YOU ARE JUSTIFIED

“Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” Romans 5:1

LIGHT FOR THE NOW:  We are justified through faith we have in Christ Jesus.

To be justified is to be discharged; having no charge; to be free; to be acquitted. To justify is to declare someone right. By justification, we are united with God, having one mind with Him and also in union with Him. We are justified through the faith we have in Christ Jesus. It is faith in what he has done that justifies us. Justification restores us to our original place in God. It is a benefit of resurrection. By sin, man lost his original place in God. Sin collected all that man was empowered with. Sin empowers death and death is the payment for sin. Through justification, we were restored to our original place of dominion. By justification, all of God’s nature, person and power are at work in us. We become everything that God is by justification. Justification is not a function of feelings but a legal issue. By justification, we have been declared right. Righteousness is not forgiveness of sins or a pardon but been declared right by God through Jesus. Righteousness is not being of good moral conduct, but it is a free gift of God through Christ Jesus. It is not what you do. Righteousness is not a reward for good moral conduct. It is a gift.
What renews your mind is the understanding you have concerning how God sees you and what He says about you. Sinners are rebels. They are those who rebel against God’s Word. Your being put right with God is a function of Jesus payment. He paid with his life on the cross. “For God commendeth His love towards us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life”(Romans 5:8-10). Therefore, God’s attitude towards sinners is that of favour. The sacrifice of Jesus on the cross restored man back to God. Sin can therefore not break our relationship with God because sin has been dealt with. We have no record of sin anymore.

INSTRUCTION: Stay Justified.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for the gift of your son to restore me back to you, in Jesus Name. Amen!

QUOTE: Justification is not in feelings, it is a legal issue.

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: OBADIAH CHAPTER 1; EVENING: 2 KINGS CHAPTER 17