Romans 4:23-25
King James Version
23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Does anyone know what this means? My only inklings of a clue are that 1) There was prophecy saying Jesus would be raised from the dead, so therefore Jesus would have to be raised from the dead for him to be the one talked about in scripture, therefore meaning it was imperative Jesus was raised from the dead for our justification because it validates who he is and it signifies that his work is true, authentic, actual, trustworthy. That Jesus was raised from the dead means we have been justified because it means he is who he is. My second one is the (I think) commonly held belief that it means he was sinless. That he was raised from the dead signified this and that meant his work was effectual because he was without sin.
I don't know if either of these things are true and was wondering if anyone had any insight on this?
King James Version
23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Does anyone know what this means? My only inklings of a clue are that 1) There was prophecy saying Jesus would be raised from the dead, so therefore Jesus would have to be raised from the dead for him to be the one talked about in scripture, therefore meaning it was imperative Jesus was raised from the dead for our justification because it validates who he is and it signifies that his work is true, authentic, actual, trustworthy. That Jesus was raised from the dead means we have been justified because it means he is who he is. My second one is the (I think) commonly held belief that it means he was sinless. That he was raised from the dead signified this and that meant his work was effectual because he was without sin.
I don't know if either of these things are true and was wondering if anyone had any insight on this?