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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 3:25b-26 - The Justification of God

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Romans in Outline No. 39

1.1  PAST: CHRIST’S SACRIFICE TAKES CARE OF OLD TESTAMENT SIN

2.1  God showed forbearance

Psalm 103:10

3.1  MEANING OF “FORBEARANCE” :

2 Peter 3:9

3.2  COMPARABLE PASSAGES

4.1   Acts 17:30-31

“winked at” (?)

4.2   Hebrews 9:13-15

3.3  THE ETERNAL PLAN

Revelation 13:8

“…the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”

3.4  CONTRAST WITH “FORBEARANCE…SHOULD LEAD YOU TO REPENTANCE”

2.2  God passed over sin

3.1  VARIOUS TRANSLATIONS

KJ  “Remission”

NIV  “Left unpunished”

NKJ  “Passed over”

3.2  GREEK SENSE

4.1  Use in Roman law:

4.2  Meaning: “To pass over”, “to overlook”, “to disregard”

3.3  EXAMPLE: DAVID

2 Samuel 12:13

3.4   Micah 7:18

1.2  PRESENT: CHRIST’S SACRIFICE PRESENTLY SHOWS GOD’s RIGHTEOUSNESS

1 John 2:1

2.1  God is proven just

3.1  THE VINDICATION OF THE CHARACTER OF GOD

4.1  The cross shows God’s love

4.2  The cross shows God’s righteousness — Isaiah 53:5

He bore our chastisement

“…by His stripes we are healed.”

3.2  HOW CAN GOD FORGIVE AND STILL REMAIN GOD?

2.2  God justifies the one with faith in Jesus

3.1  FAITH ACCEPTS WHAT GOD SAYS

3.2  FAITH ACTS UPON WHAT GOD SAYS

3.3  FAITH IS A COMMITMENT

Romans 3:25b-26

25 …to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. (NKJV)

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