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SIN, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUDGMENT
Ezekiel C. Melchisedec
John 16: 8 – 11
Sin
Concept of sin
The stigma of sin
Why we sin
The law of sinners
The consequences of sin
Righteousness
Concept of righteousness
The righteousness of Christ
The righteous life
Harvest of righteousness
Judgment
Concept of Judgment
Who faces judgment?
The verdict
Vindicated by Grace
INTRODUCTION
This book is the annunciation for the ordinary and a natural person to understand the totality of the mission of Christ and the work of salvation. “Sin, Righteousness and Judgment” will enlighten you to know what sin is and what it is to sin and the way of righteousness that God has given to us. In the end we also discover the judgment of God for the disobedient.
This material constitutes three dimensional topics that entails the message of salvation. Thus sin, Righteousness and Judgment. It is the will of the Lord that everyone who peruses this reading material will come to full knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
“And when he is come, je will reprove the world of sin and of righteousness and of Judgment” JOHN 16: 8
PART 1: SIN
Chapter 1: CONCEPT OF SIN
“Of Sin, because the believe not me” John 16: 9
Sin is a word that everyone is so conscious of, however in a world like this everyone has his or her own concept of what sin is. People have their own standard of life and belief of what is and what is not sin to their conscious.
We are living in a world where people have a life style of sin and yet can justify themselves with flimsy excuses. According to the word of God, sin is defined as the transgression of the law.
“Whosoever committed transgressed also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 1 John 3: 4. The fact is, God has given us (human beings) a standard of life and this standard are found in the word of God 9the law). Whenever you do anything contrary to God’s word.
It is a transgression and for that matter it becomes sin. God gave human beings so many laws, rules, stipulations, ordinances, regulations and precepts in his word, which is basically the Holy Bible.
Therefore, to disobey the word of God is sin for you the disobedient against God Almighty. The word transgression goes along with disobedience to God’s word.
“For if the word spoken by Angels was steadfast and every transgression and disobedience receive a just recompense of reward”. Heb. 2: 2.
God is so serious about his laws that, he cannot tolerate anyone who has a habit of disobeying the word, such a person is declared a sinner by God’s Standard.
There is sin because there is law, so whoever you break the law, it is called sin. Just as there is darkness because there is light, whenever the light goes off, then the darkness appear.
“Because the law worketh wrath for where no law is, there is no transgression”. Romans 4: 15. Sin is usually committed against God alone, even though your sins can offend your fellow human, but it is God you have dishonored God by despising his law.
In the Holy Scriptures (the Bible) there are number of words that are associated with sin, these are iniquity, law-breakers, transgression, disobedience, offense, perversion, wickedness, evil, trespass, unrighteousness, lawlessness, defile, abomination, atrocities, mischief, misconduct, offence etc. All this words define and explain the complexity of sin to the human being.
CHAPTER 2
THE STIGMA OF SIN
" Some men's sins are open before hand, going before to judgment, and some men they follow after." 1 Timothy 5:24
Sin can be a stain that can be attached to you wherever you go and in whatever you do. This means the sin trails behind you and its glueing effect is always present whenever you find yourself . In fact it is becomes a stigma and as such it is a spot and a blemish on your spiritual and physical personality. It is described as a filthy garment on you as in the case of Joshua the high priest.
" Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and stood before the angel... take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, behold I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will cloth thee with a change of garments ..." Zechariah 3-3-4 The evil that people do always follow them and as such it becomes part of their destiny, till they repent and receive Christ and have their sins forgiven. Then they are cleansed by the blood.
" And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes , sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you ." 2 Peter 2:13 When you take pleasure in sin ,it becomes a spot on your spiritual garment and that makes you unclean .It also brings a disgraceful consequences at the end . Whenever you choose to disobey God's word , the act of sin committed is attached to you forever and that is the blemish on you.
On you Christ however used the word of God to take away the stigma form our lives. So we can be whole in order to receive salvation. “That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.
That he might, present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but it should be holy and without blemish”.
Ephesians 5: 26 – 27. Speaking of the church as an entity is referring to the individual members (the Christians).
It is the blood of Jesus Christ and the word that actually can take the stigma of a life time that follows you because of your sins. “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin”. 1 John 1: 7
CHAPTER 3
WHY WE SIN
“Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelled in me.” Romans 7: 20.
