But Now: Righteousness Revealed Through Faith in Christ

But the message is very clear. The message is clear. God has done what we can't do. God has done what we can't do, so we don't read the scriptures to perform, to attain to a level of righteousness even. We read them to be acquainted with him who is Christ our Lord. We read our scriptures that we would know him and to love him and serve him for the fullness of our life and all of our hearts because it reveals the person that I wanna know better. [01:25:10] (42 seconds)  #ScriptureToKnowJesus

So what does that mean? That means pride is removed. That means comparison is removed. Performance is removed. What were they doing at the time? What we again, we go visit back to the first couple of chapters, Romans two and three, where he Paul goes to great length to expose humanity. And he identifies all the things that they were doing under performance in order to make them self righteous. We use the term self righteous. But Ephesians two, it says, for by grace that you have been saved through faith, not of works, lest anyone should do any kind of boasting. [01:32:33] (56 seconds)  #SavedByGrace

So when we were engaging with the scripture, we're not just reading pages. We're following a trail that leads to Jesus. Throughout the Old Testament, we're following a trail that leads to Jesus. When we engage with the gospels, we hear and read about his coming. How beautiful and powerful that is. And as we read on past the gospels into the letters, we get a further revelation of the fullness of who Jesus Christ is. [01:19:51] (33 seconds)  #BiblePointsToJesus

And the whole bible is unified in its message of Jesus Christ. So as we are reflecting back to our scripture engagement, as we're as we're engaging with the scriptures, we are engaging with the reality and the revealed person of Jesus Christ. The scriptures combined together are unified in purpose to reveal Jesus. That's why we read. That's why we engage in the scriptures because we engage with the person of Jesus Christ. So the whole bible is unified. The law points forward. [01:17:19] (39 seconds)  #OneStoryOneSavior

Being justified freely by his grace, Being justified by a thousand dollars, being justified by a million dollars, by justified by the sacrifice of this and that. No. Being justified freely by his grace. So Paul here is unpacking what Jesus the difference Jesus makes. Justified, declared righteous by God by faith. Does it mean that we are that we do away with the law or the writings of the prophets? No. We don't because Jesus comes and he fulfills the law and the prophets that that spoke of his coming. [01:15:24] (62 seconds)  #DeclaredRighteousByFaith

So it is revealed and received by faith and not by works. Righteousness, a little bit more on the faith aspect. Righteousness comes through faith. Romans three twenty two. That's where we are. That's our main passage. It says, through faith in Jesus Christ. Not law, not works, not striving, but by by faith. And righteousness is a a gift. [01:14:24] (45 seconds)  #RighteousnessByFaith

And the scriptures will say that throughout that ceremonial procedure, the sins were never taken away. They were just covered. Is that right? And but here, Paul is saying there is a great turning point that brings righteousness, a right standard of living, attaining to the fullness of what Christ desires that is now attainable because the savior Jesus has been sent. There's a turning point. It's no longer under the law striving or trying to earn. [01:10:13] (38 seconds)  #NoMoreEarningSalvation

So the law only really did one thing. The law that was written, thou shouts, thou shouts, and thou shouts. How many commandments is there? 10 commandments, and then all the procedural law that went with it and had one particular purpose was to reveal to humanity their sinfulness and nothing much more. And then in it, there were certain procedures and processes that they would go by, rituals, which they would go by annually in order to to retain a level of redemption from God for their sins. [01:09:30] (43 seconds)  #LawExposesSin