The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-15

ton means "a law or rule pro
ducing a state approved of God,
that is, by observance of which
we are approved of God" The
rule of the ten commandments de-
mands works, whether this be in
desires, thoughts, words, or deeds
If a person could do the will OF
God, God most certainly would
not let him die. (Read what Jesus
told a certain lawyer in Luke 10,
25-29). But since we, the Chris
tians. the believers in Christ, are
all an ~unclean thing, and all our
righteousnesses are as filthy rags,
Is. 64,6, our Boosting is vain; it
is nothing. Is this on account of
the law of God, which demands
works? Nay, not at all: but by
the law of faith" What faith?
Faith in Christ, the Son of the
Father, who fulfilled the Law for
us, suffered the punishment of our
transgressions, arose again for our
justification, and in that way de-
livered us from sin and death.
According to this rule Boosting on
our part is excluded.
Verse 2S. Therefore we con
| clude, that a man is justified by
faith without the deeds of the
law" To justify some one means;
to declare guiltless or blameless.
If we look at this matter of boast
ing in the right light, we cannot
help but come to the conclusion,
that a man, any man, is declared
guiltless and blameless in the
| sight of God by his faith in the
| Savior from sin, without the deeds
of the law
Verses 20 and 80 do not apply
as much to our conditions as they
did to those of the congregation
at Rome. Therefore it would take
more space and time to explain
the difference between Jew and
Gentle, and to show just what
the apostle means to say by verse
30: Seeing it is n God, which
shall justify the circumcision by
faith, and the uncircumcision
through faith" We will therefore
proceed with verse 81: do we
then make void the law through
faith?" That is just what we i'm
agine when we have not the Chris
tian, the Christ-Spirit. 1t is SO
hard for us to believe from the
bottom of our heart: For all
have sinned. and come short of
the glory of God; being justified
freely by His grace through the
redemption that is in Christ
Jesus" See verses % and "a of
this chapter. Again and again we
Christians fall into the trap of the
evil one,, because we imagine at
times that, since we are saved by
the merits of our crucified Savior,
the law of God is empty and void.
We sometimes think that the law
of God has no legal force.
Through faith in the redemption
that is in Christ Jesus we by no
means make the law of God of none
effect. God Forbid" God forbid
that such a thing should happen.
1t would mean everlasting death
for everyone of us. No, we do not
make the law void through our
faith. YEA, we establish the
law" By our faith in Christ we
establish the law of God, we cause
it to stand. BY the Christians
faith the authority of the will of
God expressed in His command
ments is upheld, sustained.
Everything that God has demand
ed of man, Christ our Substitute
has complied with. To this very
day no one can get into heaven
with a single sin, even as Adam
and Eve were driven from the
earthly paradise on account Of one
tra~Dsgression. Everyone who ex-
Dects to be an occupant of the
heavenly paradise must have his
heart cleansed Of all sin
by the blood shed on the cross
Calvary for the sins of all the
people in this world. 1 John 1, Z.
John /, %. Yea, we who really
are believers in Christ by our
do not overthrow the law,
but cause it to stand. And after
experiencing the gracious love of
fod through our Savior we at all
lines try our very best to estab-
ish the law of God in our lives.
1od Himself knows that we in
his life will never fully succeed.
This, however, does not d~iscour-
.ge us. We are absolutely certain
hat Christ has paid for our ticket
the train which will take us
Trough the great divide (death)
o the destination, the Grand Cen
raj Station above. R. F. c.
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