There are two basic reasons why we as human beings indulge in sin. The first and foremost reason is there is a law, that brings restriction and also forbids us to do so many things that we would like to do naturally.
For instance, the first time human beings sinned was when Adam and his wife disobeyed God’s law, by eating the forbidden fruits (Genesis 3: 1 – 13). The law brings a temptation of disobedience and of course God’s test of loyalty for us is obedience.
“What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid Now, I had not known sin, but by the law, for I had not known lust, except the law had said, thou shalt not covet”. Romans 7: 7. In other words, the law introduced sin. “For when no law is, there is no transgression”. Romans 4: 15.
The second reason we sin is because there is s sinful nature in every human being and for that matter we are bound to commit sin. The tendency to do evil is present in the human heart and that is why God in his infinite wisdom gave us commandments. “For the good that I, would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do” Romans 7: 19. The human nature has a flaw in itself, because it lacks the capacity to be good, rather it has the ability to do evil (i.e. bad things)
That is the reason we all need the savior, Our Lord Jesus Christ (Yeshua) to deliver us from the power of sin. “For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh.” Romans 8. This means the flesh is always weak, in the sense that it is always failing to abide by the rule of righteousness, which is the law.
Jesus therefore, having a strong flesh defeated the strength of the law by obedience, because he committed no sin in the days of his flesh.
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who know no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him”. (Christ) Romans 2: 5 – 21. You can actually overcome sin if you receive Christ into your heart. Those who have been saved have received grace to overcome the temptation of sin.
CHAPTER 4
THE LAW AND SINNERS.
“Knowing this that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers. For man’s layers”. 1 Timothy 1: 9
The law certainly was introduced because of the sinfulness of the people. When there is no law people behave anyhow and they tend to whatever they deem fit for them to do. People usually misbehave whenever there is no law. Because, law brings restriction and prohibition, people cannot behave any how when there are laws.
As a result, there is always orderliness and harmony in the human society. God in his infinite wisdom gave us laws to keep us on right track. The law has one sole purpose that is to establish love. Love for God and love your neighbor. “For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself”. Galatians 5: 14. The law therefore has to teach sinner how to love people.
“Wherefore the law was our school master to bring us into Christ, that we might be justified by faith”. Galatians 3: 24. The law is meant to educate sinners, the way of righteousness revealed by love. This is sure because if you love someone you will not steal from the person, you won’t kill the person, you won’t lie against the person, and you won’t sleep with his wife or her husband. The law has a specific responsibility to instruct sinners on the way of righteousness.
The law give sinners the knowledge of sin”. For by the law is the knowledge of sin”. Romans 3: 20. This means the law gives us information of what sin actually is at least for a sinner to be able to distinguish between sin and righteousness. The unsaved person needs the law to clarify his or her state of affairs. To know whether you are righteous or sinner, it is the law that will bring you to that knowledge.
A person living in sin can be right in their own conscious, because every sinner has his or her own justifiable reasons for committing sins in their lives. Although the reason doesn’t make a sinner right. It is therefore good for the sinner to identify with the law of God, so that he or she can discover the life of righteousness. “For until the law sin was in the World: but sin is not inputted when there is no law”. Romans 5: 13
CHAPTER 5:
The consequence of sin “then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.” Leviticus 26:28
Of course sin have a lot of consequence, in fact the gravity of sin and the aftermath effect of sin in the human life is enormous. Throughout the entire bible especially the Old Testament we see how God punish the Israelites for their sins. In the opening scripture, God said he will chastise them seven times, seven symbolizes perfection, and this means God will give them the perfect punishment they deserve for their sins.
“Is not destruction to the wicked? And a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?” Job 31:3 God really destroys the wicked at the end, yea that is their punishment.
The consequence of sin
People that refuse the word of God and continually disobey God’s word by doing evil to their neighbor and said to be wicked people, and such people are usually destroyed at the end. The lord is a merciful God and wants people to be given a chance to repent, and this shows how merciful our God is.
However, when people refuse the way of righteousness and embrace sin, they are destroyed at the end. “for the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater that the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was over thrown as in a moment and no hands stayed on her”
Lamentation 4:6 God consumed the whole city of Sodom for their sin (Homosexuality and Lesbianism) with fire from heaven.
