- What is Justify means?
- What is Justification?
- Is it possible to justify by ourselves?
- Who justify us?
- In what basis God Justify us?
- Does this cost us anything?
- Does this cost anyone? or How much does this cost God to justify us? or How God justify us?
- Is Justification is an act or a process? or Is
Justification is an one time event or recurring event?
- Is Justification is same as Salvation?
- Is Justification is same as Sanctification?
- What are the few major outcomes of
this justification?
Justification
- What is Justify means?
- Following are from a dictionary:
- to show (an act,
claim, statement, etc.)
to be just or right:
The end does not always justify the means.
- to defend or uphold
as warranted or well-grounded:
Don't try to justify his rudeness.
- Theology . to declare innocent or guiltless; absolve; acquit.
- What is Justification?
- Justification is an act of
justifying.
- Following are the real meanings from the
Bible:
-
Declared Righteous or Righteousness
declared.
- (WW) justification
does not mean that God makes us
righteous,
but that
He declares us righteous
- Through the obedience of
Jesus Christ many will be
justified
or
made right in God's sight
(Romans 5:19).
- Romans
5:18-19 - 18
Therefore, as through
one man's offense
judgment came to all men,
resulting in condemnation,
even so through one
Man's righteous act the free
gift came to all men,
resulting in
justification
of life. 19
For as by one man's
disobedience many were made
sinners, so also by
one Man's obedience
many will be made righteous
(NLT:
made right in God's sight).
- NLT: Romans
5:18-19 - 18 Yes, Adam's one sin brought condemnation upon everyone, but Christ's one act of righteousness
makes all people right in God's sight and gives them life.
19 Because
one person disobeyed God, many people became sinners. But because
one other person obeyed God, many people will be made right in God's sight.
-
Just as if I had never sinned:
- (JC)
Justification means
being declared righteous—as though we never sinned at all.
- You see, the Lord doesn’t say, “I’ve been bearing with you and putting up with all of your sin, but I’m such a good God that I’ll overlook it.” No!
Once I have faith in Jesus Christ, God looks at me as being justified—as though I never sinned at all.
- (WW)
God
looks on us and deals with us as though we had never sinned
at all!
- (JC) Justification
is a legal term that speaks of much
more than
forgiveness or pardon.
- (WW) Justification is a
legal matter.
God
puts the righteousness of Christ on our record in the place of our own sinfulness. And
nobody can change this record.
- (DG)
Solves the problem of man’s guilt before a righteous Judge.
- How could these
be?
- Because God
forgets
believers sins
-
Jeremiah 31:34
- No more shall
every man teach
his neighbor,
and every man
his brother,
saying, 'Know
the Lord,' for
they all shall
know Me, from
the least of
them to the
greatest of
them, says the
Lord. ForI
will forgive
their iniquity,
and their sin I
will remember no
more."
-
Hebrews 10:17
(quote from
Jeremiah 31:34)
- then He adds,
"Their
sins and their
lawless deeds I
will remember no
more."
-
Hebrews 8:12
- For I
will be merciful
to their
unrighteousness,
and their sins
and their
lawless deeds I
will remember no
more."
-
Psalm 103:12
- As far as the
east is from the
west, So far has
He removed our
transgressions
from us.
-
Is 1:18
- "Come now, and let us reason together," Says the Lord, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.
- God
never
forget believers good
works/services to our God
-
Hebrew 6:10
- For
God is not
unjust to forget
your work and
labor of love
which you have
shown toward His
name, in that
you have
ministered to
the saints, and
do minister.
NLT:
Hebrew 6:10
- For God is not
unfair.
He will not
forget how hard
you have worked
for him and how
you have shown
your love to him
by caring for
other
Christians, as
you still do.
-
1 Corinthians
15:58
- Therefore, my
beloved
brethren, be
steadfast,
immovable,
always abounding
in the work of
the Lord,
knowing that
your labor is
not in vain in
the Lord.
NLT: 1
Corinthians
15:58
- So, my dear
brothers and
sisters,
be strong and
steady, always
enthusiastic
about the Lord's
work, for you
know that
nothing you do
for the Lord is
ever useless.
