Whose righteousness is declared in Romans 3:25-26, Christ's or ours?
The righteousness declared in Romans 3:25-26 is Christ's righteousness, not ours. God set Christ forth as the propitiation through faith in His blood to declare His righteousness, not yours or mine, for the remission of sins. Christ, the propitiator, is declared just, and He justifies the one who believes.
Les explains that Romans 3:24-26 centers on Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as the propitiation through faith in His blood. He emphasizes that this propitiation is not through Christ's life or His years of miracle working, but through faith in His blood. The righteousness declared is therefore His righteousness, not ours or mine, for the remission of sins. In verse 26 Les asks whose righteousness it is and answers: Christ, the propitiator, so that He might be just or fair. He then connects this to the one who believes, noting that believing is faith and faith is believing, so no one can escape it.
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;
To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
More Questions
Who is Christ the justifier of according to Romans 3:26?
In Romans 3:26 Christ is the justifier of the one who believes, not of the person who speaks in tongues, joins the Church, or gets baptized.
Who is justified according to Romans 3:26?
Les teaches that Romans 3:26 says Christ is just and the justifier of the one who believes, not of the one who repents and is baptized.