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· Last week we began looking at the Armor of God – and the first piece of this armor Paul highlights is – The Belt of Truth
· We closed last week by just looking at the RESUME of God’s Truth…
· And it was divinely impressive…
· We saw that God’s Truth:
o Anchors Our Souls in the Promises of God (emboldening us to live for Christ)
o Reveals the Worth of Christ Over Creation (fixing our eyes on our King)
o Elevates Joy in Jesus Over Joy in the World
o Preserves the Eternal Glory of God
· When we look at this list – we see that –
o IN GOD…
…Anchoring our souls in His promises – AND
…Fixing our eyes on the Worth of Christ over Creation – AND
…Elevating our Joy in Christ over joy in the world…
We see that IN God DOING all of these things - HIS GLORY is preserved for all eternity!
AND – we’re able to LIVE OUT v13 of our text…
· Therefore, take up the TRUTH of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm!
We can see how God’s TRUTH can help us – STAND FIRM – WHEN?
· During the battle!!
· We get the JOY – and He gets the glory!
And all of it – on the FOUNDATION of His truth!
· TODAY – we’ll see the next piece of the Armor that Paul highlights…
· Here we see the call – for US to put on – the breastplate of Righteousness…
I think a good – FIRST question is – What is righteousness?
Righteousness:
The quality of being morally right or justifiable.
· A question that Righteousness answers would be – How good are you?
· What’s your QUALITY of goodness?
· And so – when we think about the Righteousness of God…
o We think about – The QUALITY of His goodness.
So let’s dive into what the Bible has to say about God’s Righteousness…
SLIDE: The Righteousness of God: Secures Our Justification
The Righteousness of God
· The question we’re asking as we walk through this is this:
o HOW does the righteousness of GOD - secure OUR justification?
· When we hear the word justification – we can and should think about salvation.
· We are SAVED – BECAUSE justification occurs
· Being JUSTIFIED before God – is to be declared RIGHTEOUS before God.
· Forgiveness is one thing – but Justification is another thing
We have to remember – What the requirement is – for ENTRANCE into Heaven…
· The requirement is – PERFECTION
· What shattered God’s perfect creation?
SIN
· Therefore – God’s STANDARD – is perfection
· AND SIN – TAINTED what was perfect!
NOW – why is that a problem for US?
THIS is why SIN is a problem for US...
· SO – HOW do we get BACK to the GLORY of God…
· SIN – has made us FALL SHORT of God’s glory….HOW do we get back to God’s GLORY?
MOST of the world would say – We need to be GOOD ENOUGH to get back to God’s glory.
· That we need to PERFORM Good WORKS to earn a place with God…
· TO get BACK to God’s glory!
Well – what does the Bible say about that?
· The Bible says – trying to earn a place with God BY doing GOOD deeds – is futile…
· This says – NO HUMAN BEING will get to God this way…
Which means – the righteousness of MAN (OUR GOODNESS) is NOT capable of SECURING our justification!
· It simply CANNOT get us to God…
· And if we TRY to get to God by OUR OWN righteousness – we won’t make it…
· Which is why we need – God’s RIGHTEOUSNESS…
And Paul understood this…
· So – we need a RIGHTEOUSNESS outside of ourselves!
· We need God’s righteousness…
· But HOW do we get it…?
· Verse 9 here tells us!
· “The righteousness of God that depends on – FAITH”
· NOW – how does God’s righteousness tie in with OUR Faith??
· V17 – in [IT] – the gospel – the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God is revealed…
o FROM FAITH – FOR FAITH
NOW - commentators have tried figuring out what this phrase - - FROM FAITH FOR FAITH - means...
I take it as meaning:
The righteousness of God is revealed IN THE GOSPEL - from faith - for faith...
v17 - In [IT] - the gospel - the righteousness of God is revealed...
NOW - what’s the gospel?
The Gospel - the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ...
NOW - His death - IMPLIES that He lived -
His life lived - FREE from SIN
NOW - How is Jesus described in the Bible in relation to RIGHTEOUSNESS?
What does this mean?
Jesus fulfilled the RIGHTEOUS requirement of the LAW...
And so -
IN Christ’s LIVING - His dying - His being Buried - and His resurrection..
The Righteousness of God was REVEALED… (that’s Romans 1:16-17)
It was REVEALED - From Faith - FOR Faith...
NOW I think - this refers to - FROM the faith OF Jesus - FOR OUR faith...
Now - when I go to the Bible and I say - I’m going to search for ALL the verses that mention the phrase:
Faith OF Jesus...
How many verses do I find?
ZERO
Hmmm.....and I think - well CLEARLY Jesus had FAITH!
He had PERFECT FAITH!!
He was OBEDIENT unto DEATH - even death on a cross!
He came to do the Father’s will...
Clearly Jesus had PERFECT faith!!
SO - what’s the deal?
Well - I was only looking in the more modern translations…)
(The ESV, NASB, etc.)
And so I decided - let’s look at a LITERAL translation...
Here’s Romans 3:22 in the ESV...
Here we see the Righteousness of God - through Faith IN Jesus...
The NASB renders the same translation as the ESV here...
But if we look at - Young’s Literal Translation...
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