Jesus’ Death and Resurrection, for Our Salvation (Part 3 of 3)

It was for me, for my sin and my guilt, that Jesus died and rose again!

April 20, 2021

"Now it was not written for his [Abraham's] sake alone, that it was imputed to him;  But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed if we believe on Hime that raised us Jesus our Lord from the dead:  Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification."

Romans 4:23-25

Part 3

Yesterday:  Faith in Christ is the Key to Our Righteousness
“But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed.”
Faith is imputed for righteousness for us, not just for Abraham.

“If we believe on Him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead.”
“If we believe”faith is vital to salvation!

 

Today:  Jesus’ Sacrifice and Resurrection for Us!

“Who was delivered for our offenses.”
So many scripture passages teach us of Jesus Christ’s sacrifice for each of us.  It is His sacrifice for us on Calvary, and His victory over sin, death, and hell, that provides salvation for the “believer.”

“Delivered for our offenses.”

“Here it speaks of the judicial act of God the Father delivering God the Son to the justice that required the payment of the penalty for human sin”[1] (Wuest).

He was delivered up to die in my place!

“He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” (Romans 8:32).

“For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).

“Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed” (1 Peter 2:24).

“And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.  Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood” (Revelation 1:5).[2]

 

“And was raised again.”
Yes, Jesus died for us, and He rose again,

“…to make atonement for our transgressions”[3] (Robertson).

The resurrection has an essential place in our redemption because it demonstrates God the Father’s perfect satisfaction with the Son’s work on the cross, proving that it was, in fact, a perfect sacrifice made by One who remained perfect, even though bearing the sin of the world” [4] (Guzik).

If Jesus did not rise from the dead, we could never have salvation because the Father would have rejected His Son’s sacrifice.

“And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins” (1 Corinthians 15:17).

 

“For our justification.”
“Who was delivered for our offenses and was raised again for our justification.”

[Concerning] …our justification. Paul does not mean to separate the resurrection from the death of Christ in the work of atonement, but simply to show that the resurrection is at one with the death on the Cross in proof of Christ’s claims” [5] (Robertson).

“Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect?  It is God that justifieth.  Who is he that condemneth?  It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us” (Romans 8:33-34).

Amen!

 

Quote:  “But being delivered for our offenses, He was raised again for our justification.  He died to pay our debt and rose again to gain our acquittal.  The stone of our sins was rolled to the door of the grave of our Lord Jesus (and we find the rolling of a great stone to signify the contracting of guilt – 1 Samuel 14:33), but to demonstrate that divine justice was satisfied, an angel was commissioned to roll back the stone”[6] (Matthew Henry).

“Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day” (1 Samuel 14:33).

 

 

 

[1] Wuest’s quote is borrowed from the Enduring Word Commentary, the electronic version in eSword.  Romans 4:25.
[2] Magnificent thoughts!  Here are some extra verses: Matthew 20:28; Galatians 3:13; Titus 2:14.
[3] A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament, the electronic version in eSword.   The emphasis is mine.
[4] Guzik’s quote is from Enduring Word Commentary, ibid.  Romans 4:25.  The emphasis is mine.
[5] A.T. Robertson, ibid.  The emphasis is mine.
[6] Henry’s quote, Downloaded: Saturday, April 10, 2021.  From: https://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/easter-devotionals/easter-devotional-march-28.html.