Section 5
God seemed to be saying to the Jewish nation with its leaders, "I approve what you condemn. You say that Jesus was blaspheming Me. But I approve what He did, what He said, and what He was. You thought that you could put Him to death. On the cross He suffered your persecu tion, and then He accomplished My redemption. I approve of His redeeming work. He accom plished the redemption I had planned in eter nity past."
A PROOF OF OUR JUSTIFICATION
BY GOD
The resurrection of Christ, as God's vindi cation, is a proof of our justification by God. Romans 4:25 says that Christ "was delivered because of our offenses and was raised because of our justification." The death of Christ fully satisfied God's righteous requirements so that we may be justified by God through Christ's death (Rom. 3:24). His resurrection is a proof that God is satisfied with His death for us and that we are justified by God because of His death. In Him, the resurrected One, we are accepted by God. Therefore, Romans 4:25 says that Christ was raised because of our justifi cation.