-
Galatians 6:9-10
- 9
And let us
not grow
weary while
doing good, for
in due season we
shall reap if we
do not lose
heart. 10
Therefore,
as we
have
opportunity, let
us do good to
all, especially
to those who are
of the household
of faith.
- Is it possible to justify by ourselves?
- (WW) No sinner can justify himself before God
by their good works or by their works of the law.
- Romans 3:19-20 - 19
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. 20 Therefore
by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
- Application: NEVER TRY TO
JUSTIFY YOURSELF through your works.
- Who justify us?
- (WW)
Justification is something
God does, not man. No sinner can justify himself before God.
- Matt 19:26 - 25 When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?" 26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
- Romans 3:22,24,26 - 22 even
the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that
He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
- In what basis God Justify us?
- Just believe in Jesus Christ or
through faith in Jesus Christ.
-
Romans 3:22 - even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ,
to all and on all who believe. For there is no
difference;
NIV: Romans 3:22 - This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference,
NLT: Romans 3:22 - We are made right in
God's sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our
sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, no
matter who we are or what we have done.
- Romans 10:9-11,13 - 9 that
if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and
believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with
the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.
13 For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."
- Does this cost us anything?
- No. We are justified freely
by God's grace.
- Romans 3:24 - being justified
freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
- (WW)
Salvation is free, but it is not cheap.
- (DG) Being in such a sinful state, the only way we can be justified is to be
justified freely. We can’t purchase it with our good works at all. If it isn’t made free to us, we can’t have it all. So we are justified freely by
His grace - His unmerited favor, given to us without regard to what we deserve. It is a giving motivated purely by the giver, and motivated by nothing in the one who receives.
- Freely is the Greek word
dorean. The way this word is used in other New Testament passages helps us understand the word.
Matthew 10:8 (Freely you have received, freely give) and
Revelation 22:17 (And whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely) show that the word means
truly free, not just “cheap” or “discounted.” Perhaps the most striking use of the ancient Greek word dorean is in
John 15:25: They
hated me without a cause (dorean). Even as there was
nothing in Jesus deserving of man’s hatred, so there is nothing in us deserving of justification - all the reasons are in God.
- Does this cost anyone? or How much does this cost God to justify us? or How
God justify us?
- He gave His one and only son Jesus Christ as
an ultimate sacrifice. So it is not cheap.
- Dr. G. Campbell Morgan was trying to
explain "free salvation" to a coal miner, but the man was unable to understand it. "I have to pay for it," he kept arguing. With a flash of divine insight, Dr. Morgan asked, "How did you get down into the mine this morning?" "Why, it was easy," the man replied. "I just got on the elevator and went down."
- Then Morgan asked, "Wasn't that too easy? Didn't it cost you something?"
- The man laughed. "No, it didn't cost me anything; but it must have cost the company plenty to install that elevator." Then the man saw the truth: "It doesn't cost me anything to be saved, but it cost God the life of His Son."
- John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
- Gal 2:21
- I do not set aside the grace of God; for
if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain."
- Romans 3:24-26 - 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that
He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
- Romans
5:18-19 - 18
Therefore, as through
one man's offense
judgment came to all men,
resulting in condemnation,
even so through one
Man's righteous act the free
gift came to all men,
resulting in
justification
of life. 19
For as by one man's
disobedience many were made
sinners, so also by
one Man's obedience
many will be made righteous
(NLT:
made right in God's sight).
- Is Justification is an act or a process? or Is
Justification is an one time event or recurring event?
- (WW) Justification
is
an act, not a process
- There are no degrees of justification: each believer has the same right standing before God.
- Eph 2:8 - 8 For
by grace you have been saved through
faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the
gift of God,
- Gal 5:24 - And those who are Christ's
have
crucified the flesh with its passions and
desires.
-
Romans 3:22 - even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ,
to all and on all who believe.
For there is no
difference;
- Is Justification is same as Salvation?
- Yes, Justification is the (WW) Theological
term for Salvation.
