Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Being Justified Freely

Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus (Romans 3:24). Free grace gives us God's favor that we don't deserve. Free grace gives us all that we receive from God. The grace of God can never be bought, earned, nor achieved through personal effort. It is free grace, because Jesus paid it all at the cross. Our redemption is through his shed blood, confirmed by his glorious resurrection.

Being justified freely gives us new life, abundant life, and life eternal in Christ alone. Believers may truly say, "But by the grace of God I am what I am" (1 Corinthians 15:10). All we are, or ever hope to be, is by God's grace freely given. 

Nothing else in all the world can change our lives, but grace freely given in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). God's Spirit of grace operates directly on our hearts, to change us from the inside out. Grace changes the mind to understand the things of God. Grace is freely given to change the will to seek God. Grace changes the emotions to have a tender heart for God.

Being justified freely is unto eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 6:23). It's not of our works. It's all of grace, the gift of God (Titus 3:5-7). God's grace is received by faith in Christ. He alone is the One who changes us from glory into glory. Christ in you is the fullness of God's grace. And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace (John 1:16). We are justified freely in Christ.