#100. Romans 3:24 – A Brief Interlude for the Nerds – Mapping Grace (Justification Series, Part XXIII)
Part III: Our Justification, Confirmed Being justified gratuitously in His grace… Before we proceed, I deem it necessary to emphasize the general progression of “grace” throughout Paul’s letters, to see how, exactly, God builds upon the basic premise of grace as the source of our justification. This is not designed to be argumentative, but prepare us for the direction grace will go beyond Romans. Grace Glorifies It is told to us, in Rom. 5:1-2, that grace glorifies us– Being, then, justified by faith, we may be having peace toward God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom we have the access, also, into this grace in which we stand, and we may be glorying in expectation of the glory of God. Christ is said to be the Means through which we have access to the grace which glorifies us. Indeed, Christ is “full of grace and truth” (Jo. 1:14.) He is the “Lord of glory” (1 Cor. 2:8.) He takes us to Himself “for God’s glory” (Rom. 15:7.) Because this justification enables Him,...
