Binding: Paperback
Page Count: 129
Publisher: Trinity Foundation
ISBN# : 0940931419
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Description : First Published in 1874,
The Everlasting
Righteousness may be the best book on the doctrine of justification by faith
alone ever written. Presented here in modern English and spelling, Bonars
classic book is a clear and accurate explanation of the heart of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ. Since the 17th century, the churches' adherence to the
central doctrine of the Christian faith has been weakening; and in the
21st century, it has all but disappeared. But to the people of God,
justification by faith alone is the best news there ever could be: Christ died
for all our sins, and we shall live forever because of his righteousness, not
ours.
Contents:
How Shall a Man Be Just with God?; God's
Recognition of Substitution; The Completeness of the Substitution; The
Declaration of the Completeness; Righteousness for the Unrighteous; The
Righteousness of God Reckoned to Us; Not Faith But Christ; What the Resurrection
of the Substitute Has Done; The Pardon and Peace Made Sure; The Holy Life of the
Justified; Scripture Index; Index.
Horatius Bonar is best remembered for his hymns, but he was also a
leading author and his Everlasting Righteousness remains one of the finest and
most uplifting treatments of truths which have changed nations and centuries.
The awakened conscience of the sixteenth century betook itself to "the
righteousness of God." There it found refuge, at once from condemnation and from
impurity. Only by "righteousness" could it be pacified; and nothing less than
that which is divine could meet the case. At the cross this "righteousness" was
found; human, yet divine: provided for man, and presented to him by God, for
relief of conscience and justification of life. On the one word tetelestai "It
is finished," as on a heavenly resting-place, weary souls sat down and were
refreshed. The voice from the tree did not summon them to do, but to be
satisfied with what was done. Millions of bruised consciences there found
healing and peace.