Made Righteous by His Faithfulness/Obedience ! 2
And so because they [whom Christ died for] stand before God with His Faithfulness and Righteousness and Obedience imputed to them, they are commensurately given His Faith, a portion of His own Faith [in New Birth] is given them by Christ;thats what Paul means that he lives by the faith of the Son of God, who Loved him and gave Himself for him Gal 2:20
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
In other words, the Life of Faith that Paul now Lives was given to him by the Son of God who now lives in him. For he as well as all for whom Christ died were in Him representatively when He as their substitute and Surety was Crucified !
The Faith believers have to believe on Christ comes from Christ to them, He is the Author and Finisher of it. Now understand this, as their Saviour and Head He gives each member of His Body, He gives each of them an alloted portion of Faith Rom 12:3
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you [Believers/ Christ's Body], not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Notice here, faith has been dealt to every man of the body of Christ. The word dealt ,greek word merizō:
to divide
a) to separate into parts, cut into pieces
1) to divide into parties, i.e. be split into factions
b) to distribute
1) a thing among people
2) bestow, impart
God imparts to every man of the Body of Christ a measure , greek word metron:
measure, an instrument for measuring
a) a vessel for receiving and determining the quantity of things, whether dry or liquid
b) a graduated staff for measuring, a measuring rod
c) proverbially, the rule or standard of judgment
2) determined extent, portion measured off, measure or limit
a) the required measure, the due, fit, measure
a determined amount of Faith
Faith has been assigned to each or every member of His Body, though it varies in degree's as fruit is variable Matt 13:23
23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
However each member of Christ's Body who are made Righteous or Just by Christ's Faithfulness shall receive from Him Faith to believe in Him !
And so because they [whom Christ died for] stand before God with His Faithfulness and Righteousness and Obedience imputed to them, they are commensurately given His Faith, a portion of His own Faith [in New Birth] is given them by Christ;thats what Paul means that he lives by the faith of the Son of God, who Loved him and gave Himself for him Gal 2:20
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
In other words, the Life of Faith that Paul now Lives was given to him by the Son of God who now lives in him. For he as well as all for whom Christ died were in Him representatively when He as their substitute and Surety was Crucified !
The Faith believers have to believe on Christ comes from Christ to them, He is the Author and Finisher of it. Now understand this, as their Saviour and Head He gives each member of His Body, He gives each of them an alloted portion of Faith Rom 12:3
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you [Believers/ Christ's Body], not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Notice here, faith has been dealt to every man of the body of Christ. The word dealt ,greek word merizō:
to divide
a) to separate into parts, cut into pieces
1) to divide into parties, i.e. be split into factions
b) to distribute
1) a thing among people
2) bestow, impart
God imparts to every man of the Body of Christ a measure , greek word metron:
measure, an instrument for measuring
a) a vessel for receiving and determining the quantity of things, whether dry or liquid
b) a graduated staff for measuring, a measuring rod
c) proverbially, the rule or standard of judgment
2) determined extent, portion measured off, measure or limit
a) the required measure, the due, fit, measure
a determined amount of Faith
Faith has been assigned to each or every member of His Body, though it varies in degree's as fruit is variable Matt 13:23
23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
However each member of Christ's Body who are made Righteous or Just by Christ's Faithfulness shall receive from Him Faith to believe in Him !