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  FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE
  by Horatius Bonar
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Summary: Salvation comes through a perfect law fulfilled in every jot
and tittle, which Christ kept for us through His spotless life.

Topics: "Grace Of God", "Salvation"
Scripture References: Isaiah 53:5, Matthew 5:17, John 3:16, Romans 10:4, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 3:13, Ephesians 1:7, Colossians 1:14, Hebrews 10:14, 1 John 1:9

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DESCRIPTION
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Horatius Bonar emphasizes that our salvation is rooted in the perfect
fulfillment of God's law, which was accomplished by Jesus Christ. He
explains that Christ, though above the law, willingly became subject to
it, fulfilling every requirement and enduring its penalties on our
behalf. This act of vicarious law-keeping ensures that believers are
redeemed from the curse of the law, highlighting that Christ is not
merely a helper but the Savior who fully satisfies the demands of
justice. Bonar reassures that through faith in Christ, we receive a holy
and righteous salvation, free from the law's claims. Ultimately, he
underscores that Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to all
who believe.

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It is by a perfect law that we are saved; else it would be an unholy
salvation. It is by a perfect law fulfilled in "every jot and tittle"
that we are saved; else it would be an unrighteous salvation. The Son of
God has kept this law for us; He has magnified it and made it honorable;
and thus we have a holy and righteous salvation. Though above law in
Himself, He was made "under the law" for us; and by the vicarious law-
keeping of His spotless life, as well as by endurance unto death of that
law's awful penalties, we are redeemed from the curse of the law.

"Christ is the end (the fulfilling and exhausting) of the law for
righteousness to everyone that believeth" (Romans 10:4). For Christ is
not a helper, but He is the Saviour.

He did not come to enable us to save ourselves by keeping a mitigated
law, but to keep the unmitigated law in our room, that the law might
have no claim for penalty upon any sinner in Christ.

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