Justification By Faith

The subject of Justification by credence is an assembly line, proposed by the Apostle capital of Minnesota in Romans 117 where he starts by introducing divinitys revelation to humankindkind concerning un flopeousness That this was a immortal-given revelation in the beginning and throughout mans muniment (faith to faith) in spite of appearance the Gentiles law of nature and the Jews law of Moses. However, Paul further exclaims, that incomplete of them could be justified by their obedience to the respective laws on a lower floor which they were, nevertheless that they both stood in need of the righteousness of God. 1 As Paul is strictly a preacher of the Gospel of salvation through messiah Jesus, at that place is no doubt he had to find an another(prenominal) style of presenting the Good News to factions in opposition to one another.His method of preaching in Romans catches the united attention of both the Jew and the Gentile Christian. Justification in the sight of God co mes by faith in Christ Jesus alone, by which we can too avoid the pettishness of God that is consequential to the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. Certain cults, like the Jehovahs Witnesses seek gratification by including their works to consume salvation and exclusively adhere to particular scripture verses to defend their position.They twist the interpretation of James 218, 20, and 26 by ignoring Ephesians 28-9, which is contrary to the teaching of analogy of faith and does not agree with the biblical map. Works atomic number 18 only what we offer out of thanks for the sacrifice Christ make for us only they search for every excuse and alternative possible and refuse abandon their false doctrine, which is a matter of their own free choice. In actuality, at that place is no free choice because not accepting Christ Jesus as our personal savior accounts as a sin, in the eyes of God. (John 526-29)Justification and Faith DefinedSince we are speaking of Justification by Fa ith, this is where it is appropriate to throw in the expla race of the two account books, justification and faith.Let Us Define JustificationAccording to Verlyn D. Verbrugges New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, the Greek word justification (dikaisis), defines a vindication or an acquittal (p. 147), a dismissal of criminal charges. We can best explain justification by encountering mortal having a traffic character for pep pill and that either he gets the infraction dismissed or he pays the fine. The get downr may appear in court to dispute the citation just if appoint guilty the punishment for these charges remain impending. He is no longer guilty if the charges are dropped and they allow for be forgotten. If the fine remains and is not salaried, penalty charges exit be added and compounded until the driver pays the full amount incurred, is arrested, or is jailed and serves time as payment or serves time and still pays for the infraction.At this point, his license to drive can be suspended or revoked. The driver is no longer considered criminal once the fine is paid but this is where sin and the traffic citation divide. We cannot pay for our sin, our infractions against heaven. Our depravity is a spiritual matter that cannot be handled by physical means. Only a divine spiritual source can bribe care of both our spiritual, physical needs simultaneously, and that comes through store sacrifice only. Christ Jesus, In whom we subscribe to redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace (Eph. 17)Definition of FaithNow faith (t), as defined by Verbrugge, offers another method of having that traffic ticket expunged. It denotes the trust that someone may place in other people or in the gods, credibility, and credit in business, guarantees, or something entrusted (p. 462). Again, in this case it is Christ Jesus, because he paid every debt of mans criminal activity. So here, we put our trust (faith) in Jesus to pay the penalty for our crime much like a father might pull out his credit card to pay for his childs driving infringement least the child ends up in jail for reoccurring and additional fees applied to that summons.What, or Who, is Gods RighteousnessIn Romans 117 we encounter the phrase the righteousness of God. This phrase does not necessarily refer to Gods uprightness, holiness, or purity, or His faithfulness in keeping His promises, nor the justice He entrust serve at the model but the means by which He provides salvation for humankind. Therefore, the righteousness of God refers to Christ Jesus for he obediently fulfilled all the prophecies of the Old Testament, which began in Genesis 315, and faithfully accomplished the Fathers promises.And I will put enmity amongst you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel. NIV Our faith in Christ Jesus, as our personal savior, justifies us in the sight of the Father because we testify to the pure, holy, and righteous blood that he shed to give up us from sin, hell, the grave and eternal death. Here the righteousness of God and the revelation of the wrath of God compare to having a world-shattering relationship.The Apostle Paul is actually teaching us that without receiving Christ and becoming a son of God (John 112) we remain criminals to the heavenly government of God and