The Just Shall Live by Faith
Overview
This book is a thought provoking study of a great text of Scripture which occurs four times in the Bible. Its message, "the just shall live by faith," is carefully examined in each of the four contexts where it is found. Since the verse commonly is used in evangelism, the initial thrust of the book is to discover whether this actually is a text calling the unbeliever to faith in Christ or if the evidence in each of the four contexts suggests that the Biblical writers actually had another thought in mind. But the book is far more than a microscopic, textual exposition, considering only this little phrase. The writer plunges into the contexts of the books of Habakkuk, Romans, Galatians and Hebrews to ask their writers precisely what they were talking about when each of them used this phrase. As a result, this little book, The Just Shall Live by Faith, gives remarkable, thought by thought exposition of each of these books, a telescopic view of the flow of their messages to find the exact setting and use of this crucial phrase, The Just Shall Live by Faith.
Top Highlights
“We must conclude then that at least this text in Habakkuk does not support the common pulpit interpretation of the phrase, ‘the just shall live by faith.’ It promises the survival of the righteous in Jerusalem when the city falls under the judgment of God the righteous judge.” (source)
“Once we have received the righteousness of Christ and have been given a just standing before God in Christ by means of faith in His finished work, we who then are justified are to walk by means of faith!” (source)
“Have we been guilty of Israel’s greatest interpretative error?” (source)
“But, believer, you are one of the motivating reasons for all of Job’s trials which was in the mind of God over five millennia ago. Job’s experiences were designed to be incorporated into Scripture so that you today can benefit greatly spiritually by meditating on the trials, the spiritual responses and the rewards of that great saint of old. Cannot your Eternal Lord have the right to choose to bless other saints whom you may not even know by the trials of your life also?” (source)
“Nevertheless, there is a message of assurance in Habakkuk 2 for the prophet and for those who had remained faithful to the Lord within the city’s walls. The reason was that the Eternal Lord is just and He would protect His own within the capital. It is the text which is the source text for the three places in the New Testament where it is quoted. ‘The just shall live by his faith’ (2:4 kjv). An expanded translation of this Hebrew verse follows. ‘… But the one who has been counted righteous will continue to live by means of his (own) faithfulness’ (v. 4b).” (source)
Product Details
- Title: The Just Shall Live by Faith
- Author: Bernard E. Northrup
- Publisher: Logos Research Systems
- Publication Date: 1997
