"The Lord has arranged it that all should glorify him and not themselves because
--to glorify a sinner, a rebel, would not be proper for a government, allowing them to come back in harmony with it glorifying themselves.
--All the woes in the world came through Satan attempting to glorify himself. "I will be like the Most High."
--To allow a sinner then to glorify himself would force pardon being extended to Satan, also.
*Now, Christ is made unto us righteousness and sanctification, and we glory in Christ and not ourselves. If we believe on him our faith is counted to us for righteousness.
Q: But can the Lord justify the ungodly?
A: Yes,
Christ came to justify sinners, so read carefully this verse, Romans 4:5.
--The first thing then to learn is that we are ungodly and confess it, and God will count him righteous.
--The Lord cannot justify and save any who cannot see their true condition.
*There is joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine that need no repentance.
The Savior came not to call righteous but sinners to repentance, then none but sinners will be saved. Now Romans 4:16, "therefore it is of faith."
Why? That it might be by grace, "to the end that it may be sure."
A.T.Jones
--to glorify a sinner, a rebel, would not be proper for a government, allowing them to come back in harmony with it glorifying themselves. --All the woes in the world came through Satan attempting to glorify himself. "I will be like the Most High."
--To allow a sinner then to glorify himself would force pardon being extended to Satan, also.
*Now, Christ is made unto us righteousness and sanctification, and we glory in Christ and not ourselves. If we believe on him our faith is counted to us for righteousness.
Q: But can the Lord justify the ungodly?
A: Yes,
Christ came to justify sinners, so read carefully this verse, Romans 4:5.
--The first thing then to learn is that we are ungodly and confess it, and God will count him righteous.
--The Lord cannot justify and save any who cannot see their true condition.
*There is joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine that need no repentance.
The Savior came not to call righteous but sinners to repentance, then none but sinners will be saved. Now Romans 4:16, "therefore it is of faith."
Why? That it might be by grace, "to the end that it may be sure."
A.T.Jones