Sin makes God to turn against his people. In fact, God repented creating human beings because of sin. “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth… for it repenteth me that I have made them.” Gen. 6:5 – 7.
That is the reason why we cannot endorse sin in our society, because it will incur the wrath of God upon human beings. In essence we ought to overcome the temptation of sin by using God’s word. Whenever we tolerate sin in our lives, we should know that it brings destruction. In the days of Noah we see how God destroyed the whole world with flood, yet saved Noah and his family because of their righteousness.
PART 2
CHAPTER 6
CONCEPT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
“And is shall be our righteousness if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.” Deuteronomy 6:25.
Righteousness is living right in the sight of God by doing what is right. This is a life without wrong doing or evil behavior. Righteousness is the lifestyle of God for every human being to live up to. It is the standard of life God expect from the ordinary human being that was created by God. Among other things righteousness entails obeying the word of God and it is the exact opposite of sin (disobey God’s word).
It is a pathway of God for us to follow as exemplified by Christ. “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who I knew no sin; that we me might be made the righteousness of God in him.” (Christ) 2 Corinthians 5:21 Jesus is our perfect example of what righteous is. This is the way of life that God want all people to follow. “He restoreth my soul; he leadth me in the path of righteousness for his name’s sake” Psalm 23:3
Even faith in God is another form of righteousness, because we are commanded to have faith, so whenever you have faith you are obeying God’s word and that is why it is a form of righteousness. “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is courted for righteousness”. Rom 4:5. This is not saying righteous deeds are not necessary for salvation, but rather saying affirming faith in God is another form of righteousness.
In another scripture we are told to “awake to righteousness, and sin not: for some have not the knowledge of God…” so therefore when we live in righteousness we do not commit sin, because sin is unrighteousness. Righteousness is therefore a commitment to obeying God’s word as much as possible. A person cannot be righteous if he or she is disobeying God’s word.
The purpose of righteousness is to defeat sin in the human life so that God’s kingdom will be established. “And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit if life because of righteousness”. Romans 8:10. God wants us to overcome the sinful deeds by way of righteousness. To be righteous person you must adhere to the commandments of God and obey them through faith in Christ Jesus our Lord and savior.
CHAPTER 7
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST
“For Christ is the end of the las for righteousness to everyone that believeth”. Romans 10:4
The righteousness of Christ is the perfection of our Lord Jesus Christ (The Yahashua) that has been credited to the believer. This means that Christ Jesus lived a righteous life; a life without sin. Therefore, the righteousness of Christ is an account given to the believer once you give your life to Christ. We are made to receive Christ righteousness as gift once we are born-again.
“for if by one man’s offense death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteous shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ” Romans 5:17. In this scripture it is clear that we use all affected by the sins of Adam that brought death to humanity. In order for God to counteract the sinful records of Adam against humanity, Christ came to credit us with righteousness. This means before Christ every human being on earth was seen as a sinner.
Therefore, Christ came to make as many as believe in him righteous by virtue of Christ righteousness. “For the hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him”. 2 Corinthians 5:21. This means there was an exchange, Christ took the place of our sin (including our sinful records), and he gave his righteousness as a gift. Therefore, the righteousness of Christ is credited to us not by our deeds but by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
“Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. Romans 5;18. The righteousness of Christ is what justifies the Christian regardless of their sinful past. Christ righteousness gave us the free gift (grace) and this gift give us the sense of justification and assurance of salvation. Henceforth, we do not have our own righteousness but the righteousness of Christ”.
“…not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith”. Philippians 3:9. Now therefore we are entitled the righteousness of God by faith, which came through Christ Jesus.
CHAPTER 8
THE RIGHTEOUS LIFE
“And it shall be our righteousness if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us in Deuteronomy 6:25.
The righteous life is certainly a requirement of God for the children of God. When you receive the righteousness of Christ, it will automatically yield the fruits of righteous life”. “That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit.” Romans 8:4
Righteousness is a strict requirement of God from every Christian. This means the righteous life ought to be a life style.
“Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.” Mathew 3:8. The righteous life bears fruits of a good life, which is also formed as fruits of the spirit in Galatians 5:22-23. “But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance against such there is no law”. The righteous life is a life that honors God’s word. Living in obedience to the word of God.
In contrast is the ungodly life, also called wickedness. “now the work of the flesh are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath strife, seditions, heresies, envying, murders, drunkenness, reveling and such like; of the which I tell you before as I have also told you in time past that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God” Galatians 5:19-21.
