Jn16:8-11; Rm3:21-22),
The righteousness that surpasses that of the Pharisees (Mt5:17-20), for
He gives eternal life to whomever believes Him (Jn3:16).
As He died, He said, "It is finished (Jn10:19), declaring that He:
1) Obeyed the Father's command and was confirmed as the righteousness (Jn10:18; Rm5:18-19);
2) Condemned the devil, the evil one (Ge3:4-6; Dt25:1; 1Jn3:8, 12); and
3) Transferred the sins of men on to His body and redeemed them, fulfilling the requirement of the Law (Is53:11; Rm8:3-4).
The Father raised Him up and His resurrection is the proof of His righteousness.
He ascended to heaven as the king of righteousness, the founder of faith (He7:2, 12:2).
The Holy Spirit came and the gospel began to be preached and
The Era of Grace where the law of faith governs began (Rm3:2, 21-26).
Now the believer is no longer under the supervision of the law (Gal3:24-25).
By faith he is called righteous, by faith he is saved (Rm1:16-17) for
There is no difference between the righteousness of Yeshua and
The righteousness by faith (Rm3:22, 9:30).
The Christian is he who knows that,
Born under the law of faith, he simply believed and was
Justified by the blood of Yeshua and saved from God's wrath (Rm5:9, 10:10; Gal2:16).
Thus, he considers faith to be the most precious treasure and so
Puts every effort to sustain his faith by remaining in the word (Jas2:17) and
Becomes a preacher of righteousness by boasting only Yeshua (Eph2:8-9; 2Pe2:5) for
He longs to enter a new heaven and a new earth where righteousness dwells (2Pe3:13).
O Lord,
Somehow I was born in the Era of Grace,
Somehow I heard the gospel of Yeshua, and
Somehow I believed and was saved from sin and death and hell - hallelujah!
It is grace that I came to believe Yeshua.
I will climb every mountain and cross every river to preach this good news!
Amen.