For us

Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification. – Romans 4.23-25

I love the way that the Bible is not just historical or theoretical or theological. It is practical and personal and applicable as well. Paul spends a lot of time here talking about what God did for Abraham. Abraham was there beofre the Law. God called him to leave everything and move to a different land, sight unseen. Abraham simply believed God and did what God wanted him to do. It was not the doing that mattered. It was the faith to believe God that allowed the righteousness of God to be imputed to him and to justify him in the sight of God.

But is was not just for Abraham. ‘Not for His sake alone…but also for us who believe in Him.’

Jesus was delivered up for crucifixion because of our offences. He died and then rose from the dead in order to justify us.

For us – what an amazing phrase. It was ‘for us’ in Abraham’s day. It was ‘for us’ in Paul’s day. It is ‘for us’ in our day. It will be ‘for us’ till Jesus comes.

Thank God for ‘for us.’