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Justification
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My dear children!
As believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, you’ve been
justified by the blood of the Lamb! This means that I have
declared you righteous and no
longer under condemnation! I have
credited you with God the Son’s and My perfect
righteousness or goodness, +R. This wonderful event took place at
the moment you believed in Jesus Christ as your Savior! You now
have a relationship with Me forever! No worries about your eternal
security!
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Peter 2:24 And He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross,
so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His
wounds you were healed.
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Justification is
My judicial act whereby My justice recognizes that you have the
perfect righteousness of God. This justification, which declares
you righteous, is not because of anything that you have done; it
is not because of your works or merits. It is a grace gift from
Me. In fact, I greatly dislike anything that you do to try to
justify yourself! You are able to receive justification because of
the work of My Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, on the cross. When you
believe in Jesus Christ, I credit your account with My perfect
righteousness or goodness. Then, God the Holy Spirit places you in
union with the Lord Jesus Christ, and so you receive a second
portion or amount of righteousness, the righteousness of Jesus
Christ.
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Romans 3:26 For the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at
the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of
the one who has faith in Jesus.
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Now,
when I use the word justification in talking about Myself, I’m
talking about My righteousness or justice. When I use it for you,
I am talking about My perfect righteousness that was given to you
at salvation. You were made as perfect as Me when you believed in
the Lord Jesus Christ. When I see you, I see your new nature, your
perfect nature, not your old sin nature. I see My righteousness!
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Corinthians 5:21 He made Him Who knew no sin to be sin on our
behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
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When I use the words “just”
and “righteous” for Myself, I am referring to My integrity or
nature. If I had left you to yourselves and didn’t do anything
about your sin problem, then I wouldn’t have been just. Therefore,
I sent My beloved Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to be a sin offering
for you. He willingly went to the cross, was charged with all
mankind’s sins, and was judged for them. He paid the price and I
accepted the payment. He showed that I, God the Father, am just
and righteous! This really bothers Satan! He hates My being just
and righteous.
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Romans 3:25-26 God presented Him as a sacrifice of propitiation,
through faith in His blood. He did this to demonstrate [to angels]
His justice, because in His forbearance he had left the sins
committed beforehand unpunished – He did it to demonstrate His
justice at the present time, so as to be just and the One Who
justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
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When I use “just” and “righteous” to refer to
you, I’m referring to you as a justified child or a righteous
child. It means that when you accepted Jesus Christ as your
Savior, the greatest decision in your life, you adjusted to my
justice. You accepted My justice. You were credited with divine
righteousness. It was done for you and not something that you did
for yourself! Nothing can ever change that or take away My
righteousness from you. You are secure forever in My
righteousness. You can count on Me, your loving and perfectly
righteous Father. Your can count on your almighty God: Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit!
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Romans
5:19 For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made
sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be
made righteous.
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Since you have My perfect righteousness, My
justice is free to bless you. I can give you awesome blessings! I
knew billions of years ago that you would make the greatest
decision of your life, to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as your
Savior. Therefore, I made a special plan for each of you to be
changed to the image of My Son. You don’t have to do the changing;
you just study, learn, and apply Bible doctrine, and the Holy
Spirit will change you. I am always for you and never against you!
If I am for you, who can be against you? I always look at you as
having My perfect righteousness. You are to look at the way I see
you, not how your old sin nature and others see you. All of your
sins have been judged at the cross and are no longer an issue. So,
relax! Live in My Word, and you will be blessed!
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Romans
8:29-30 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become
conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born
among many brethren; and whom He predestined, these He also
called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He
justified, these He also glorified.
Romans 8:33 Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is
the One Who justifies;
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Activity Pages
Fill in the words.
The blood of Christ, His spiritual death
on the cross, paid the price for the sins of the world, ransoming
all from the slave market of sin.
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The blood of Christ cancelled the debt we
owed, wiping out the penalty and guilt of sin.
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The blood of Christ completely satisfied
the righteousness and justice of God concerning all issues related
to sin.
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The blood of Christ restored the human
race to a state of peace with God.
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All of these mentioned above were done
for _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Words to use: all mankind,
reconciliation, redemption, expiation, propitiation, all angels
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Unscramble the words.
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sbreelvie _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Justification from God
References used:
Robert R.McLaughlin Bible Ministries
www.gbible.org
Lessons: 11-21-06,
11-28-06
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