The Lord Our Righteousness (Jeremiah 23:6) | Charles Spurgeon

Deep Dive into The Lord Our Righteousness (Jeremiah 23:6) by Charles SpurgeonJustification by faith is the divine act by which God declares believers righteous when they trust in Christ, a process fundamentally rooted in the doctrine of imputation. This means Christ's work is credited to a believer's account. It's described as the "surface soil" resting upon the "granite rock" of imputed righteousness.This imputation is two-fold, addressing humanity's complete wrecking in the Fall due to both active sins (commission) and failure to obey (omission). First, Christ's sacrifice provides pardon for sins. His precious blood and one sacrifice bore the penalty of sin, removing its consequences so a pardoned man is "in the eye of God without sin." This satisfaction for sin is imputed to believers for God to be just in granting pardon.However, pardon alone is "not enough" for full acceptance and reward from God. A perfect obedience to the Law is also required. Christ fulfills this by His entire life of obedience, embodying "the Law incarnate." He flawlessly lived out every command, perfectly loving God with all His being and His neighbor as Himself, even saving others at His own expense. There was "no flaw of omission or stain of commission" in Him.This perfect obedience of Christ is then imputed to believers for righteousness. God "looks upon us as though that perfect obedience...had been performed by ourselves," accepting and rewarding believers as if they had lived Christ's sinless life. The word "our" in "The Lord Our Righteousness" signifies this personal appropriation, acting as the "grappling iron" by which believers are joined to Christ.While critics like Socinus called this doctrine "execrable" and "licentious," it is affirmed as "most delightful," "godlike," and "holy." It explains how humanity, having "fell by imputation" in Adam, can "rise by imputation" in Christ. Believers stand before God "robed in your Savior’s garments," possessing a "better righteousness than Adam had"—a divine garment that heaven has made, leading to unwavering confidence and acceptance.Reformed Theologian GPT: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-XXwzX1gnv-reformed-theologianhttps://buymeacoffee.com/edi2730