Daily Devotions
October 30th, 2023 by Pastor SolleyRom 8:30-31 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
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Justification is a legal term meaning one has been declared innocent or right in standing. In a court of law the law is above the judge and he must act accordingly. A guilty man may be pardoned, there may not be enough evidence to convict, and one can be declared just but only according to the law. In God’s court God is above the law and no one guilty will or can be pardoned, justified, without the crime they have been charged with being paid for. We all have been rightly charged as sinners by God and God’s law. That sin must be paid for and the wages of that sin is death. (Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; …) That death is an eternity in the fire of hell. That is God’s law and it cannot be changed. We are all sinners under the law, charged by God. (Rom 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:) That sin must be paid for and the payment is death and hell. How then can one be justified? Now we look to Jesus Christ. (Rom 5:19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.) God has a free gift for you and that gift is Jesus. (Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.) You can be justified by Jesus. (Rom 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:) But we must receive Him as our personal savior. We must see our sin, see our helpless condition, repent and ask Jesus to forgive and save us. Then and only then will our sin be paid for, then and only then can one be justified in God’s court. Are you saved today? Delay no longer and come to Jesus today.