Having Been Justified By His Blood

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Having Been Justified  By His Blood

People often try  to justify themselves.     They make excuses.     They claim  to have certain rights.     They’ll say  what they do  is no one else’s business.     They point  to some good deed  they did.     Even fellow sinners  see through all that.     They might not say anything,  but they know our excuses are lame.

If we have  any sort  of conscience,  we don’t feel so good  about our excuses — our self-justifications.     But,  we just want  to forget  about our sins  and think  about something better.

Well,  we can.     Paul wrote the following,

Romans 5:1
Therefore  having been justified  by faith,  we have peace  with God  through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:9
Having now  been justified  by His blood,  we shall be saved  from the wrath  of God  through Him.

Justification  of our sins  is not something  we can do.     Justification  is not a lame excuse — a denial of the facts — or  a brazen claim  to rights  or good deeds.     Justification  is an actual full payment  that satisfies  the debt incurred.

It’s like when  a little kid  accidentally bats his ball  through the neighbor’s  big picture window.      His loving father will pay  for a new picture window,  along with its installment.     Everything is fully paid for.     The neighbor’s loss  has been  fully satisfied  with a new window.     The little kid  was not able  to even begin  making amends  by himself.     But,  he was greatly relieved  when his father  paid the debt.

The little kid  trusted  ( had faith )  in his father’s ability  to pay his debt.     We, too,  are  “justified  by faith”.     We have peace  because we have  “now been justified  by His blood”.     We didn’t merit it  or earn it.     God paid  the price  of our sins  simply because He loves us  and cares  for us.     We are His own  dear children.

That’s what  God Almighty  wants us  to have faith in — His love  for us  through Christ Jesus.     We need  to know  and remember  how loved  we are.

God’s love  for us  is not  to be judged  by the trials  we need  to go through  for the building up  and strengthening  of our faith.     Because  we have  “been justified  by His blood”,  God will  carry us through  the thick and thin  of our trials.     His love  has not changed  when He has allowed us  to have our faith tried.     It’s like 1 Peter 5:10,

And after you have suffered  for a little,  the God  of all grace,  who called you  to His eternal glory  in Christ,  will Himself perfect,  confirm,  strengthen  and establish you.

1 Peter 5:12  adds,

This is the true grace  of God.     Stand firm  in it!

As the little kid stands  in the love  of his father,  we stand  in the eternal love  of our heavenly Father,  Creator,  and Redeemer,  and say,  “Hallelujah!     Lord,  thank You  for justifying  all our sins  simply through faith  in the blood  of Christ Jesus.”

Love,
Margaret

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A Christian devotional  to glorify  the LORD of lords  and GOD of gods.

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… Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus …

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Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus by the Yupiq Eskimo village of Quinhagak, Alaska

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The LORD  made this day, let us rejoice  and be glad  in Him.

Psalm 118:24

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The word of the LORD is tried;

He is a shield  to all  who take refuge  in Him.

Psalm 18:30

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Sing for joy  in the LORD,  O you righteous ones;

Praise is becoming  to the upright.

Psalm 33:1

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How blessed are those  who dwell  in Thy house!

They are ever praising Thee.

Psalm 84:4

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Just as a father  has compassion  on his children,

So the LORD  has compassion  on those who fear Him.

Psalm 103:13

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O give thanks  to the LORD,  for He is good;

For His lovingkindness  is everlasting.

Psalm 107:1

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Glory in His holy name;

Let the heart  of those who seek the LORD  be glad.

Psalm 105:3

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Not that I have already obtained it,  or have already  become perfect, but I press on  in order that  I may  lay hold  of that for which also  I was laid hold of  by Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:12

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