2012- Q. 33- What is Justification?
A: Justification is a free gift of God by which He forgives all our sins, and accepts us as righteous before Him. He does this only because He has given Christ's righteousness to us. Justification is received by faith alone.
Thoughts: I remember hearing Billy Graham once say that justification means that God looks at you "just as if you never sinned." In Isaiah the passage implies that sin was being remembered and it bothered God and bothered Him. But when He justifies us, it as if our sin is forgotten and we are accepted by God into His relationship (or covenant), and into His people.
This does not mean that we should forget sins committed against us when we forgive people. In heaven God forgives. But on earth we must learn from our own and other's mistakes. However, we should forgive others- giving them a second chance- even if it means our own hurt.
God blots out our transgression. It is like an ink blot that marks out the remembrance of our sins written down. It is illegible, scratched out in God's eyes. We are set free from the penalty and burden of sin by God's forgiveness.
Prayer: Lord, thank you for blotting out my sin from your memory. Thank you for the opportunity of a second chance.
1645 WSC Q. 33. What is justification?
A. Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein he pardoneth all our sins, and accepteth
us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by
faith alone.
1989 Q. 33. What is justification?
A. Justification is the act of God’s free grace by which He pardons all our sins and accepts us as
righteous in His sight. He does so only because He counts the righteousness of Christ as ours.
Justification is received by faith alone.
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