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… to him, were not written for him only. They were also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness. For us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, he was delivered over to death for our sins, and he was raised to life for our justification. Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we've gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. Not only so, but we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, we rejoice in our suffering because we know that suffering produces perseverance, and perseverance, character, and character, hope, and hope does not disappoint us because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit whom he has given us. You see, at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. …
… It's used multiple times in the New Testament. Romans 4.25 says, He was delivered over to death for our sins, and it was raised to life for our justification. justification. Another way to translate justification is just as if it never had happened. So when you put your faith in Jesus Christ, he forgives you of every sin you have ever committed. But that's not all. He then forgets those sins as well. See, we might forgive someone. We don't forget what they did to us. Maybe they hurt us and we kind of keep that in mind. I forgive you, but I still remember. God chooses to not remember. He doesn't have a lapse in memory. He chooses to not hold it against you. That's justification. That means that when you become a Christian, you know that you have a right relationship with God because Jesus rose. I was watching a conversation between two individuals the other day and the question was asked of one, do you know you'll go to heaven when you die? And his response was, well, if I'm in a state of grace, I will. What does that even mean? In a state of grace. Well, does that mean you've given your confession to a priest or you've received the sacraments or you've done some other thing to be in that state of grace? What if you had a thought that was impure or wrong? Are you out of a state of grace. Look, I know that I'll go to heaven not based on what I've done for God, …
… and friends all of this was for us and for our salvation what Paul says in Romans chapter 4 and verse 25 that Christ was delivered up for our trespasses and raised to life for our justification as one commentator put it the resurrection is the demonstration of Christ's sufficiency and righteousness then as our Savior. It was the vindication of Christ. When we think of the sacrifice of Christ, we often rightly think of the suffering servant in Psalm 22. In the opening verse, I was reading about this in Kevin's Daily Doctrine about Christ's true feeling of God's forsakenness. And yet if we read on in that passage of Psalm 22, what we discover is this was temporal. And that the suffering servant was not ultimately forsaken by God, but rather vindicated by God. And of course we see this come to fulfillment in Christ's resurrection for us. Romans chapter 1 and verse 4 says that he was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead. …
He died, that's the first thing. He was delivered over on account of our transgressions, Romans 4.25. He was then raised on the account of our justification. So Christ died, and the Father raised Him, and the Father's raising Him was divine affirmation of a fully accomplished redemption. The Father was satisfied with the sacrifice of Christ for His elect. Not just that. Paul goes on in the third statement in verse 34, who is at the right hand of God. Who is at the right hand of God. It's an echo of Psalm 110.1. The Lord said to my Lord, God the Father says to God the Son, sit at my right hand until I make your enemies the footstool. In Hebrews chapter 1 verse 3 says, after he had made purification for sin, he sat down at the right hand of God. That's his exaltation. His death, his resurrection, and his exaltation are all affirmations that Christ would never condemn us. He died for us, paying in full the penalty. He rose, the Father indicating that His sacrifice was complete. And then the Father sat Him at His right seat because He had accomplished the purging of the sins of His people. …