A righteous life does not do such things in the aforementioned scripture. The life of wickedness is all mentioned above anyone who indulges in right of God. The righteous life is possible when we receive grace from God to overcome the temptation of sin. “For sin shall not have dominion over you for ye are not under the law but under grace”. Romans 6:14.
The righteous life, therefore is a life of grace that enables us to overcome all the lures of sin and to be totally obedient to the word of righteousness.
CHAPTER 9:
HARVEST OF RIGHTEOUS
“Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness”. James 3:18 NIV.
Righteousness is a seed of life, whenever you sow a life of righteousness, also known as fruits of righteousness. This is the kind of blessing you reap whenever you do the right thing by obeying the word of God. Righteousness is a life that brings rewards tot eh righteous at the right time.
“And let us not be weary in well doing for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not”. Galatians 6:9. In this scripture the righteous is admonished to continue in their righteousness because there is a harvest to reap at the due time. This means there is a time to receive blessings from God because of our life of righteousness. In order to reap this harvest, we need to be persistent in the life of righteousness.
The good deeds we do in obedience to the word of God brings the reward called the harvest of righteousness, just as our sinful deed brings the punishment thereof. “For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life everlasting”. Galatians 6:8. The harvest is more of eternal life but because that is the only thing that is incomparable to anything material.
These are people that do all kind of sinful things in order to get material possessions such as wealth and properties. This people may cheat, kill, deceive, steal, lie, murder and commit all kinds of evil acts in order to acquire material things. But righteousness gives the righteous both material possession and eternal life which is more important for our soul.
“For bodily exercise profiteth little; but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to some” 1 timothy 4:8. The profit we set from the life of righteousness is the best because it caters for our material, spiritual and eternal needs. Jesus said “seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you”. Mathew 6:3 Jesus was referring to food, drink and clothing when he said “all these things”.
(PART 3)
CHAPTER 10
CONCEPT OF JUDGMENT
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad”. 2 Corinthians 5:16.
Judgment basically is accountability to God at the final day. There is certainly going to be a day when we shall all appear before the judgment seat of God where we shall give account to God for all things we have ever done, good or evil. There and then God will hold us accountable for the good and or evil deed that that we ever did whilst were on earth. It is accountability of whatever we did with our body or in our body or which we were alive in this body.
“For God shall bring every work into judgment with every recent secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil. Ecclesiastes 12:14. In judgment God is going to reward righteousness and punish sin as well. “and behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be”. Revelation 22:12
For everything that we have ever done God will bring it into account at the judgment because there is a hundred percent records of our deeds in God’s book. “and I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works”. Revelation 20:12
Judgment therefore is the design of God to punish sinners and also to reward the righteous. “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:15”. God’s judgment for the unrepentant is to be condemned to eternal fire of destruction. In judgment we discover the terror of the Lord against the disobedient and the devil.
“Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men (people)”. 2 Corinthians 5:11. This shows that God gives out judgment in fury, although he is a merciful God. However, at the judgment it is a terrifying scene, because then the time of mercy has exhausted. God’s judgment without mercy will be at the end of the world and especially the judgment day.
CHAPTER 11
WHO FACES JUDGMENT?
“Because he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness…” Acts 17:31
The whole world will face the judgment of God at the last day. God has said in his word that we all shall appear before the judgment seat of Christ. There and then we shall give account to God for whatever life we chose to live on earth. When the Apostle Paul was talking he said “for we shall all appear before the judgment seat of Christ”. 2 Corinthians 5:10.
“We” means all including the speaker (Paul) that is to say all Christians; the Corinthian church members included shall face judgment as well as the unbelievers. “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God and if it first begin at of us, what shall the end of them that obey not the gospel of God?” 1 peter 4:17
Judgment is for both those who obeyed God’s word to be rewarded and those who disobeyed God’s word to be punished at the last day. It is for those who are dead and those who alive. “And the sea gave us the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them; and they were judged every man according to their work”. Rev. 20:12.
Every human being shall appear before Christ Jesus at the white throne judgment according to the Holy Bible. “And I saw the great white throne and him that sat on it from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them”. Revelation 20:11. In this judgment everything including physical, natural, fleshly and spiritual beings were present before God.
