Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

Rom.5:1 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; 5:2 through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Justified by faith we have peace with God through Christ Jesus, such talk is powerful legal requirements of contractual law. To be justified, one must have the law vindicate us, to have peace with God one cannot be at odds with God, and his laws. So what makes one at odds with God putting them under his wrath? Our not being justified of our sins! However, the apostle Paul does not leave it here, why? Because one cannot be legally justified with God without putting faith in his promises too us. In other words, if God is but legal, a King, and all he wants is perfunctory obedience to laws Israel would not have been rejected for lacking faith. But did the law vindicate sinners or was it the blood?

Rom.10:3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of God. 10:4 For Christ is the fulfillment{or, completion, or end} of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Hebrews 3:11 as I swore in my wrath, 'They will not enter into my rest.'"{Psalm 95:7-11}

1 John 2:2 And he is the atoning sacrifice{"atoning sacrifice" is from the Greek "hilasmos," an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation--the sacrifice that turns away God's wrath because of our sin.} for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

No! We stand by God's grace, it is faith, and/or our trust in God as love that we come to God's grace and worship in Spirit and truth, by undeserved kindness not of ourselves, but of God grand and wondrous goodness towards those loving him. God provides the cost of our sins, in Christ Jesus, he purchase us by redeeming us through a cost none of us could pay being all are sinners. This is what the law proved and it was as far as the law could go proving we all sins, needing peace with God. The peace of the law came by way of innocent blood being shed for sins, which caused God's wrath against sinner of his law to be removed through purchase of their debt of sin by the innocent life of another, that is, temporarily from year to year from innocent animal blood.

Levitius 3:1 "'If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings; if he offers it from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before Yahweh.

Ephesians 2:15 having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace;

The Jews lack faith because most of them got into paying debt for their sins by doing works for God, and fellowman, missing the cost to God provided from his great mercy or kindness for their sins. Which life was given them freely an animal to redeem them from their sins. This act was undeserved, in that an innocent life had to paid for their sins. God allowed this because all humans are sinners needing His help to stand at peace with him by the life of another innocent victim!

Hebrews 13:20 Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,

Hebrews 9:22 According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

Now the apostle Paul helps Christian's understand the foundation stone of their faith that most of Israel missed, which is. The law was not about Israel righteousness, it was about God righteousness that could not be meant by Israel as sinners, it was about God's kindness towards his people and his great mercy. Christian's must not try to earn their own righteousness by merit, they have no merit as a sinner just like Israel. Moreover, their merit was found in the blood of Christ. God paid for their lives giving them merit of a perfect life without sin and innocent victim once for all times so they could stand before God YHWH. So peace comes through God grace, not our earning merit by works of law, but in believing/faith in God grace that we are bought and paid for in the blood of Christ.

Hebrews 13:20 Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus.

John 1:16 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.

John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Romans 4:4 Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as debt.

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