raised Him because of our justification. In other words, God gave up His Son to death because we had sinned, and that pardon might be possible. He raised Him again because He had procured the pardon of our sins, and had thus, by justifying us, made the new life possible. A work was to be done; Christ died and did it. The work was done; Christ was raised, and His Resurrection established the fact that He had done it.1 In raising His Son from the dead the Father gave a decisive testimony to the fact
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