JUSTIFICATION BY THE MERITS OF CHRIST’S DEATH THROUGH HIS BLOOD-HIS LIFE-THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD WHICH IS THE SAID MERITS MAKING US RIGHTEOUS WITHIN (EXTENDED VERSION)

PART 1

Rom. 5:8-10 speaks of the justification or the forgiveness of God obtained by the merits of Christ’s death through His blood. I quote “ But God commendeth his love into (Gk. eis) us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us ( “for” translated from Gk “huper” means as a provision, for the benefit of, as opposed to the Gk. “anti” which means in place of or instead of). Much more then, being now justified in (gk. “en”) His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved in (Gk “en” means “in”) his life.

Blood mentioned in the above text that justifies us is not death, blood represents life - spiritual life, and that life must be in you. John 6:53 tells us “Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.” Note what we are told the blood is in John 6:63 I quote “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing (the literal blood profited nothing): the words (the knowledge of God through Jesus Christ) that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” So we see the blood to be taken in you is not Christ’s literal blood but His spiritual life which are the words of Christ (see John 6:68). See also Lev. 17:11 &14 where we are told the life of the flesh is in the blood. So blood is never used to mean death but life. Note the words of life which is the symbolically blood must be in you this is justification. Furthermore the understanding that life is Jesus words of life or his knowledge can be confirmed in John 17:3&1:18 which identifies that eternal life is a knowledge of God through Jesus Christ.

The understanding that justification is through merits of Christ’s death through his blood - life - knowledge of God is also be seen in 1 Peter 1:18,19 & 23, where we are told that we were not redeemed (justified) by corruptible things, but with the precious blood of Christ, which is further explained in verse 23 to be the incorruptible word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

See now John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me (i.e. through the knowledge of God given when he is lifted on the cross). Compare this with John 5:40 “And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.”

So the death of Christ is a provision with a subjective substitutionary intent to replace spiritual death that whosoever believe will have life - spiritual life (justification). As it is written in Rom.5:18 “through (Gk. dia) the righteousness of one (the free gift came) into (Gk. “eis” ) all men into justification of life.

Thus being justified by His blood is being justified by His life, which is a Knowledge of God as revealed through Jesus Christ, which was manifested in His death as a provisionary substitute for the carnal mind.

Now before his life can be in you, the suffering of Christ is necessary to show us the horribleness of sin, which motivate us to repent that we can be justified by his life. This can be seen In Isaiah 53:1-11. 

Isaiah 53:1-10 speaks of Christ’s sufferings, then in verse 11 speaks of the intent of that suffering i.e. that by His knowledge he shall justify many. I quote verse 10-11 “Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.”

This understanding of the suffering of Christ in His death having subjective substitutionary intent to replace spiritual death can be seen to clearly harmonize with 1 Peter 4:1-2. “Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

Did not Christ said the he was manifested to take away sin 1 John 3:5 . Or that he gave himself for our redemption from iniquity, as it written in Titus 2:14 “Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”

These explanations harmonizes with a biblical exegesis of justification to be a making righteous within. See the following explanation below:

The word "dikaioo" which is translated justify in Rom.5;1 tells us that “being justified (dikaioo) by faith, we have PEACE with God". This same "PEACE with God' that we are told is obtained by justification, we are told in Rom.8:6 is what it is to be Spiritually minded as opposed to being Carnally minded. I quote: "For to be carnally minded is death but to be spiritually minded is LIFE and PEACE". Thus when one is justified by faith they obtain the Spiritual mind that is PEACE with God. This is JUSTIFICATION - A MAKING RIGHTEOUS WITHIN. 

We can also see that the benefits of the death of Christ in Rom. 5:16, 17 &18 is a making righteous within. Verse 16 tells us - THE FREE GIFT OF LIFE IS INTO JUSTIFICATION, and verse 17 tells us THEY THAT RECEIVED abundance of grace also RECEIVE THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, verse 18 tells us the free gift came INTO ALL INTO JUSTIFICATION OF LIFE. Thus showing justification to be the reception of the gift of Life.

