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The phrase “the just shall live by Faith


The phrase “the just shall live by Faith” does not mean Justification by Faith, but sanctification by Faith, since it refers to how one lives and not how one is made righteous. This is clearly seen in the context of the verse as Paul uses it in Heb. 10:32-38.
iii. However, to be just, one has to be justified first, for a just person is a justified person. (Job 4:17; Job. 9:1, 2; Job. 12:4); Job. 25:4.
iv. Thus “the just shall live by Faith” Led Luther to study and understand what it meant to be justified by Faith. Gal. 3:11.
v. Briefly, here is what justified means.
1. To be justified means to be made pure. Job 4:17; Job 17:9; Job 15:14; Job 25:4.
2. To be justified means to be washed and to be sanctified (separated from sin). 1 Cor. 6:9-11. 
 3. To be justified means to receive the “washing of regeneration” and the “renewing of the Holy Spirit”. Tit. 3:5-7.
vi. Briefly, here is what “Faith” means.
1. All the uses of the word “Faith” in the Bible, from Genesis down to the last saint to exist upon the earth, is described in Heb. 11:3,4,39, and Heb. 10:37-39.
2. And the definition of this universal Faith is “evidence of things not seen.” Heb. 11:1.
3. Evidence of things not seen is the revealed word of God. Pro. 22:17-21.
4. Faith is the “word of Faith” which we preach as Paul explains from Moses. (Deut. 30:11-14; Rom. 10:6-8).
5. Thus, while we must believe and trust, they are not the same as Faith which is always the Faith of Jesus or God. Gal. 2:16; Rom. 3:3.

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