Christ Jesus - The LORD our Righteousness
The
sinner who has saving faith believes that there is a fullness of
salvation in Christ for poor sinners. "Wherefore
HE is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by
HIM ...."
(Hebrews
7:25). In
the word of the Gospel Christ is held forth as an able Saviour - able
to save men from their sins and from the wrath of God. His merit is a
sufficient shield against the tempest of wrath which incensed justice
is ready to exact against transgressors.
The sinner who has saving faith knows that the righteousness Christ fulfilled as the condition of the Covenant of Grace is so valuable in itself, and in the eyes of the Father, that it is sufficient to procure justification, sanctification, and all other saving benefits to sinners who in themselves deserve death and damnation. So they are happy who are in Him. They shall never perish but have everlasting life, being eternally secure under the cover of His righteousness as a sufficient defense.
The sinner who has saving faith knows that the righteousness Christ fulfilled as the condition of the Covenant of Grace is so valuable in itself, and in the eyes of the Father, that it is sufficient to procure justification, sanctification, and all other saving benefits to sinners who in themselves deserve death and damnation. So they are happy who are in Him. They shall never perish but have everlasting life, being eternally secure under the cover of His righteousness as a sufficient defense.
-preacher Thomas Boston (1676-1732 A.D.)
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