Justification: An act of GOD!

Justification is an act of God and is made possible by his mercy and the sacrifice Jesus Christ paid for the sins of the whole world. It is acceptable by God as the supreme being recognised by all creation through his omnipotence. One of the most precious ways the Bible describes salvation is by the word “justification.” It is God that justifies (Rom. 8:33). Self-righteous sinners justify themselves, but remain condemned by God (Luke 10:29). God justifies the ungodly (Rom. 4:5), but not by excusing their sin or denying they are sinners. Justification is a legal act by God, a metaphor taken from the law court. The best and most popular definition is in the Westminster Shorter Catechism: “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.”