The free gift is of many offences unto justification. Rom. 5:16
AH! The sufficiency of JUSTIFICATION...those who do not merit it receive it...those who believe they merit it on their own goodness never receive it
Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isa. 1:18
formula: Rs [sin] = scarlet, red like crimson; Rb [agent of justification (blood of Christ, red/crimson)] = W [white as snow, as wool]
Rs + Rb = W white as snow! Glory alleluia!
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. Isa. 43:25, 26
Blotteth out transgressions, for his own sake; his own will, his own glory; it is a glory to him to blot out, to not remember; plead together, reason, plea agreement as in court setting; terms: I admit guilt and responsibility, he, the Righteous Judge, acquits; result of the plea deal: JUSTIFIED! EXONERATED! ACQUITTED! GLORY!
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. Isa. 44:22
transgressions: 1. (transitive) To act in violation of some law. 2. (intransitive) (followed by "against") To commit an offense; to sin.
sins: 1 a: an offense against religious or moral law b: an action that is or is felt to be highly reprehensible sin to waste food> c: an often serious shortcoming 2 a: transgression of the law of God b: a vitiated state of human nature in which the self is estranged from God
redeemed: 1. (transitive) To recover ownership of something by paying a sum. 2. (transitive) To set free, rescue or ransom. 3. (transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences). 4. (transitive) To restore the reputation or honour of oneself or something.
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
God! loved the world! Gave! his ONLY BEGOTTEN Son! O what mercy!
Not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. Rom. 5:15
Ah! Grace! the gift of God by one man, Jesus Christ, hath ABOUNDED unto many!
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. I Cor. 6:11
Washed! Sanctified! Justified! Oh, the glory and blessedness! Justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
What Wondrous Love Is This?
What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul.
When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down,
When I was sinking down, sinking down,
When I was sinking down beneath God’s righteous frown,
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul, for my soul,
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul.
To God and to the Lamb, I will sing, I will sing;
To God and to the Lamb, I will sing.
To God and to the Lamb Who is the great “I Am”;
While millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing;
While millions join the theme, I will sing.
And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on.
And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing and joyful be;
And through eternity, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
And through eternity, I’ll sing on.
