Romans 3:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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;

Set forth

To be

Hebrews 9:5

Hebrews 4:10

To declare

Romans 3:26

1 John 1:10

Remission

Bible References

Set forth

He, I say, in accordance with God's definite plan and with his previous knowledge, was betrayed, and you, by the hands of lawless men, nailed him to a cross and put him to death.

But it was in this way that God fulfilled all that he had long ago foretold, as to the sufferings of his Christ, by the lips of all the Prophets.

Yet only to do what thou, by thy power and of thy own will, didst long ago destine to be done.

Says the Lord, as he does these things, foreknown from of old.'

For you know that it was not by perishable things, such as silver and gold, that you were Ransomed from the aimless way of living which was handed down to you from your ancestors,

All who are living on earth will worship it--all whose names have not been written in the Lamb's Book of Life, the Lamb that has been sacrificed from the foundation of the world.

To be

while above it, and overshadowing the Cover on which atonement was made, are the Cherubim of the Presence. But I must not now dwell on these things in detail.

For he who enters upon God's Rest does himself rest after his work, just as God did.

To declare

As a proof, I repeat, at the present time, of his own righteousness, that he might be righteous in our eyes, and might pronounce righteous the man who takes his stand on faith in Jesus.

If we say that we have not sinned, we are making God a liar, and his Message has no place in us.

Remission

For all have sinned, and all fall short of God's glorious ideal,

What then, it may be asked, are we to say about Abraham, the ancestor of our nation?

I would, therefore, have you know, brothers, that through Jesus forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you,

True, God looked with indulgence on the days of men's ignorance, but now he is announcing to every one everywhere the need for repentance,

How true the saying is, and worthy of the fullest acceptance, that 'Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners'! And there is no greater sinner than I!

And that is why he is the intermediary of a new Covenant; in order that, as a death has taken place to effect a deliverance from the offenses committed under the first Covenant, those who have received the Call may obtain the eternal inheritance promised to them.

For the blood of bulls and goats is powerless to remove sins.

It was faith that enabled Noah, after he had received the divine warning about what could not then be foreseen, to build, in reverent obedience, an ark in which to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world, and became possessed of that righteousness which follows upon faith.

And they are singing a new song--'Thou art worthy to take the book and break its seals, for thou wast sacrificed, and with thy blood thou didst buy for God men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,

All who are living on earth will worship it--all whose names have not been written in the Lamb's Book of Life, the Lamb that has been sacrificed from the foundation of the world.

and all whose names 'were not found written in the Book of Life' were hurled into the lake of fire.