Let’s do a quick comparison of these two scripture texts – Acts 5:31-32 and Romans 3:21-26.

Peter’s confession before their persecutors was as follows:

He’s the one God has exalted and seated at his right hand as our Savior and Champion. He is the provider of grace as the Redeemer of Israel. We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God freely gives to all who believe in him.”
When they heard this, they were infuriated and determined to murder them. Acts 5:31-32 TPT

Paul declared as follows in Romans 3:21-26

But now, independently of the law, the righteousness of God is tangible and brought to light through Jesus, the Anointed One. This is the righteousness that the Scriptures prophesied would come. It is God’s righteousness made visible through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And now all who believe in him receive that gift. For there is really no difference between us, for we all have sinned and are in need of the glory of God. Yet through his powerful declaration of acquittal, God freely gives away his righteousness. His gift of love and favor now cascades over us, all because Jesus, the Anointed One, has liberated us from the guilt, punishment, and power of sin!

Jesus’ God-given destiny was to be the sacrifice to take away sins, and now he is our mercy seat because of his death on the cross. We come to him for mercy, for God has made a provision for us to be forgiven by faith in the sacred blood of Jesus. This is the perfect demonstration of God’s justice, because until now, he had been so patient—holding back his justice out of his tolerance for us. So, he covered over the sins of those who lived prior to Jesus’ sacrifice. And when the season of tolerance came to an end, there was only one possible way for God to give away his righteousness and still be true to both his justice and his mercy—to offer up his own Son. So now, because we stand on the faithfulness of Jesus, God declares us righteous in his eyes!

Comparing these two, we see the consistency of the witness of these early apostles; and more, they bring into view the cost of our salvation. Have you ever given thought to this cost?

• The Father’s plan, exacting His wrath upon His Son, and
• The Son co-operating, the willing cooperation to go along with the Father’s plan, the pain notwithstanding – John 4:34; John 5:30.

It’s time to seek the Father to reveal His plan concerning, what He has set for our lives as individuals and ask for the empowerment to fulfill the same. Selah.

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