Justified By Faith
1. There are many people who believe that they can work their way into heaven.
2. There are many Christians who believe that in order to be accepted by God they have to do a list of things.
3. People often talk of salvation in terms of Christ forgiving their sin which is only part of what salvation involves.
Salvation is a 3 part process:
Justification > Sanctification > Glorification
Justification is the act of God whereby He forgives the unsaved person’s sin and imputes/credits/assigns to them the righteousness of Christ when through faith they believe.
1st Component: God forgives our sin
2nd Component: God credits, assigns, imputes Christ’s righteousness to our account
3rd Component: The only way for people to receive justification is through faith
Faith:
Facts
Agree
Individualize
Trust
Hope
Romans 4:1 ESV
What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh?
Romans 4:2 ESV
For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
Romans 4:2 ESV
For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
Romans 4:3 ESV
For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness."
Isaiah 53:6-7 NLT
All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all. He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
John 8:56 ESV
“Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.”
Romans 4:4 NLT
When people work, their wages are not a gift, but something they have earned.
Romans 4:5 NLT
But people are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners.
Ephesians 2:8 NIV
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
Romans 4:5 NLT
But people are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners.
Romans 4:6 NLT
David also spoke of this when he described the happiness of those who are declared righteous without working for it:
Romans 4:7-8 NLT
“Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sins are put out of sight. Yes, what joy for those whose record the LORD has cleared of sin.”
Colossians 2:13-14 MSG
When you were stuck in your old sin-dead life, you were incapable of responding to God. God brought you alive—right along with Christ! Think of it! All sins forgiven, the slate wiped clean, that old arrest warrant canceled and nailed to Christ’s Cross.
