How does God declare His righteousness according to Romans 3:25?
According to Romans 3:25, God declares His righteousness through faith in Christ's shed blood. That righteousness is Christ's, applied for the remission of sins passed over through God's forbearance. God is thus shown just and fair, and He justifies the person who believes, nothing else.
Les explains that Romans 3:25-26 ties God's declaration of righteousness to faith in His shed blood. The righteousness declared is the righteousness of Christ, for the remission of sins that passed through the forbearance of God. Verse 26 repeats the point: at this time God declares His righteousness so He might be just and fair, and so He can be the justifier of the person who believeth—nothing else. Les then notes that it has not always been that way, and he backs up to Acts 11 to show that from Abraham until Christ's first coming, the 2,000-year period was Jew only with exceptions. Gentiles could come into relationship with the God of Abraham, but the Old Testament prophets wrote only to Israel, and Jesus sent the twelve only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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.