Luke 18:14 KJV
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Justified is one of the greatest words in the Bible. It is the hope of the follower of Christ who finds he has not been made sinless when he became a Christian. Justification is to be declare innocent without having had any internal change in one's true state.
A judge may declare a man innocent. But the judge cannot change that man's true condition. The evidence to convict him may have been too weak and thus, the judge, maybe even suspecting the guilt of the man, must declare him innocent (just) and set him free.
There are other doctrines having to do with salvation that deal with the subject of the change that takes place in the saved. But the term just is the foundation to salvation. The one who is saved is declared innocent and just before God, based on the blood of Christ, regardless of the evidence to the contrary in the sinner.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Justified is one of the greatest words in the Bible. It is the hope of the follower of Christ who finds he has not been made sinless when he became a Christian. Justification is to be declare innocent without having had any internal change in one's true state.
A judge may declare a man innocent. But the judge cannot change that man's true condition. The evidence to convict him may have been too weak and thus, the judge, maybe even suspecting the guilt of the man, must declare him innocent (just) and set him free.
There are other doctrines having to do with salvation that deal with the subject of the change that takes place in the saved. But the term just is the foundation to salvation. The one who is saved is declared innocent and just before God, based on the blood of Christ, regardless of the evidence to the contrary in the sinner.
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