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FAQ # 53
QUESTION 53 : Explain
to me much simpler how does one become justified?
Christ’s water baptism and
Holy Spirit experience was an example of the born again experience to
come for all believers; but it was also clear evidence that one becomes
justified at this point.
Notice what the voice from
heaven said after his baptism while the spirit descended upon him, “this
is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased” (Matt 3:17).
In other words, he was justified.
He didn’t have to do anything righteous, good or perform many miracles.
In fact, this seal of righteousness came before his great earthly ministry
and compassion.
This show that after a believer
becomes born again, that is, born of the water and of the spirit, he or
she is justified. God declares it in heaven, and your lifestyle herald
it on earth, “This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.”
It’s that simply, believe
it.
“Therefore we conclude that
a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law” (Rom 3:28);
“and by him, all that believe are justified from all things, from which
ye could not be justified by the law of Moses” (Acts 13:19).
Here is a typical example:
How
to speak to God before Justification:–
“And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according
to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate
them. And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering
for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an
atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. Seven days
thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall
be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. Now
this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first
year day by day continually. The one lamb thou shalt offer in the
morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: And with the one
lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten
oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. And the
other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to
the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering
thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. This
shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where
I will meet you, to speak there unto thee ”
(Ex 29:35-42).
How
to speak to God after Justification:–
“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest
by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated
for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an high
priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full
assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience,
and our bodies washed with pure water. Let
us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he
is faithful that promised) (Heb 10:20).”
What a privilege!
Also, just a few verses up in Ex 29, we
saw how the priest became Holy or Justified, “And thou shalt take of the
blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it
upon Aaron … and he shall be hallowed [holy], and his garments”
(Ex 29:21). The blood and anointing oil made Aaron hallowed or holy. Jesus
blood (effected by water baptism) and anointing (effected by the baptism
of the Spirit) makes us holy.
Not
only that, but notice that in Ex 29:36 that they had to offer everyday
a bullock for sin offering to remain holy. Christ changed that and made
us to be holy forever by one offering; “For by one offering he hath perfected
for ever them that are sanctified” (Heb 10:14). Therefore, we need not
come to him about being condemned for our sins. “We have no sin,” being
in Christ (Rom 8:1). We are justified! “For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless,
undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who
needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice,
first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once,
when he offered up himself” (Heb 7:26-27).
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