the wrath of God, which is eternal separation from the Father becomes the reward (in this case, punishment) for our unrighteousness. We cannot save ourselves and anything we claim satisfactory enough to make us free from sin and afford us safe passage into heaven is far and wide from what God sees as righteous (Isaiah 646). Besides, if man could provide his own salvation, there would not consecrate been a need for Jesus to give his life at Calvary and his doing so would dupe been in vain. (Acts 412)Pauls Theological TeachingsIn Romans 623, Paul teaches, the w ages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord which means our salvation is a perfect salvation and could only be provided by God in the flesh (Emmanuel God with us). We are saved from the stain of Adams disobedience in the garden, the murderous character of our tainted blood, the captivity of the enemy of God (Satan) and from eternal death, which is a result of all thatencompasses our sinful nature.All of this describes the righteousness of God but Paul goes one-step further when he turns to the revelation of the wrath of God in 118-32. In verse 19 Paul explains how the cognition of right and wrong is revealed to man when he states, Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them for God hath shewed it unto them. The knowledge of right and wrong, good and evil, righteousness and shadow is made manifest within the heart of man even though the imagination of mans heart is evil from his youth (Genesis 821). The Spirit of God in man (that is the remnant spirit of God in man) plants this innate knowledge, of good and evil, and no matter how we cut it, this is proof that God created man, for this is His trademark, benchmark or ISBN.By the knowledge of good and evil in man, the homosexual knows his or her lifestyle is an abomination (Leviticus 1822 2013 Deuteronomy 225 1 Corinthians 69) to God as well as the reason out why the thief escapes being caught. (Exodus 2015 Leviticus 1911 Jeremiah 226) From this point, we can agnise how both the righteousness of God and the revelation of the wrath of God are related to one another. Jesus Christ is Gods righteousness and provides the only payment to expunge our criminality against heaven. God has created in man (revealed in man) the inborn knowledge of the difference between sin and righteousness.Paul Refutes Jewish IdeologyPaul was a Pharisee within Judaism and understood all the ins-and-outs of their doctrine, which became a plus for Christians of his day and has beco me a major advantage for us today because it leads to the defense of Christianity against Judaism, as well as, other belief systems. In Judaism, justification by faith was national pride and was a form of idolatry because they idolized the fact they were Jews. They further believed that the sect with the close to righteous form of living (by keeping the law), of all the Jewish communities (Scribes, Pharisees, Essenes, etc.), would enter into heaven. In this, they believed the gentile would not qualify for salvation, seeing the Jews were the only chosen nation of God and possessed the Laws of God. They, the Jews, did not extend the blessing to other nations and held them as cursed of God, the products of eternal damnation. 2However,Paul refutes this ideology in Romans 101-13, bringing into reason Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to Gods righteousness. Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righ teousness for everyone who believes. (Romans 103-4) Paul repeats this same doctrine to the Galatians, using different terminology Is the law whence against the promises of God? God forbid for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. (Gal. 321) Reading deeper into these two statements, Paul is expressing that the attitude, of the Jews, was nothing more than legalistic discriminative against other nationalities and cultures but Paul corrects this in the second sentence of Romans 103-4, where he refers to the culmination.This culmination breaks down the barriers of selectivity and makes faith inclusive for everyone who believes. The use of the word culmination concludes that Christ has fulfilled every requirement needed to save humankind, which then makes everyone (Jew and Gentile, alike) with faith in Christ Jesus, an inclusive entity. Justification by Faith in Christ Jesus is the only way, the only truth, and the only life. And No man comes to the Father but by him (John 146) is what the Apostle Pauls argument is all to the highest degree. Paul leaves no doubt in the minds of Christians or the ungodly, unchurched peoples how salvation is attained. That it only comes through being justified through our faith in what Christ has done on the Cross of Calvary for all humankind.That he will return, looking to find a church without spot or wrinkle (Ephesians 527). But without faith it is impossible to please him for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (Hebrews 116) We are rewarded the justification needed to become right in the sight of God. It is this writers opinion that Christ has already cleansed us of the spot, the sin we contagious from Adams disobedience when we accepted him as our personal savior but our wrinkles, our personal sins, still need ironing out. The final change will be ironed out on the day of