Your Bible Lesson For The Day
What Has God Done To Accomplish Our Justification?
Do you get anything for nothing? Of course not! If you want something, you have to work for it. This is the way everything is in the world. This is not the case, however, with justification. In the case of justification the matter is not what we did but what God did. And what has God done to accomplish our justification? Look at what the following Bible passages tell you.
What does 2 Corinthians 5:21 tell you God did to accomplish our justification? “God made him (Christ Jesus) who knew no sin to be sin in place of us, in order that we might become the righteousness of God in him.” This verse says that God charged our sins against Jesus and credited Jesus’ righteousness to us.
Now look at what Romans 4:25 says God did to accomplish our justification: “(Jesus Christ) was delivered up to death on account of our sins and was raised on account of our being declared righteous.” This verse is telling you that having charged our sins against Jesus, God made him suffer our punishment of death. And what is more, God then raised Jesus from the dead to show us that he had accepted Jesus’ sacrificial death for our sins and that he has forgiven our sins.
And 1 John 2:2 teaches us that, “(Jesus) himself is the appeasing sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.” From this verse you learn that the death Jesus died was his reconciling sacrifice to pay for the sins of all people and to
restore them to God’s favor.
Now look at what 2 Corinthians 5:19 says God did to accomplish our justification: “God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s sins against them.” This verse says that through Jesus’ sacrificial death for the sins of all people God reconciled the sinners of the world to himself and restored everyone to his peace and favor. Now, because of Jesus’ sacrificial death for everyone’s sins, God does not charge people’s sins against them, nor will he punish them for their sins. This is called objective and universal justification.
And now you know what God has done to accomplish your justification.
What does 2 Corinthians 5:21 tell you God did to accomplish our justification? “God made him (Christ Jesus) who knew no sin to be sin in place of us, in order that we might become the righteousness of God in him.” This verse says that God charged our sins against Jesus and credited Jesus’ righteousness to us.
Now look at what Romans 4:25 says God did to accomplish our justification: “(Jesus Christ) was delivered up to death on account of our sins and was raised on account of our being declared righteous.” This verse is telling you that having charged our sins against Jesus, God made him suffer our punishment of death. And what is more, God then raised Jesus from the dead to show us that he had accepted Jesus’ sacrificial death for our sins and that he has forgiven our sins.
And 1 John 2:2 teaches us that, “(Jesus) himself is the appeasing sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.” From this verse you learn that the death Jesus died was his reconciling sacrifice to pay for the sins of all people and to
restore them to God’s favor.
Now look at what 2 Corinthians 5:19 says God did to accomplish our justification: “God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s sins against them.” This verse says that through Jesus’ sacrificial death for the sins of all people God reconciled the sinners of the world to himself and restored everyone to his peace and favor. Now, because of Jesus’ sacrificial death for everyone’s sins, God does not charge people’s sins against them, nor will he punish them for their sins. This is called objective and universal justification.
And now you know what God has done to accomplish your justification.