The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-12-23


~, is the NEED OF
49, justification stat
ed In Romans 3:2a: "There is no diff
ference, for all have sinned and come
short of the glory of\God." There
may be a wide difference In, the de-
gree of slnfulness, but there Is none
as far as the fact of sin is concerned;
"a miss Is as good as a mile"
The SOURCE Of justification Is
found In the grace Of God. Being
Justified freely by His grac>."-Ro-
mans 1924. The word translated
freely" here Is the same word used
by Jesus in John Is %: "They hated
me WITHOUT A CAUSE" In Him
was no cause for their hatred but
they hated Him freely" There Is no
cause In the sinner for Justification.
for "all have sinned," God Justihes
the sinner freely Cor, without a cause)
by His grace.
The METHOD of receiving justin.
cation is by faith. therefore being
justified by faith."-Rom. OIL. II
is not by works of any kind, past.
present or future, but by simple faith.
This is where the religion CT the world
and the religion of the Bible are at
variance. The world would have justi.
fcatiOn depend on what the sinner
does, or attempts to do or promises to
do. God justifies freely; without
cause In the one justified. The mo-
ment the sinner let's 60 Of every other
hope and trusts wholly In what God
has done, he stands justified before
God. Some continually wonder II they
have enough faith or II the faith they
have Is the right kind. II there Is
faith at all II is enough and If 1t is faith
In what God has done 1t is the right
kind. If God. justified a sinner for
anything that sinner does or attempts
to do. or promised to do, Justified
by faith" would have no place In
Scripture.
The man who most earnestly and
most sincerely tries to be saved Is tha
. very one who most earnestly and
most sincerely denies the need for the
sacrifice of Christ upon the cross.
, The GROUND upon which God is
enabled to justify the believing sinner
Is the blood Of Christ. "Belng justi'
fed by His blood."-Rom SO. 1t is
, the blood of Christ alone that pro-
cures justification for the believer. II
, IA because the death Of Christ so fully
removes all that stands against the
|, sinner, every spot and stain OF sin,
4 every act Of disobedience, every trans
|, erosion against God. that God Him
!. self sees 1t no more. The believer,
= therefore, is as far removed from the
!. Judgment on sin as the biood-sheltered
= Israelite was removed from judgment
h during the night Of the passover In
, Egypt. At that time the word was,
'When see the blood will pass over
u you."-Exod. II :13- Nothing was
!. said concerning any other protection
; save the blood; If that was upon the
door those behind II were as safe as
!, God could make them They were
safe. not because of anything in them
!, selves. but because of the blood. They
!. were saved freely" without a cause
:, In themselves. SO the believer today
/, Is justified freely through the redemp'
: ton that is In Christ Jesus. Christ
our passover is sacrificed for U.S.
Cor. ST. We must be justified by
- blood" or not at ALL
y The CONTINUITY Of justification
lies in the fact that ut is God that
- iustifeth. S:3. II Is Coo
:, who is sinned against and II He is sat
:. isfied with what Christ has done 'upoT
T. the cross and justifes upon tina
- ground. who can bring any charg'
- against the belleverG What EN-
- would be served by charging ANYONE
:. :, with a crime II the judge Of that crim
" justified and set at liberty the persoi
be accuSedl
= The reason why many are not JUST
! aed is found In Romans lola They
Going about to establish their owl
- righteousness. have not submitte
)" themselves TO the righteousness Q
y, =. God" Attempting TO establish one
m own righteousness is refusing tn
righteousness Of God which He freel
' offers TO all who will receive 1t b
.,v faith.
~ Justification is needed by every siE
~ ner. is provided by the grace Of Co
" is procured by the blood Of Christ an
Is offered to all who viii accept II b
~ s,mnle faith. II Is possessed throug
:. filth by the one who ceases from n
~ own efforts 10 be saved. II Is retecte
=. through unbeIief By the one who COZ
tnues in his own efforts to be saved
no Those Who are Gone.