Jesus, Christmas and Peace with God

Most of you non-scholarly people may not know it yet (due to your ignorance of the greatness of acadamia), but the doctrine of Justification is yet again under attack.

It has been said that the church stands or falls on this pivotal teaching of Scripture. For with it, the works of man are either the grounds for his salvation or they are not. Either he is saved by faith alone or some sort of meritorious system.

Shockingly enough, even Hank Hanegraaf of the Bible Answer Man radio program downplayed the works-system of Rome. Galatians and Romans are quite clear. Either works are necessarily the basis of how one gets PEACE with God or they are not.

During this Christmas season we need to ask ourselves an important question. Why did Jesus come? If works form a basis in any way for a man to get to heaven, Why do we need Jesus? Some will say that Jesus provides the treasury of merit or some other form of grace that we work to receive by faith. If that is the case will not any other good man or woman do? Say...Mary even? Why is God just not able to do what the Muslim God or the mormon gods are able to do?

Some scholars are now teaching that Jesus' death may take away our sins, but the righteousness from His perfect life is not positively imputed (credited) to us. In fact, many are beginning to feed the Roman Catholic apologist with ammunition since they have been arguing this idea all along.

The Scriptures are clear. Adam is the head of fallen man. All men are born in him and die in Him. Christ is the head of the new man. All live in Him. Why? Some goodness in dead man maybe? No! Grace alone, through Faith Alone, in Christ Alone to the Glory of God Alone! Christ lived the perfect life and in Him all are made alive (Romans5).

Christ came to live His perfect life. That perfect life is imputed (credited) to me and given to me in every way that is necessary to save me and to bring me to live a godly life. This is why Paul says it is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in Me. Christ's life is the perfect life which is the basis for any man to enter heaven. No other works needed. All other works blaspheme God and insult the perfect Savior, Jesus, the Son of the Most High God.

What is the basis of your PEACE with God? If it is not Christ alone who justifies us (declares us righteous), I submit to you that you have NO PEACE. Read Romans 5:1