Those that believe the gospel will
Be saved. Is there nothing besides the gospel to teach? "It is the power of
God unto salvation," What do we want besides salvation? What more
Can we ask for?
The gospel brings righteousness. The righteousness of God is what God
Does, it is His way. To be in harmony with Him is to make His way our way.
The e gospel reveals this way to us (Romans 1:17), and not only this, but it
Is the power of God to work out His way in us? The Bible is a statement of
God's way, and this is summed up in the ten commandments, which are a
Declaration of His righteousness, Isaiah 51:6, 7; In Matthew 6:33, Christ
Declares this righteousness to be the one thing needful, why? Righteousness
Is life: and the man who has God's righteousness has everything in this
World, and in the world to come Verse 17: Here we have righteousness by faith. "The just shall live by
Faith," Nothing else, by faith and works, "Add not thou unto His words, lest
He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar." To be just is to be righteous, and
A righteous man will do righteous acts. That is the fruit of righteousness. But
How does he do these works? By faith: John 6:28, 29. "This is the work of
God that ye believe," Possibly we have had a narrow idea of what faith is.
"The just shall live by faith." Here is the whole thing. Nothing can be
Added to the preaching of the righteousness of God by faith of Jesus Christ:
What about these doctrines, as the Sabbath, immortality, etc.? Since the
"Kingdom of God and His righteousness" is the one thing needful, and since
There is nothing unimportant in the Bible; all of these doctrines are simply
Divisions, lines depending upon that one thing — all summed up in the doctrine
Of righteousness by faith; we can preach nothing else; for everything
Outside of this is sin. Verse 18, Wrath is revealed against those who "hold (or restrain) the truth
In unrighteousness," Connect this verse with chapter 10:3. God is a living
God: His throne is a living throne. There is the water of life, and the tree of
Life, — everything is life. Therefore His righteousness is active, is life. Some
Men, ignorant of this righteousness, refuse to submit themselves to it, and
Resist it. God will punish men. Why? Because they identify themselves with
Unrighteousness: They are permeated by it, and, when that is gone — for sin
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