6 Xas to zeal, you persecutor of the Church; zas to justice before the law,3 irreproachable. In Philippians 3:4-6, we see that Paul`s list of human achievements is impressive. He was a circumcised and bloody Jew from an exceptional tribe of Benjamin. As a Pharisee, he once kept the law zealously. As for legalistic justice, it had been irreproachable. But compared to God`s righteousness, he had failed. The truth is that we have all sinned and have not attained the glory of God (Romans 3:23). Issue 509 ——- November 1, 2011 ******** Regarding zeal, persecution of the Church; Touching the justice that is in the law is impeccable. Touching the justice that is in the law, irreproachable – With regard to the justice that can be obtained by obeying the law is concerned. It is not necessary to assume here that it refers only to ceremonial law; But the meaning is that he did everything that could be done to attain salvation by the simple observance of the law. It was assumed by the Jews, and especially by the Pharisees, to whom he belonged to the sect, that it was possible to be saved in this way; and Paul said that he had done everything necessary for this. We must not imagine that when he wrote this statement, he wanted to be understood as saying that he had fully obeyed God`s law; But that he assumed before his conversion that he had done everything that had to be done to be saved by keeping the law, he did not neglect any duty that he knew how to enforce.
He was not guilty of intentionally raping her. Paul once had the impression that justification and salvation (that is, acceptance by God) were realities that he himself had to attain, and he believed that the way had to go through good works done in accordance with the LAW. If only he could do enough good deeds and keep enough commandments, he could be right before his God. Paul was completely wrong. just as completely false as today`s legalists and modellers. “This righteousness of God, which is provided for in Christ, is received by man `by faith`, and thus man acquires it `by faith` or `on the basis of faith`. It is not the fulfillment of man as he is accomplished by fulfilling the requirements of the law, but the provision of God that is voluntarily offered to people in Christ Jesus. “Faith” is the exact opposite of human works; it is the reception of God`s work by those who recognize the futility of their own efforts to achieve righteousness” (The Expositor`s Bible Commentary, vol. 11, 141). May God help us today to perceive the same truth that Paul was finally able to understand. “For by grace you have been saved by faith; and that it is not of yourselves, but the gift of God; not as a result of works of which no one should boast” (Eph 2:8-9). The Pharisee and the publican (Luke 18) looked a lot like the cartoon character at the beginning of this article.
They sought to be accepted by God through their good deeds, that is, through their own righteousness. The other person realized that he had nothing to offer God and simply tried to be “covered” (verse 13 – “God, be pleasing to me, the sinner”). Only one man was justified (counted as righteous) that day, and it was not the one who was trying to offer his good works. Justification (justice) does not come from human merit, but from divine mercy! It`s a gift, not a reward due! “Outside the law, a righteousness of God has manifested itself. even a righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. to be justified by His grace as a gift. Where is the boasting? It is excluded. For we claim that man is justified by faith, outside the works of the law” (Rom 3:21-22, 24:27-28). “For if Abraham were justified by works, he has something to boast about; but not before God. For what does Scripture say? “And Abraham believed in God, and this was attributed to him as righteousness.” Now, for the one who works, his salary is not considered a favor, but what he is entitled to.
But for him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the wicked, his faith is considered righteousness” (Romans 4:2-5). That is, no one had ever accused him of breaking the law. Paul was beyond reproach. This is the horizontal/superficial view. Touching Justice – And as for the plan of justification that the Jews claim to be obtained by keeping the law, I have done everything so conscientiously since my youth that I am beyond reproach in this regard; and can, with more confidence than most of them; expect the justification that the law seems to promise. Touch the justice that is in it, the law, irreproachable. He mentions the latter because it includes the totality of his justice, civil, ceremonial and moral; and which he assumed was so perfect that all righteousness which was in the law or which was required of him had it, so much so that he was beyond reproach before God and man; that it was thus justified in the eyes of God and that it could not be rightly criticized by anyone or accused of a lack of obedience, nor in the face of the moral or ceremonial law; which must be born of a great ignorance of the righteousness of God and of the rigor of his justice and of the law of God and of purity, spirituality and its extent, which reaches the thoughts of the heart and the first movements of sin; and of himself, the scourge of his own heart, of the sin of lust and of the supreme sin of sin, at least of it.
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