This is to say that the devil also was present for God’s judgment. “And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be tormented day and might forever and ever”. Rev. 20:10. Basically those who face judgment are the Christians, the unbelievers, every soul and all demons including the devil and the fallen angels.
At the judgment day no one will escape. “I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ who shall judge the quick (living) and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom” 2 Timothy4:1
CHAPTER 12
THE JUDGMENT SEAT.
“And I saw the great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them”. Revelation 20:11.
The seat of judgment is where Christ is seated at the Day of Judgment to judge all flesh, all spirits, all angels and the devil as well. The seat is a white throne in the heavens. The white is a significance of righteousness and justice manner of the judgment. There is going to a fair, just and righteous judgment at that day.
The whole world including the inhabitants of the earth and the heavens shall all appear before the judgment seat of God at the day of the judgment. There will be no place for escape at that day for those who are running away from judgment. We shall all be summoned to the seat of judgment under God’s arrangement.
“But why dost thou judge thy brother? Or why dost thou set at ----- thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.” Romans 14:10 In every law court, there is always a seat reserved or made specifically for the judge to sit on and give judgment. Anyone who sit on that seat have the authority of judgment.
Hence, any one on the judgment seat is regarded as the judge, and for that have the authority to execute any deserving judgment to an accuse person. We are all accused of the sin by the devil who is also called the accuser of the brethren. “…for the accuser of tour brethren is las down, which accused them before our God day and night” Revelation 12:10.
At the judgment seat what can justify a soul is the blood of Jesus Christ and that can only be for the believer in Christ Jesus. “And they overcame him by the blood of the lambs and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their testimony and they loved not their lives unto the death,” Revelation 12:11. Jesus Christ gave us victory in the word and the blood. Why Jesus is qualified to sit on the seat of judgment is because He is the atonement of our sins. “…And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world” 1 John 2:1-2.
CHAPTER 13
THE VERDICT
“And whosoever was no found written in the book of life was cast into the Lake of fire.” Revelation 20:15
The verdict for the siner at the judgment is categorically state and is a death penalty as the scriptures confirm. “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23. This type of death as explained in scripture is the condemnation to eternal hell fire. “And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death” Rev. 20:14.
The certainty of the verdict is that it is already stated in scripture even before the judgment day, so that God could be justified in His judgment. “He that believeth on him is not condemned; but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten son of God.” John 3: 18. Those who do not believe are condemned already for the sin of unbelieve in the savior, Christ Jesus (Yahshua).
Once a person rejects Christ a verdict is already given against that soul because he did not believe in God’s only begotten son. “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil” John 3:19. The certified reason why people reject Christ is because he is a light and people prefer darkness because of evil deeds.
That is why the verdict of eternal condemnation is given against the soul. “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the Lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8. The verdict is already given against all sinful behaviors that people do and the punishment is to be cast unto the Lake of fire.
At the judgment day Jesus Christ (Yahshua) will only sit on the white throne seat to execute the verdict already given in the word of God. “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him; the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day” John 12:48.
CHAPTER 14
VINDICATED BY GRACE
“Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved ;)” Ephesians 2:5
The fact that Christ died for us is the grace that vindicates the believer. We were already condemned for destruction under our sinful nature. However, because we have believed in our Lord Jesus and have given our lives over to him, there is no place for condemnation for the believer. “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit”. Romans 8:1.
The Lord Jesus Christ took our place of condemnation by dying for the sinner on the cross. “Who our self-bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness by whose stripes ye were healed”. 1 Peter 2:24 Christ Jesus has already paid the price for our redemption and salvation by carrying our sins, that is to say he faced the consequence of our sinful behavior.
That is the reason we are vindicated by grace at the Day of Judgment for the simple that we believe in Christ. “For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved”. John 3:17. Jesus Christ has done the finished work of salvation for the whole world. But it is only accomplished on the platform of faith in Christ Jesus. That is the reason it is by grace we are justified at the Day of Judgment.
“But he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5 Jesus Christ Has Really been brutalized and punished because of our sinful deeds that is the reason he is able to save us under grace. Christ is therefore God’s gracious gift to the world against the day of judgment.”
“And not as it was by one that sinned so is the gift; for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is many offences unto justification”. Romans 5:16. The believer in Christ Jesus is therefore justified in the Day of Judgment.
