![]() ![]() Jesus had nothing in Him to cause people to hate Him. That’s justification.Īlso, we are justified “freely.” The word freely here means “without cause.” When Jesus was betrayed, Jesus said, “They hated Me without a cause” ( John 15:25) – same word. You are acquitted of your guilt as a sinner and made acceptable to God through faith in Jesus Christ. you may have done something you shouldn’t have done, and you can be forgiven for it. ![]() Forgiveness is wonderful, but justification goes even deeper. Justification is better than forgiveness. Yet in one great legal act, God acquits us of our sin and makes us acceptable in God’s presence. We stand before God absolutely guilty and helpless to do anything about our guilt. The word is taken right out of the legal world. Romans 3:24 says, “being justified freely by His grace.” The word justified means “to declare righteous.” In other words, here is a person who is guilty and yet declared not guilty. For there is no difference for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. ![]()
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