The Just and the Unjust - Who are they?

"...there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the righteous and the unrighteous." (Acts 24:15)

So, who are these people?

"Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith." (Habakkuk 2:4)

"As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one." (Romans 3:10)

Houston, we have a problem! The Bible says that the righteous live by faith, however, no one is righteous. But there is an exception! - the incarnated Son of God, who became a man. This one is "righteous" and is the ONLY human who has ever lived by faith. So, he suffered for all the rest of us "to bring you to God".

"For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit..." (1 Peter 3:18)

"But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us!" (Romans 5:8)

"But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets. And this righteousness from God comes through Jesus Christ's faith to all, and on all who believe. There is no distinction, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified (made righteous) freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through the faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand. He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who is of the faith of Jesus." (Romans 3:21-26)

"But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is from God for faith." (Philippians 3:7-9)

As I see it, those who are "just/righteous" are those who rely on the faith of Jesus to save them, and those who are "unjust/unrighteous" are those who rely on their own personal faith to save them.



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