How does God declare His righteousness?
God declares His righteousness through faith in Christ's shed blood, providing remission of sins and demonstrating His forbearance. This shows He is just while also being the justifier of the person who believes. Righteousness is declared, as verse 26 states, so that He might be just and fair.
Les explains that God declares His righteousness through our faith in His shed blood, to declare His righteousness—that is, the righteousness of Christ—for the remission of sins passed through the forbearance of God. Verse 26 repeats it: to declare His righteousness, that He might be just and fair, and be the justifier of the one who believeth. Les emphasizes 'Believeth. See, believeth. Nothing else.' He also notes it hasn't always been that way, pointing back to Acts chapter 11 and the previous 3 1/2 years of teaching about the 2000-year period from Abraham to Christ as 'Jew only, with exceptions,' though some Gentiles came into relationship with the God of Abraham, and the Old Testament prophets wrote only to Israel. The present declaration, however, is through faith in His shed blood.
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;
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What is 'His righteousness' in Romans 3:25 referring to?
The righteousness that God declares is the righteousness of Christ.