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GRACE REIGNS THROUGH RIGHTEOUSNESS
by Russell S. Miller
In addition to those other passages in Paul's epistles, where "Grace", "Faith", and "Righteousness" are found, The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews contains the following references to "Grace and Faith" as well as "Grace and Peace":
"The throne of grace..." (Heb.4:16), so grace reigns.
"The King of righteousness..." (Heb.7:2).
But you argue Christ is the Head of the Church, not King. However the reference is to the mysterious Melchisedec priesthood. Yet I Timothy 1:17 states that our Lord is "the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God...". While I Timothy 6:15 calls our Lord, "...the blessed and only Potentate...". Nevertheless, "grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord" (Rom.5:21).
"Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption for us" (Heb.9:12).
"Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God" (Rom.3:25).
"...The spirit of grace..." (Heb.10:29), in conjunction with "the Word of grace" (Acts 20:32), teaches us to "walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God" (Col.1:10).
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Heb.11:1).
"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God" (Rom.10:17).
"...The God of peace..." (Heb.13:20).
It is so comforting to know that our God is dispensing "grace" and "peace" today. This blessed theme is prevalent in all of Paul's epistles, the theme that he and Timothy "preached every where in every church" (ICor.4:17).
"Grace be with you all..." (Heb.13:25).
"Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ" (Gal.1:3).
Indeed, while many find it difficult to believe the Epistles of Saint Paul, may you find comfort in knowing the wonderful and marvelous truth that "Grace and Peace" reign through His "Righteousness" today.
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