“Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men.”
-- Romans 5:18
Someone once said that Jesus, when he hung on the cross, bore the weight of the sins of more than 40 billion people in the space of nine hours. We haven’t a clue to that horror; let alone the love. We can only drop to our grateful knees that Jesus justifies. Amazing love! How can it be that “he forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross” (Colossians 2:13b-14).
Your justification happened at the cross. It means God has acquitted you of your sins, vindicated and pronounced you righteous in his eyes. You are as much justified the hour you first came to Christ by faith as you will be for all eternity. It’s a finished and complete work — a special reference to your person, to your position before God. When the Father looks at you, he looks through rose-colored glasses, stained red because of the blood of Christ. Jesus is “our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: ‘Let him who boasts boast in the Lord’” (I Corinthians 1:30b-31).
Pause today and boast in Jesus. Boast in his love. Boast in his mercy. Boast that he has given you a title to heaven and boldness to enter in. When it comes to your justification, he’s it!
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Not the labors of my hands can fulfill Thy law’s demands; could my zeal no respite know, could my tears forever flow, all for sin could not atone; thou must save and Thou alone. You, Christ, are my justification. Thank you.
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