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NASB | Romans 8:34 who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:34 Who is the one who condemns us? Christ Jesus is the One who died [to pay our penalty], and more than that, who was raised [from the dead], and who is at the right hand of God interceding [with the Father] for us. |
Bible Question: Joe - When God imputs the righteousness of Christ to a believer, does he/she need more? HOW does one become MORE righteous? Please explain this. Thanks - Blessings, Mommapbs |
Bible Answer: Simple...it is not more righteousness to get us into heaven. Christ's righteousness is sufficient and efficient for that. However, God then works in our lives to make us more like Christ. The evidence of the faith by which we are justified are the works that result from the Spirit's transforming work in our life. Justification by faith is immediate and eternal. I am bound for heaven because of what Christ has done for me. Sanctification begins at justification and continues throughout the believer's life. That is why we read in the New Testamant that our destinies are sure, and yet we are still to press on and strive and work out that salvation. That labor that Paul writes is the cooperative work we engange in with the Spirit in our sanctification. Again, this is not earning heaven, but rather the evidence that we are His (1 John, 2 Peter 1, James 2, Romans 8) and a process which the Spirit will complete when we are indeed made perfect in all our thoughts and behavior in glory. --Joe! |