Thus the death of Christ is presented in the bible as granting us subjective benefits that is as being a provision to effect benefits to the mind or heart of the individual.

THIS POSITION OF THUSIA SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST, IS BIBLICAL AND PROVES THAT WE ARE TRUE SDA AS OPPOSED TO THOSE WHO HAVE STUBBORNLY REJECTED THE 1888 MESSAGE AND HAVE OFF-SHOOT FROM THE TRUTH

PART 2

NOW WE SHALL SEE A STRIKING DIFFERENCE IN WHAT IS TAUGHT BY THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF SDA WITH REGARDS TO JUSTIFICATION AND THE DEATH OF CHRIST.

The following is taken from the Sabbath School Bible Study Guide of the 3rd Quarter of 2010.

“In this lesson we come to the basic theme of Romans: justification by faith. The phrase is a figure based on law. The transgressor of the law comes before a judge and is condemned to death for his transgressions. But a substitute appears and takes the transgressor’s crimes upon himself, thus clearing the criminal, who - by accepting the substitute- stands before the judge not only cleared of his guilt but regarded as never having committed the crimes for which he was first brought into court. And that’s because the substitute – who has a perfect record- offers the pardoned criminal his own perfect law-keeping. Thus, the guilty one stands before the judge as having never transgressed.”

“No one is saying that the person was innocent. On the contrary, his guilt is presumed. The good news is that, despite the guilt, he is pardoned. In the plan of salvation, each of us is the criminal. The substitute, Jesus, has a perfect record, and He stands in the court in our stead, His righteousness accepted in place of our unrighteousness. Hence, we are justified before God, not because of our works but because of Jesus, whose righteousness becomes ours when we accept it “by faith.” Hence the term “justification by faith.” No matter our past, when we accept Jesus we stand before God in His righteousness, the only righteousness that can save us.”

“Talk about good news! In fact, the news can’t get better than that.”

The ABOVE POSITION OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE CHURCHES’ WHOSE LEADERS HAVE STUBBORNLY REJECTED THE 1888 MESSAGE AND HAVE OFF-SHOOT FROM THE TRUTH; SHOWS THAT THEY ARE IN NEED OF CONVERSION AND MORAL RENEWAL FOR A REVIVAL BY THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH.

The above scenario presents justification as SALVATION IN SIN. God is shown as only concerned primarily with punishing the sinner rather than redeeming the sinner that he sins no more. The solution to God’s concern is presented as the perfect record of Christ’s righteousness (his works righteousness) being substituted for your righteousness and he goes before a make believe court instead of you. Forgiveness/Justification is presented as God paying the death penalty. The righteous being punished instead of the guilty to clear them, something God said he will never do (See Bible Explanation 1}. Nothing is mentioned of a moral change in the sinner due to the death of Christ which the bible teaches (See Bible explanation 2) . Thus the above justification philosophy depicts salvation as being in sin as the person remains with their sin. 

God is projected as unforgiving and merciless because someone else had to pay the price before he gives the sinner a chance to be freed from penalty. If a person owes someone a great debt, they would see the creditor as merciful and forgiving if the creditor right off the debt, not if they found someone else to pay the debt in place of them. Penal substitution the philosophy of the innocent being penalize in place of the guilty is not taught in the bible, if Christ death was a penal substitute Christ would have to face hell and die eternally in place of one sinner.

Furthermore the whole scenario is wrong because the sinner is not given the righteousness of God WITHIN –MADE RIGHTEOUS that the person may be able to keep the commandments of God by the faith of Jesus that the person may pass in the judgement (See Bible Explanation 2).

PART 3

BIBLE EXPLANATION 1 (THE BIBLE IS AGAINST THE PRINCIPLE, OF THE RIGHTEOUS, BEING PUNISHED INSTEAD OF THE GUILTY, OR RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS BEING ACCOUNTED TO THE WICKED)

Proof text 1.1 - Ezekiel 14:13-14 shows the righteousness of the righteous cannot be passed on to be “accounted” on behalf of the wicked.

