Monday, August 19, 2019

The 1,2 of Righteousness & the Law

"Jesus said that the Holy Spirit should convince the world of sin and of righteousness. John 16:8.
This is the revelation of the righteousness of God in the gospel.
 
"Where no law is, there is no transgression." Rom. 4:15.
1-Sin can not be known except by the law. Rom. 7:7.
2-Therefore it follows that the Spirit convicts of sin by making known the law of God.
The view of the righteousness of God has the effect of making a man feel his sinfulness, just as we feel our littleness when gazing upon a lofty mountain.
And as the grandeur of the great mountains grows upon us, so God's righteousness which is "like the great mountains" (Ps. 36:6) appears greater the more we look at it. Therefore he who looks continually at the righteousness of God, must continually acknowledge his own sinfulness."
E.J.Waggoner