Bible Commentary.... (Romans 3 ) The finished work of Christ declares Gods righteousness for the remission of sins that are past ,This refers to sins committed before the death of Christ ,God saved those who put their faith in him on the basis of whatever revelation He gave them. Abraham ,for example , believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness (Gen .15:6),But how could God do this righteously ? A sinless Substitute had not been slain The blood of a perfect Sacrifice had not been shed In a word ,Christ had not died .The debt had not been paid .Gods righteous claims had not been met How then could God save believing sinners in the OT PERIOD ? glad you ask.The answer is that although Christ had not yet died ,God knew that He would die HALLELUJAH !!!, And He saved men on the basis of the still-future work of Christ...MY MY MY ,Even if OT saints didnt know about Calvary ,God knew about it, POWERFUL,and He put all the value of Christs work to their account when they believed God ,In a very real sense ,OT believers were saved on credit WOW They were saved on the basis of a price still to be paid .I know it was the Blood.THEY looked forward to CALVARY ,we look back to it ...HALLELUJAH JESUS .they looked forward .we look back , Bless God that is what Paul means when he says that the propitiation of CHRIST declares Gods righteousness because He had passed over the sins that were previously committed before his conversion .This might suggest that the work of Christ took care of sins before the new birth . but that a man is own his own after that . What and awesome God we serve . I love the Lord AMEN !!!
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 23:42:07 +0000
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