The 'Plea of Redemption'

Will have travelogue entry tomorrow. In meantime, here's a short snippet I heard on an old CD:

Paul writes in Romans 3: [20] Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

[21] But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
[22] Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

You see that expression “faith of Jesus Christ”? That’s not faith IN Jesus Christ; that’s not me putting my faith in Him. Read the rest of the verse: “unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:”

There’s my faith in Him, says Richard Jordan. This is HIS faith, just like the righteousness of God is the righteousness that God Himself possesses. The systems of norms and standards that represent His character is what’s being talked about.

The integrity of Jesus Christ is the one who brings us to “the righteousness of God.” These other bibles that change that word even, and some of them that put but and that kind of stuff in its place, throw that away because that word even is important there.

Something that’s even is equal. They meet together; they’re equal to one another. The righteousness of God is even to that faith of Jesus Christ. You see, the reason the righteousness of God can be yours is because of the character of who Jesus Christ is. God can take the character of His Son and apply it to you and me.

That’s why understanding Him as our Kinsman Redeemer is important. That’s why understanding verse 25 is important: [25] Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Let me ask you a question: Who’s putting faith in the blood there? I’ve discussed that with people for years. People say, “Well, you have to put faith in the blood.” Is that right? Yeah. But who else puts faith in the blood?

You know what the Father believes? He believes that what Jesus Christ did at Calvary is enough. Your faith in Him is simply agreeing with God the Father. That’s a wonderful truth because it all hangs on who He is.

Verse 26: [26] To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

If the problem of redemption is our sin, the plea of redemption is, “Trust Him alone.” There’s no other place to go to find an answer to the problem. There’s no other place to go except in the Lord Jesus Christ. It’s unto all; it’s available to everybody, but it’s applied to those that believe in Jesus.

The plea of redemption is there’s a price to be paid that you couldn’t pay; Jesus Christ paid it for you. The only option left is for you to trust Him.

There’s the old gospel song, “His Blood My Plea”:

His Blood Is All My Plea,
Through Grace Divine Alone,
To Set The Captives Free,
It Speaks Before The Throne.

His Blood, His Blood,
O Wondrous, Cleansing Fountain!
His Blood, His Blood,
It Flows From Calvary’s Mountain.

His Blood Is All My Plea,
Oh, Wondrous, Cleansing Wave!
It Reaches Even Me,
Its Virtue Now Doth Save.

His Blood Is All My Plea,
Naught Else Will Satisfy
That I Might Ransomed Be,
And Not Forever Die.

His Blood Is All My Plea;
His Favour Doth Bestow
A Greater Love On Me
Than Earthly Friends Can Show