Psalm 149:4

"For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation."

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Justification

A while ago, it was brought to my attention that I have a big hole in my understanding of the Gospel, and that hole is the concept of justification.

Justification = I am pure and holy sitting at the right hand of God right now. 

The trouble is that knowing a definition of a word doesn't just make the problem go away, and I have been wrestling with this for months. I have been fighting lies, immersing myself in Truth, reading about justification,  and praying for understanding. Then last night I was reading Because He Loves Me by Elyse Fitzpatrick and she wrote:

"He never punishes us in wrath because 

He has NO wrath left. 

Every drop of his wrath was 

ALL poured out on His Son." 




The wording struck a chord in me, and several verses finally hit my heart and made sense. If you believe in God, there is no wrath for you because it was poured out on the cross!


"For God 
did not appoint us to suffer wrath 
but to receive salvation 
through our Lord Jesus Christ." 
- 1 Thessalonians 5:9

"Since we have now been 
justified by his blood, 
how much more shall we be 
saved from God’s wrath through him!"
-Romans 5:

"The LORD has given full vent to his wrath;
   he has poured out his fierce anger." 
-Lamentations 4:11a 

I am free from wrath, attack, stain and sin in God's eyes and all that is left is a beautiful, sanctified, justified. A princess. His daughter, welcome on His lap, and free to play joyfully, and protected in His fortress for all time.

I am so excited to continue to grow in my understanding of the Gospel, of my identity and of God's character!

What part of the Gospel are you missing? Are you going to allow God to fill that hole with Truth?

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