#83. Romans 3:21 – The Righteousness Attested, Part 1 (Justification Series, Part VI)
Part III: Our Justification, Confirmed Yet now, apart from law, a righteousness of God is manifest (being attested by the law and the prophets)… Characteristic Four: It Is Attested Whenever I am sharing the evangel with a new, unsuspecting person, I often skip the parenthetical statement which we are looking at in today’s study. I know, I know. It’s so mean, right? Why are you skipping a portion of God’s word, you dullard? Well, for one – ouch. Thanks, hypothetical meanie. And for two – it is not that this statement is “less” important by any means. If God’s righteousness were not attested by the law and the prophets, then Paul’s message would rather be an abrupt tonal shift, and would lack foundation. We must make an important distinction, first, between manifest and attest. The root stem of “manifest” is appear, while the root stem of “attest” is witness. These are, indeed, two different terms, and should be treated as such. The “law” and “the prophets” bear witness to the right...