Job 25:4. “How then can a man be justified with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?”
JUSTIFIED WITH GOD. The problem of guilt must be faced – Sin’s consequences must be paid. Righteous punishment on sinners is placed – Righteous justice on the guilty is laid. But then comes the voice of the Judge – A substitute for the sinner is found. A sinless One takes the place of the drudge – When sin abounded, grace did much more abound.
To be pardoned is truly a wonderful thing – But to be justified is so much more. A pardon can make a condemned man sing – A justified man can enter the door To new life with no unsavory past to be found – The pages of sins committed are wiped clean. The word “justified” has a beautiful sound – There are no traces of past guilt to be seen.
Justified by grace doesn’t mean God overlooked, Any sin that could be charged again someday. It means the Lord Jesus when on the cross, willingly took Responsibility for all the debt I could not pay. So, by His blood I am completely justified – Because His death for me, fully paid my debt. The justice of God is righteously satisfied – And my past sins God has chosen to forget.
There is authority in His name that justifies me – By placing faith in Him alone, I am accepted. Christ rose from the dead, that from sin’s claims I am free – And in Christ I have been spiritually resurrected. So, I am alive in Christ in a completely new way – I died in Christ and now in Christ I live.
God is just and the justifier is what the Word of God has to say Justified with God is a fact now because of all that Christ gave.
“Tomorrow morning, Father, we will be remembering the Lord Jesus Christ in breaking bread and drinking from a cup. The two emblems remind me of my acceptance because I have been justified before Thee. I thank and praise Thee for this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”