Subject: How did Moses know he was Jewish? |
Bible Note: Hi We are accounted as righteous (justified) as a free gift through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, and this as a consequence of our faith in Him (Rom 3.24). This occurs while we are still ungodly (Rom 4.5) and makes us acceptable to God at the moment of truly believing. The fact that He justifies the ungodly demonstrates that this happens at the moment of believing. One moment we are ungodly. The next moment we are accounted as righteous. So once we have believed in Jesus Christ as our Saviour we are no longer counted as ungodly. We are accounted as righteous before Him (Rom 4.3). It is something that happens once for all at the moment of believing. This is because God has set Him forth to be a propitiation (means of turning side God's antipathy to sin) through faith in His shed blood (Rom 3.25). At the same moment we are accounted as holy (sanctified), that is, set apart wholly to God (1 Cor 1.2, 30; 6.11; Heb 13.12; Acts 26.18) and seen as holy in Christ. We are 'sanctified ones' (1 Cor 1.2). Then begins the process of making us holy (2 Cor 3.18). Having sanctified us once for all in Christ the moment that we believe, covering us with His righteousness and holiness, God then begins to sanctify us in reality through the process of sanctification (God has perfected for ever those who are being sanctified - Heb 10.14), a process which continues on through our lifetime. Our Justification and initial sanctification are once for all. Our continuing sanctification commences from that moment and continues on through life as God works within us to will and to do of His good pleasure (Phil 2.13). And this goes on until we are presented perfect before Him. |