If you were like Robinson Crusoe on a desert island alone and had the chance to be given only 3 verses of the Bible, what would you choose?
What are the 3 verses of Scripture that contain the gist of God's offer of eternal life through the death of Christ?
ROMANS 3: 24-26
"BEING JUSTIFIED FREELY BY GOD'S GRACE THROUGH THE REDEMPTION WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS; WHOM GOD HAS SET FORTH AS A PROPITIATION THROUGH FAITH IN HIS BLOOD, TO DECLARE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH THE PASSING BY OF THE SINS WHICH HAD TAKEN PLACE BEFORE, IN THE FOREBEARANCE OF GOD; FOR THE DISPLAY OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AT THIS TIME, FOR HIM TO BE JUST AND THE JUSTIFIER OF ANYONE EXERCISING FAITH IN JESUS."
These 3 verses contain the heart of the message of Justification by Faith in Christ, explaining why and how God had to send His Son to die on the Cross as a substitute for whosoever chooses to trust Christ. By Jesus paying the penalty for the sin of the sinner, any voice of protest by Satan or anyone else in the Universe is silenced once and for all time. God is righteous and just in character and in His deed when He declares the believing sinner guiltless because the Sin-Bearer has borne the judgment for his sin. God is both righteous (just) and the justifier (declares the sinner righteous in Christ) of the believer in Jesus.
This is the core of the Gospel of the grace of God.
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