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Monthly Question Page
Q. Can you please explain the term “Justified”?
A. Justified means that the believer has been cleared from every charge of sin by being brought into a new position before God. He is no longer viewed by God as a sinner. It is an act of God whereby the ungodly is reckoned righteous in God’s mind. There are two sides to justification: a negative side and a positive side.
The negative side has to do with being cleared of all charges of sin against us. “And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses” (Acts 13:39).
The positive side has to do with the believer being in an entirely new position before God in Christ, where no further charge can ever be brought against him. “Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.” (Galatians 2:16). Justification in Christianity always brings the believer into a new position before God. Justifying sinners is something only God can do!
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