Scripture Readings: Matthew 16:24-28; Romans #:21-26; Ezekiel 36:26-27; Hebrews 10:1-4; 9:14-15 God set forth His Son -- an atonement. On the basis of that shed blood God made the supreme provision for righteousness IN FACT. So, legal justification -- to declare as just -- must, on the ground of the atonement, give way to being MADE RIGHTEOUS. Under the law men were justified in the declarative or forensic sense. Sin was not removed, but PASSED OVER, because the blood of a Levitical animal could never take away sin. But the supreme provision, the shed blood of Jesus, prevailed, doing what the Law or the blood of the Levitical animal could never do -- TAKE AWAY SIN AND MAKE RIGHTEOUS! Sin was both forgiven and removed from the life of a true believer as an act of grace by faith! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhdDNnbND1U