Topic: Justification
Text: Romans 4:25, 5:16-18; Romans 3:26; Galatians 2:16-17,
Introduction
A sinner can never be justified in his sins only a repentant sinner washed by the blood of Jesus Christ will be justified by faith. You need to have a new birth in Jesus Christ inorder to achieve spiritual justification with God, (John 3).
According to bible theology, Justification is the action of declaring or making righteous in the sight of God.
Apostle Paul in his epistles to the Romans talked extensively about justification, justifier and being justified as it relates to a believer.
In Romans 3:10, it tells us that there is none righteous, not even one. Justification is possible after righteousness has been achieved in the sight of God.
The bible tells us in Romans 3:20-22 tells us that the law cannot justify us in the sight of God but the righteousness of God is on all those who believe only by faith in Jesus Christ.
Condemnation to sin and death is what is the result of the absence of justification to life and peace therefore justification is the kind act of God removing the guilt and consequence of sin thereby making a sinner righteous through the atoning sacrifice of Christ Jesus on the cross.(2 Corinthians 5:21)
Simply justification is the declaring of a person to be just or righteous.
Justification is a legal term with a meaning like acquittal and relating to religion justification is a process whereby a person is declared right before God.
The verbal translation meaning of “to justify” means “to declare righteous”.
The spiritual state of justification was not widely expository in the Old Testament because it was the period of the law but Job talked a little about it but it was yet incomplete in itself. Job 11:2, 13:18
What Justification entails:
- We are justified by the grace of Jesus Christ also thereby making us heirs; Titus 3:7.
- God is just and he is the justifier of a man which believeth in Jesus; Romans 3:26.
- We are justified by the blood of Jesus no other blood can justify a man; Romans 5:9
- Jesus was raised for our justification, we are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ; this means the atoning death of Jesus is critically important in our justification (Romans 4:25).
- A man is justified by faith this brought about peace with God through Jesus Christ, Romans 5:1.
- We are not justified by works or observing the law, Romans 3:28, Galatians 2:16.
- We are made righteous by the saving work of Christ which is accepted by God to be righteousness, Romans 5:8-10.
Conclusion
It is therefore clear from the New Testament that justification comes to the sinner by the atoning work of Jesus with his blood shed on the cross which is applied by faith to a sinner by faith.
Justification is not the forgiveness of a man without righteousness, but a declaration that he possesses a righteousness which perfectly and forever meets the requirement of the law, which is Christ’s righteousness. 2 Corinthians 5:21, Romans 4:6-8.
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