But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way,
"Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'"
(that is, to bring Christ down from above)
or "'Who will descend into the abyss?'"
(that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
But what does it say?
"The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart"
(that is, the word of faith which we preach):
that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus
and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead,
you will be saved.
Did you notice the part at the end? GOD has raised Him from the dead.
What was the question earlier? WHO can bring Christ up from the dead?
The righteousness of faith recognizes that we did not cause Christ to leave His heavenly throne and become incarnate. The righteousness of faith recognizes that we are not the cause of Christ's resurrection. All we do is confess it. All we do is to say and believe
WHAT
GOD
DID.
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