rewards, the rapture because (as for now) we can only strive for the perfection but Christ will do the last-ditch perfecting.Gods Wrath in Pauls Concept of SalvationAccording to the Evangelical Dictionary of Theology by Baker House, there are six words to describe the emotions associated with Gods wrath. These terms, all of which express varied shades or degrees of wrath, anger, displeasure, or vexation, are the following anph (to be angry) zaaph and derivatives (to be wroth, displeased, sad) hemah (indignation, anger, wrath) kaas (to be angry, wrathful, indignant, vexed, grieved) ebrah (rage, wrath) qasaph (to be displeased, angry, wroth) saneh (to hate). In the New Testament, there are more than twenty references to the anger, wrath, or vengeance (orge) of God and a few references to indignation and displeasure (achthos). 3Although there may appear to be varying degrees of Gods wrath, I must go along with Pauls theology that If youve commit one sin, youve committed them all. Let us return to Romans 623, For the wages of sin is death All sin leads to death and eternal prison term. There is no leeway for what the blue world may deem, i.e., a little white lie a lie is a lie and holds no degree of sensitivity in Gods righteousness. Nevertheless, salvation is explained by Paul in Romans 518, Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. That gift is Christ Jesus as the apostle previously proclaimed, For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 28, 9)A Door with dickens SidesDr. Elmer Towns, in his book Core Christianity, compares conversion to a ingress with two sides. Human activity is on one side of the door, while Gods activity is on the other side. When we convert to Christianity, we are pushing on the door to heaven and God, on the other side, regenerates us into new life. We are then born again and the world, God, sin, and ourselves appear to us in a different and opposing light of understanding. 4 If we are pushing on heavens door then we have accepted Jesus because he states, I am the door by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. In the case of theApostle Paul, however, I interpret it as God opened the door and dragged him inside. His encounter with Jesus Christ made a life changing impact that not only altered Pauls way of thinking and his mission but besides rearranged the course of human and church history.He, Paul, admittedly states this in Romans 11, Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God. He was definitely called and separated, made a prisoner (Ephesians 31 41) of Christ Jesus in a fashion that no other apostle had experienced. The reason I have used the verb had is because there were only thirteen apostles the th irteenth being Paul, replacing the rebellious Judas. By biblical standards, an apostle is a person who was a Jew, had seen Jesus face-to-face, planted churches, and had authority over the church, in various regions. There are people today, using the title apostle unjustifiably because they do not fit all the requirements but may have an apostolic anointing. Therefore, if they are given a title, perhaps it should be anointed one and not apostle.Paul on FaithPaul has written many epistles, containing verses, about faith. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for (Heb. 111) But without faith it is impossible to please him (Heb. 116). These are just a few examples, extraneous of the letter to the Romans, in which Paul speaks on justification. Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. (Gal. 321) This was also another argument against the Jews, concerning t heir belief in salvation by the law.ConclusionI praise God for giving us the Apostle Paul, for through him we have an in depth analysis of what justification by faith truly is, as long as we tie down to verifying scripture with scripture and not take it upon ourselves to explain these things out of selfishness and ignorance. As I have tried to prove, there is no contention between Pauls writings on faith and that of the Apostle James because James is not purporting that salvation comes by works. We must all come to the understanding that good deeds are what we do as a gesture of good will and appreciation for the blood sacrifice that Jesus Christ made to save us from sin, death, the grave and the eternal tortures of hell. The Apostle Paul also teaches, in 2 Timothy 43, that the time will come when they will not pull through sound doctrine but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching earsThe time is here and now because we find these false doctri nes just about over we turn. Paul charges us to, Preach the word be instant in season, out of season reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. (2 Timothy 42) We must also consider that, whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad give-and-take of good things (Romans 1013-15)Paul teaches, in this verse, that it is our obligation to correct those who have not received the true doctrine of Christ. This charge is an extension to the Great Commission. Just as well as there are those who have not the gospel, there are those that have not the true gospel. The apostle further warns, Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrin e of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. (2 John 19-11)