July 26, 2018

We are justified

“Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.  Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for the law is the knowledge of sin.”  Rom. 3:19-20

The word justification is a legal term meaning to remove the guilt (liability to punishment) of the sinner.  Through it, the demands of justice have been satisfied, and as Romans 8:1 reminds us, “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.”  Beloved, this is powerful!  Here is what happens to those who accept Jesus as Lord and Savior and commit to following after Him:

·         We acknowledge our sinfulness and need for a Savior;

·         We recognize the Lord’s saving power, through the blood He shed on the cross;

·         We realize our own righteousness gets us nowhere;

·         We lay down our righteousness for His righteousness – which is God’s legal decision to right all our wrongs;

·         We begin to understand justifying ourselves and our actions has no meaning;

·         We begin to grasp hold of His justification in our lives, which removes that guilty verdict and death sentence;

·         It is finished and we are no longer condemned; rather, we are set free!