Justification is the act through the merits of Christ that makes us free from sin because we are following God’s moral laws. Jesus justifies us when we put our lives in His hand.
- Jesus justifies us when we put our lives in His hand (How the Righteousness of God Filters to Us).
- Justification is free. It is the gift of grace. We don’t have to pay for it by cleaning up our acts. We don’t earn it by doing the do’s and not doing the don’ts (How the Righteousness of God Filters to Us).
- God’s grace provided justification through the plan of salvation (What Does Justification Mean?).
- The only answer we can give when asked how Jesus justified us is because Jesus agreed to be our substitute and shed His blood (What Does Justification Mean?).
- Because of God’s grace, we freely receive justification, not because we earn it, but because He loves us (What Does Justification Mean?).
- The steps of justification are that God judges us according to the laws and commandments that He has given, and sins are pardoned when we submit to God (How the Righteousness of God Filters to Us).
- Sometimes, we might get a little squirrelly about this being a one-shot gift. Jesus paid the price once — and that was enough to justify us (How the Righteousness of God Filters to Us).
- When we are living to imitate God, we have peace through Jesus (Rom. 5: 1). He justifies us upon conversion, giving us peace (What Are the Fruits of Righteousness?).
- When we accepted salvation, we were justified, so those things were fixed (Is Peace an Attitude?).
- If we are justified before God — made right before God — that means something was wrong. The wrongs were we were spiritually dead, separated from God, and living a sinful life (Is Peace an Attitude?).
- The Bible was designed by God to be a teaching book. It teaches us the plan of salvation and the justification needed for us to believe (How Do We Profit from the Scriptures?).
- True, Matthew 25: 31-46 says there has to be evidence of faith. We have to be careful and not think those acts justify us. Belief gets us salvation. Faith produces works that are the result of our obedience. In turn, those works show our faith to others (How the Righteousness of God Filters to Us).
- Mercy doesn’t negate or dilute God’s laws and commandments. Neither does justification and grace. Sin is still evil (How the Righteousness of God Filters to Us).
- Because He justified us, we are glorified (How Does Predestination Fit In?).
- We will not get the justification if the faith is not there. We cannot pretend to believe in God, and then not makes changes in our lives to live the way He requires – and expect the justification (What Does Justification Mean?).
- Sanctification is the evidence of justification. It starts with regeneration and holiness (What Is the Relationship Between Righteousness and Sanctification?).
We are not only freed from sin, but we are also justified through Christ. We are no longer responsible for the penalty of sin. Because of that, it no longer has a hold on us (What Does It Mean to be Crucified with Christ?).
It is hard to the to live up to the law. We don’t have to do that. The much easier solution is to believe that Jesus has already paid the price of sin for us. We don’t have to do some super complicated thing to earn salvation. He justified us (Where Is Jesus?).
If Jesus is not Lord of our lives, we do not have hope. If Jesus didn’t justify us, we wouldn’t have hope (How Do We Know We Have Eternal Hope?).
We are justified — not by what we do — but by our faith (Discerning the Voice of God between the Law and the Gospel).
Our hope stems from our justification through faith (What Is Hope in God to a Disciple of Christ?).
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