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As I study God's word, a lot of times, I am moved to tears a lot of times! Why? God's wisdom and God's love revealed! You know I read Romans 4:5, 'But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.' That's beautiful! But, as I studied the old testament, I saw something interesting in Exodus 23:7, 'Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.' Here, God says he doesn't justify the ungodly; the wicked! So, what's up? Did God change his mind? But, God's word never passes away; it's eternal! The old covenant has it's eternal purposes accomplished in the New! Does God justify an ungodly man? The answer is NO! I heard that gasp.. Lol. But, the Word teaches that he does justify the ungodly! Yes! But, how? He does this by killing the ungodly man and raising a New Creation! So, it's not the old sinner that received the justification, it was the New Creation that received that justification! We  must understand where our justification took place. It wasn't at the Cross; the Cross was the place of the price-payment for the remission of sins! The old man died on the Cross! Romans 4:25 tells us  where justification took place; at his resurrection! He arose with a New kind of life, we arose as New Creations of God with the vital nature of God's righteousness and holiness! So, God didn't just save you from sin; he gave you a New being and heart free from the consciousness of sin; perfected forever by his eternal sacrifice-Hebrews 10:14. God has called us to reckon this as our true reality today -Romans 6:11! It's our reckoning that makes it our immediate experience -Romans 12:2! Praise God for such divine realities granted us! #Pleroma