Justified Through Jesus

 

    God is just.  He gives people so many chances and people squander them more times than not.  Each person deserves a lot worse from God than received.  God loves you so much that He gives you life, time, and free will to do what you want with it.  The choice is your to follow Jesus or do your own thing.  It is important to know that Jesus is the only way to salvation.  He is the only justification you have on that day that you face God.

    God is just, but He does not allow sin to be ignored.  When you choose to reject Him and His ways, then you put yourself in opposition to God.  Any sin is worthy of God's wrath.  It is rebellion and what leader tolerates rebellion, let alone your creator.  Instead of you having to take God's full wrath, He poured it onto Jesus to take on your behalf.  This opened the door to salvation.  

    If you choose to walk in faith with Jesus, then you are hidden from God's full wrath.  That does not mean that you will never face consequences for doing wrong.  You may even face consequences for the sins of other people, but it could be so much worse.  Following Jesus means you are willing to take the small amount you get now for perfect peace with God in the future.  You understand the purpose of righteous living.  

    What God and Jesus did that day on the cross and the next three days was foretold in the beginning when sin was introduced into the world.  It had never been done before and will never be done again.  It was a one time event in history to change everything for the rest of time.  Jesus fulfilled every prophecy given about him throughout history.  Any prophecy that came after his ascension you can be assured will happen.

    Jesus is the one and only sacrifice worth enough to take on God's wrath and not be destroyed.  He is the only one that was able to open the door to salvation for everyone.  All you have to do is accept and walk through.  When you do you become justified through Jesus.  Your sins are atoned and you can start living a new life of faith.  You can stand before God without your sins destroying you.  

    You get to be righteous before God because Jesus exchanged your guilty sentence onto himself.  Jesus makes you all equal in justification and righteousness.  No one is more important than anyone else.  There are those that simply follow Jesus and those that chose to rebel. You are either free or a slave to sin.  You will either have eternity of perfection or torment. It all depends on what you do with what you know.

Romans 1:18-20, 2:12-16, 3:9-31, & 5:1-2