13 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.

Note: We are told their righteousness delivers them, thus it must be that they have God’s righteousness in them to deliver them in the judgement.

Proof text 1.2 The next text shows that the guilty or the unrighteous, that is those who yet have idol values or idol knowledge in their mind which is responsible for their continued sinfulness will by no means be cleared (in the judgement).

Deut. Ex 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.” 

Proof text 1.3 The next text is exactly what went on in the scenario mentioned in the quarterly as the gospel and is called an abomination.

Prov 17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord. 

Proof text 1.4 The next bible verses tells us the righteous person shall not pay for the evil of another. But if the unrighteous person turn from His sinfulness, he shall live (be saved) and God overlooks or writes off the record of his past sins (in forgiveness in the judgement) for he has no pleasure in punishing the wicked but that they should turn from their way:

Ezek.18:17-23 - 17 “That hath taken off his hand from the poor (the righteous), that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. 

21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 

22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned ...”

All these text are showing that God who change not was always is interested in the state of the man and not a mere penalty to be paid, the General Conference SDA teaching has unwittingly done away with the whole sanctuary services, sabbath keeping as being done as an experience of salvation and have caused in practice for the works of the individual to be their own works for it is not God in them motivating their works or actions, and the list can go on, too much to mention at this time.

BIBLE EXPLANATION 2 (THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT CHRIST’S DEATH ON THE CROSS EFFECTS RIGHTEOUSNESS WITHIN THE PERSON WHICH IS NECESSARY AS ONLY THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL STAND IN THE JUDGEMENT)

It shall be first established that actual righteousness within is necessary to pass in the judgement in Proof text 2.1 to Proof text 2.4

Poof text 2.1 Revelation 20:12 tells us the dead were judged out of the things (records) written in the books according to their works not Christ works. I quote “And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 

Proof text 2.2 Psalms 1:5 is very clear, I quote “Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

 Proof text 2.3 And Matt. 12:36,37 “ But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” 

Proof text 2.4 tells us our entire duty is keep God’s commandments because we will judged according to our deeds, (not Christ deeds in place of us) Ecclesiastes 12:13 & 14 “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment (not Christ work instead of us), with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”

All these text show we must be righteous to pass in the judgement they could never be interpreted to mean Christ would replace us in the judgement that would be unscriptural and absurd.

Because the plan of salvation or the great atonement ends with the Investigative Judgement we shall see in the following texts Jesus’ death is always meant to effect righteousness in us that we may pass in the judgement.

Proof text 2.5 We shall see that the purpose of Jesus’ death was to reconcile us and to present us holy and unblameable in his sight who were before enemies in our minds by wicked woks. Col.1:21-23 “ And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel …”.

death of Christ is a provision with a subjective substitutionary intent to replace spiritual death

Proof text 2.6 The following text tells us the death of Christ was a provision with a substitutionry intent to make us dead to sins within or righteous within when we follow his example and have a sufferage in our minds for sin (See also 1 Peter 4:1,2) here is the text 1Peter 2:21-24 says “ For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for (huper) us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: 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.” Now when we are made righteous within by the death of Christ as the previous text showed we then may have boldness in the day of judgement because as Christ is so are we in this world. See 1John 4:17 says “Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

Once one has some spiritual sensibility, they shall see the gravity and solemnness that the SDA leaders have lead their members to. Did not the first Angel say with a loud voice in Revelation 14:7 fear God for the hour of His judgement is come. But the false justification of the General Conference SDA is putting her members into a carefree slumber in a time requiring solemnity and watchfulness. For the save in sin doctrine calls for no maintenance of righteousness within, for to them there is none to be had. Indeed it shall be a sad day for many SDA when they wake up in the second resurrection and discover they have been found wanting in the judgement. I implore all in my hearing take heed to the words of faith, an eternity of bliss awaits with God, who is Love. Shall a few petty earthly things keep us from so great a salvation, heaven help us.