How can a sinner be justified?

golfjack · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:09 am Post subject: How can a sinner be justified?

With man this is clearly impossible. Man, with all his boasted wisdom, could not devise any plan of justification. For instance, a prisoner stands before the judge, really guilty of the crime charged to him. The judge might FORGIVE him, but he cannot JUSTIFY him (he cannot make not guilty).

All men are guilty before God. The scriptures declare, there is none righteous, no, not one (Romans 3:10). God says so. Conscience says so. You know, we all know, it is so. All guilty! Yes, you say, that is what confuses me: I know I am a sinner; how can I be justified in God's sight?

First let us see how this cannot be done, and then see how God justifies the sinner.

The Law, the ten commandments and such, cannot justify anyone, for all have transgressed it. By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in God's sight (Romans 3:200). For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them (Galations 3:10).

We have all broken the law; it then can only curse us. We cannot even have forgiveness by all our efforts to kep the law, much less be justified by it. Do you say, We must do our best to love God and keep His commandments, hoping He will forgive you and justify you? Nowhere does say, do your best. No man shall ever be justified on the doing plan. God has said it, and it is useless to fight against God.

Now let us look at God's way of justifying the ungodly. God alone can justify the guilty, and He is righteous in doing it. He Himself has provide the righteous way. It is Christ that died. He was God's Lamb, come into the world as a sacrifice for sin, (our precious Substitute). Oh wondrous answer to all my sins! Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood. Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. It is God that justifies on the ground of Christ having suffered in our place! (Romans 3:19-28; 4:25; 5:1).

Let our thoughts dwell on the cross of Christ. Blessed are the eyes that see and the ears that hear God's testimony about the death of Jesus, the satisfactory sacrifice for sin. God commendeth His love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him (Romans 5:8, 9).

What you could never do, God has done! He has laid your sins on Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all. God has raised Him from the dead. When you repent of your sins and believe He has done this for you, you are justified from all things (Acts 13: 38, 39). Thus God is not onlyjust in forgiving your sins, but righteous in justifying you! Though once a guilty sinner, you are justified, so justified by the death of Jesus that not one charge can be laid to you! (Romans 8:33, 34).

All has been borne by Jesus! Is this not enough to give you peace? Yes, on the basis of Christ's work accomplished on the cross of Calvary, and upon the authority of the Word of God, peace with God is yours, Yours forever, the moment you believe Christ died for you and rose again. Confess with your mouth, believe in your heart that Jesus is Lord and Savior. (Romans 10:9-10).

May God bless, golfjack

thunder · Lion King Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 1222

Simple ... upon the application of the holy blood of Christ, the best eyes in the universe becomes blind to seeing any sin upon our body.

" Behold, He putteth no trust in His saints; Yes, ( even ) the heavens are not clean in His sight." Job 15:15

All of the known creations of God are in jeopardy until the end comes, the books are opened for the judgement seat of Christ.

There is enough bad in the best of us and enough good in the worst of us, that it ill behooves the best of us to talk bad or wink about the rest of us.

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