“For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” Hebrews 10:14 (see v10 also)
Everyone who refuses salvation by grace through faith without works, and that not of themselves (Ephesians 2:8-9) denies their real sin condition, and rather delights in the exaltation of the flesh: “There is none righteous, no, not one” (Romans 3:10).
The only righteousness that God will ever accept is: “the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:22-23)
This required righteousness (divine) is not man’s righteousness. The only righteousness that will ever satisfy God is the righteousness which He alone bestows upon the believer, that is, “the righteousness of God” (Romans 10:3-4). This righteousness is God’s free gift to the believer, rather than being demanded from the believer. It is the perfect Divine righteousness that is put (imputed) upon the believer’s soul the very moment he believes upon Christ to be made the righteousness of God in Him (2 Corinthians 5:21). “Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.” (Galatians 2:16). When God saves the believer, their soul is justified in and through Christ, rather than being put on probation, with eternal life in prospect of their own works. Justification eliminates every type of works on man’s part.
The righteousness of Christ is eternal, thus making the believer’s soul eternally righteous, the moment they receive Christ, which is simply put, “Once saved, always saved.” “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.” (Romans 4:5-8). Forever justified, eternally redeemed from sin through faith in Christ’s shed blood (Hebrews 9:12). Thus, “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24), THE BELIEVER’S SOUL IS FOREVER PERFECTED! (Once saved, always saved)
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