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Life is?? #151 The Righteousness of Christ
** Once the people had accepted God’s covenant at Mount Sinai and the sacrificial system was instituted by God, there were many, many offerings and sacrifices, But study carefully – for there was Never any provision ever given by God for a sacrifice covering WILLFUL SIN. {Never willful sinning!} **
Date: 10/9/2017 7:27:34 PM ( 7 y ) ... viewed 915 times
The Righteousness of Christ
The Law was in effect from the beginning and remains in effect. The penalty for the transgression of that Law is death. Christ not only died to vicariously pay our penalty, but He did even more. Christ provided the only means by which we could partake of His righteousness and overcome our inherited nature. Through this means, He “reconciled” us with the Father.
JOH 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.
As a human, Christ is our example – He demonstrated:
“The way”: is actually the only way it can be done; the way man can partake of His righteousness and perfect character. This is accomplished in us is through faith in Him and cooperation with the Holy Spirit, Whom He sent to us.
“The truth”: He came as a man, lived perfect righteousness through the same Spirit that He imparts to those of us who ask. He demonstrated the truth that this CAN be done by man.
And He is “the life”: the life we will live when we walk with Him by faith and obedience. His example was perfection.
If God’s Law had been done away with, there would be no such thing as sin:
1JOHN 3:4 Whosoever commits sin transgress also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Did Christ die to take away the law?
No, He died to take away sin:
1JOHN 3:5 And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin.
He died to pay the price that we all legally owe and removed our past offenses from our record. Who can partake of this free gift of forgiveness?
It is available to all:
ISA 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
We Must Cooperate in the Working Out of Our Own Salvation
PHIL 2:12 … work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
We have absolutely no power over sin, except the power He imparts to us when we ask. And then, we must cooperate with His Holy Spirit. We are in charge of our own salvation in that we still have the choice to allow Him to work through us.
But, we only have to let Him lead the way. In doing so, we find we keep His Commandments. We find our hearts full of love for all of those for whom He died. We find we live the life He did. We find we prove the truth that it can be done.
Our past sins were forgiven us and they are removed from our person. His righteousness is imputed to us. And when we sin again, we ask forgiveness again through the merits of Christ’s Blood, and we are forgiven again.
However, we must be aware that this in no way; means we can sin WILLFULLY and continue to receive forgiveness. The Scriptures are very clear on this matter.
HEB 10:26 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,
The plan of Salvation was demonstrated in the ceremonial law, or the sacrificial system. Once the people had accepted God’s covenant at Mount Sinai and the sacrificial system was instituted by God, there were many, many offerings and sacrifices, But study carefully – for there was NO provision given by God for a sacrifice for WILLFUL SIN.
{Never willful sinning!}
“Working out our own salvation” is a daily process for us all. It is a moment to moment process – and Satan is always there, watching and waiting to catch us off guard. It is up to each of us – it is an act of our own will whether we move to allowing the Holy Spirit to work in us, or not.
We see all around us the results of breaking God’s Law. ** If God did away with His Law and it didn’t exist in Heaven, what a horrible reward for the righteous – to live eternally in a violent, destructive society!
To live without God’s Law – as the world lives today – is something no sane person would possibly desire.
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Thank you for the Righteousness of Christ!
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