- It also means Born Again, accepted
Jesus Christ as personal Savior,
- Is Justification is same as Sanctification?
- No.
- (WW) Do not confuse justification and sanctification.
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Sanctification |
- When the sinner trusts Christ(Faith
in Jesus), God
(Justifies)declares him righteous.
- This declaration will never be repealed
(to revoke or withdraw formally).
- Justification never changes.
(Justification
is an act.)
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- Justification that
enables God to begin the process of sanctification
((2 Cor 3:18)
- Sanctification is the process whereby God makes the believer more and more like Christ
em>((2 Cor 3:18).
- Sanctification may change from day to day.
(Sanctification is a
process)
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- What are the few major outcomes of
this justification?
- Justification by faith
brings life
to the believers (Romans 5:18).
- Romans
5:18-19 - 18
Therefore, as through
one man's offense
judgment came to all men,
resulting in condemnation,
even so through one
Man's righteous act the free
gift came to all men,
resulting in
justification
of life. 19
For as by one man's
disobedience many were made
sinners, so also by
one Man's obedience
many will be made righteous
(NLT:
made right in God's sight).
- Justification by faith made the believers to
peace
with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1, 2 Cor 5:18).
- Romans 5:1,2
- Therefore, having
been justified by faith, we
have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus
Christ,
2 through whom also we have
access by faith
into this grace in which we stand, and
rejoice in hope
of the glory of God. 3 And not
only that, but we also glory in
tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces
perseverance; 4 and perseverance,
character; and character, hope. 5
Now hope does not disappoint, because the
love of God has
been poured out in our hearts by the Holy
Spirit who was given to us.
- 2 Cor 5:18 - 18
Now all things are of God,
who has
reconciled
us to Himself through Jesus
Christ, and has
given us the ministry of
reconciliation, 19
that is, that God was in
Christ reconciling the world to
Himself, not imputing their
trespasses to them, and has
committed to us the word of
reconciliation. 20
Now then, we are ambassadors for
Christ, as though God were
pleading through us: we implore
you on Christ's behalf, be
reconciled to God.
21 For He
made Him who knew no sin to be
sin for us, that we might become
the righteousness of God in Him.
- Justification by faith made the believers to
access God's thrown of Grace by faith
(Romans 5:2; Heb 4:16).
- Heb 4:16
- Let us therefore come
boldly to the throne of grace,
that we may obtain mercy and
find grace to help in time of
need.
- Justification by faith made the believers to
rejoice in hope of the glory of God
(Romans 5:2).
- Justification by faith made the believers to
experience the Love of God poured out in
our heart by His Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5).
- Justification by faith
guard and
rule the
believers by the
peace of God which
surpasses all understanding (Philippians
4:7).
- Philippians 4:7 - 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
7 and
the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
- Justification by faith provide the believers
the assurance of salvation
(1 John 5:13).
- 1 John 5:13 - 11 And this is what God has testified:
He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 So
whoever has God's Son has life; whoever does not have his Son does not have life.
13 I write this to you who believe in the Son of God, so that
you may know
you have eternal life.
- Justification by faith
enables God to
begin the process of sanctification
(2 Cor 3:18)—the process by which God makes us in reality what we already are positionally.
- 2 Cor 3:18 - 17
Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit
of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18
But we all, with unveiled face,
beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord,
are being transformed into the same image from
glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the
Lord.
Summary:
- By God's Love and unmerited favor (grace)
God sent His son Jesus Christ to die on our behalf as a
substitutionary death (propitiation or the atonement
sacrifice). Whoever believes or put their
faith in Jesus Christ then God declares them as
righteous (Justified or Saved)
- God
purchased back by Jesus Christ blood (redeemed)
freely (Romans 3:24,
1 Corinthians 6:20) from the
slavery of Sin and Satan through Jesus Christ
so we are not slave to sin (Rom 6:11)
- Made us New creation (2 Cor 5:17)
cleansing by His blood by
- Forgot all our sins (Heb
10:17)
- Removed all our sins (Ps
103:12)
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