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The grace of being justified by faith

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[Romans 4:25]

He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.

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God created human beings to be righteous and without sin.

Adam, who was sinless and righteous, enjoyed the blessing of being able to meet God at

any time.

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But Adam broke God's command and sinned.

At that moment, because of the sin that came into Adam, the righteousness that was in Adam disappeared. Adam, who was a righteous man, became a sinner.

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Everyone born after Adam was born as a sinner with sin.

The world in which humans live has become a world where the righteous do not exist.

Romans 3:10 confirms that fact.
[Romans 3:10] “As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one;“

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To say that there is no one righteous means that everyone in this world is a sinner.

No one who has sinned will come to the glory of God.

Romans 3:23 tells us that.
[Romans 3:23] for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

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As a sinner, you cannot meet God.

You cannot enter heaven as a sinner.

So people started trying to get back to being righteous.

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They tried to create their own sinless state.

In particular, the Jews believed that if they kept all the laws they had set,

their sins would disappear and they would be justified.

So they did their best to live according to what was written in the Law.

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However, human beings who are sinners cannot keep the law 100%.

No one can be recognized as righteous by God by keeping all the laws.

Romans 3:20 tells us exactly that.
[Romans 3:20] Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing

the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.

In other words, human strength can never restore the righteousness of the first man, Adam.

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However, there are people in the Old Testament who were considered righteous by God.

He tells Abraham, the father of faith, that God counted him righteous.

Let's read Genesis 15:6 together.

[Genesis 15:6] Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

It is clearly written that God considered Abraham righteous.

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It also explains why God considered Abraham righteous.

He does not say that God was justified by Abraham because he kept the law.

They say it was because Abraham believed in Jehovah God.

Let's see what kind of faith Abraham had.

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Abraham and Sarah had no children.

God made a promise to Abraham when he showed him the stars in the sky.

"Look at the sky. If you can count them, count the stars.

Your descendants will be as numerous as the stars."

Even though he had no children, Abraham believed God's promise.

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God's promise was not fulfilled even when Abraham was 99 years old.

And his wife Sarah could no longer have children by human means.

But Abraham's faith in God's promises did not weaken.

He believed that God had the power to fulfill his own promises.

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God already knew that this great faith was at the heart of Abraham. Seeing that faith,

God made Abraham righteous.

It was his faith in God that nothing was impossible for Abraham to be recognized by God as righteous. According to Abraham's faith, when he was 100 years old, he gave his son Isaac,

and made him a great nation as his descendants.

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[Genesis 15:6] Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
These words that God “counted as his righteousness” to Abraham

It's not just for Abraham. This is a word for us.

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We believe that Jesus died on the cross for our sins.

We believe that God raised Jesus from the dead.

Those who have this faith will be justified just as God justified Abraham.

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The moment we have this faith, we move from the place of sinners to the place of the righteous. Those who have this faith have received the grace of being recognized as righteous by God.

We who have received this grace should always have a grateful heart to God.

You must become people of faith who walk with the Holy Spirit in order to live a life that glorifies the God who has given you grace.

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