Day 252, September 9, 2021
Scriptures: Job 34-35, Romans 4 Job 35:2 - “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’ Romans 4:25 - He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. We continue our contrast of the righteousness/self-righteousness of Job. There is an ongoing tension in the story of Job. Did he deserve his punishment or not? While that question never really reaches a satisfying conclusion, we do get a glimpse of the righteousness offered us in Christ. Paul explains that Jesus was deliver over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. In Christ, we are approved and made right before God. Where we are painfully aware of our own sinfulness in chapter 3, having fallen short of the glory of God, Paul’s argument takes form. We are justified by Christ. We are forgiven and made new in him. We are raised up, righteously approved by God. Not by our merits, but by our faith in Christ. Jordan
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