{"id":6079,"date":"2017-07-17T10:05:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T14:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=6079"},"modified":"2017-07-17T10:05:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T14:05:03","slug":"but-to-him-who-does-not-work-but-believes-on-him-who-justifies-the-ungodly-his-faith-is-accounted-for-righteousness-romans-45-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/but-to-him-who-does-not-work-but-believes-on-him-who-justifies-the-ungodly-his-faith-is-accounted-for-righteousness-romans-45-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness&#8221; (Romans 4:5 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9877e\" data-offset-key=\"f6dvs-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"f6dvs-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"f6dvs-0-0\">Our best attempts at being righteous through religiosity, self-denial and good works cannot justify us before God. This takes away all human boasting, for humanity is steeped in sin and beyond saving itself. Yet, God has provided a Savior, which is Christ Jesus the Lord. The one who &#8220;believes on Him&#8221; is made just in God&#8217;s sight. The believer&#8217;s faith is counted as righteousness by God, for it depends on the righteousness of Christ, rather than his own. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9877e\" data-offset-key=\"b152v-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"b152v-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"b152v-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9877e\" data-offset-key=\"4dbr3-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4dbr3-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4dbr3-0-0\">Stop working and believe. Rest in Christ&#8217;s work.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our best attempts at being righteous through religiosity,  self-denial and good works cannot justify us before God. This takes away all human boasting, for humanity is steeped in sin and beyond saving itself. Yet, God has provided a Savior, which is Christ Jesus the Lord. The one who &#8220;believes on Him&#8221; is made just in God&#8217;s sight. The believer&#8217;s faith is counted as righteousness by God, for it depends on the righteousness of Christ, rather than his own. <\/p>\n<p>Stop working and believe. Rest in Christ&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1312],"scripture-chapter":[1337],"oyb_day":[1725],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6079","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-romans","scripture-chapter-1337","oyb_day-july-17"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6079"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6079"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6079"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6079"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}