Section 3
(Rom. 3:24). Christ's resurrection is a proof that God was satisfied with His death for us.
If Christ had died on the cross, having been judged there by God, but had not been raised from among the dead, there would have been no justification or vindication rendered to Him by God. That would have affected our salvation because, in such a case, His death would not have been followed by God's vindication. But God judged Christ in death and then raised Him up from the dead. God's raising up Christ from the dead was His justification and vindi cation of what Christ was and did. From this we may have the assurance that God has accepted what Christ did for us on the cross. We are jus tified by God because of Christ's death, and in Christ, the resurrected One, we are accepted be fore God.
A SIGN OF HIS SUCCESS
Christ's resurrection was also a sign of the success of His achievement. Suppose Christ had remained in the tomb after He died. If such had been the case, then what Christ did would not have been a success. But the Man-Savior's res urrection from the dead is a strong sign of His great success in His universal achievement.