But why is faith the means of justification? Simply because it is the action of union with Jesus Christ. Faith is our coming to Him, our trusting Him, our resting in Him. The moment we are united to Him, we are immediately endowed with all that He has secured for us. We are immediately justified before we have done a single good deed, because we are His and He is God's. Just as a very poor woman is a very poor woman until the very moment that she marries a wealthy man. But at the moment that she becomes his wife, she becomes a wealthy woman. It is by means of her acceptance that she becomes a wealthy woman, but her acceptance does not make her a wealthy woman; it is her husband's wealth that makes her so. So faith does not justify; Christ justifies. But faith is the act of union with Christ.
John Gerstner

Monthly Archives: March 1994

VAIL or VEIL

VAIL or VEIL VAIL or VEIL A covering for the head usually worn by women # Ge 38:14 WAS WORN 2a) As a token of modesty # Ge 24:65 2b)…

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VAIL

VAIL VAIL, The Sacred Moses commanded to make # Ex 26:31 Made by Bezaleel for the tabernacle # Ex 36:35 Suspended from four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold…

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USURY or Interest

USURY or Interest USURY or Interest The lending of money or other property for increase # Le 25:37 Those enriched by unlawful, not allowed to enjoy their gain # Ps…

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URIM and Thummim

URIM and Thummim URIM and Thummim Placed in the breastplate of the high priest # Ex 28:30 Le 8:8 God to be consulted by # Nu 27:21 Instances of consulting…

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UPRIGHTNESS

UPRIGHTNESS UPRIGHTNESS God is perfect in # Isa 26:7 God has pleasure in # 1Ch 29:17 God created man in # Ec 7:29 Man has deviated from # Ec 7:29…

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UNITY of God

UNITY of God UNITY of God A ground for obeying him exclusively # De 4:39,40 A ground for loving him supremely # De 6:4,5 Mr 12:29,30 ASSERTED BY 3a) God…

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UNION With Christ

UNION With Christ UNION With Christ As Head of the Church # Eph 1:22,23 4:15,16 Col 1:18 Christ prayed that all saints might have # Joh 17:21,23 DESCRIBED AS 3a)…

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UNICORN

UNICORN UNICORN Generally had a single horn # Ps 92:10 Sometimes found with two horns # De 33:17 DESCRIBED AS 3a) Intractable in disposition # Job 39:9,10,12 3b) Of vast…

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UNBELIEF

UNBELIEF UNBELIEF Is sin # Joh 16:9 Defilement inseparable from # Tit 1:15 All, by nature, concluded in # Ro 11:32 PROCEEDS FROM 4a) An evil heart # Heb 3:12…

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Tribes of Israel

Tribes of Israel Tribes of Israel, The Were twelve in number # Ge 49:28 Ac 26:12 Jas 1:1 Descended from Jacob's sons # Ge 35:22-26 Manasseh and Ephraim numbered among,…

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