The Miracle

 

Justification through the righteousness of Christ

 

   1. The need for this miracle

 

      a. "for all have sinned and come short of

          the glory of God"

 

      b. Romans 3:23

 

   2. The persons in this miracle

 

      a. The Father

 

      b. The Son

 

      c. "Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth"

 

      d. Romans 3:24-25

 

   3. The source of this miracle

 

      a. "freely by His grace"

 

      b. Romans 3:24

 

      c. "without the deeds of the Law"

 

      d. Romans 3:28

 

   4. The nature of this miracle

 

      a. Redemption

 

      b. Romans 3:24

 

      c. "the remission of sins"

 

      d. Romans 3:25

 

   5. The scope of this miracle

 

      a. Unlimited in scope

 

      b. "unto all...for there is no difference"

 

      c. Romans 3:22

 

      d. "the God of the Jews...of the Gentiles also"

 

      e. Romans 3:29

  

   6. The bestowal of this miracle

 

      a. Limited in bestowal

 

      b. "upon all them that believe"

 

      c. Romans 3:22

 

      d. "of him which believeth in Jesus"

 

      e. Romans 3:26

 

   7. The witness of this miracle

 

      a. "being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets"

 

      b. Romans 3:21

 

      c. See also

 

         (1) Luke 24:25-27

 

         (2) 1 Pet 1:10-11

 

   8. The legal accomplishments by this miracle

 

      a. Question: How to reconcile God's justice

                   and His mercy.

 

         (1) Note the two problem words in Roman 3:25

 

         (2) Remission:

 

             (a) To let something pass by

 

             (b) That is, the sins of the OT saints

 

         (3) Forbearance:

 

             (a) To hold something back

 

             (b) That is, God's wrath upon those sins

 

      b. Answer:

 

         (1) "Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to

              be a propitiation." - Romans 3:25

 

         (2) "That He might be just, and the justifier

              of him which believeth." - Romans 3:26