Section 2
through the glory of the Father." On the one hand, the Lord raised up Himself; on the other hand, He was raised from the dead by God.
THE VINDICATION OF THE LORD'S LIFE
AND WORK
The Lord's raising up Himself shows His life power, the ability in His resurrection life. But God's raising Him from among the dead was a sign that He was justified and vindicated by God. God raised Christ from the dead as a proof that He justified what the Lord was and what He did on earth.
The Man-Savior lived in a way that others thought strange. His way of living was absolutely different from religion, culture, and society. He lived and worked in a very unusual way. If God had not come in to raise Him up from the dead, this would have meant that God did not justify Him. But God's raising Christ up from the dead was a sign of God's justification and vindication.
Romans 4:25 says that Christ "was delivered because of our offenses and was raised because of our justification." The death of Christ fulfilled and satisfied God's righteous requirements so that we may be justified by God through His death