Hexon J. Maldonado
  • Articles
  • Sermons
  • Resources
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
  • About

What Does It Mean to be Justified?

3/17/2022

0 Comments

 
Picture
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:1
​
​We read and sing about being justified before God all the time.  Some form of the word appears forty-three times throughout the Bible, with thirty-eight of those occurrences appearing in the New Testament alone.  The Greek word which lies behind the English word justify is some form of the verb dikaioō which is variously translated into English as to justify or to acquit.  The noun forms of this Greek word (dikaiosis, dikaioma, dikaiosune, dikaios) are variously translated as righteous, righteousness or justification and appear nearly six hundred times throughout the Bible.  Yet, when Christians are asked to explain the Bible’s teaching on justification, many will scratch their heads and fumble through answers of being saved, forgiven, redeemed, or reconciled to God.  While all these concepts are related to justification, the biblical doctrines of regeneration, forgiveness, redemption, and reconciliation are not synonymous with justification.  What then does it mean to be justified before God and why does it matter that we know this?

Read More
0 Comments
    Subscribe

    RSS Feed

    Picture
    Purchase Hexon's book, In the King's Presence: How Christ's Royal Majesty Enriches Corporate Worship*
    *Read correction
    Reflections on the Ten Commandments

    Past Articles

    March 2023
    February 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    January 2022
    September 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    December 2020
    October 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    March 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    December 2017
    May 2017
    July 2016
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    June 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013

    This website uses marketing and tracking technologies. Opting out of this will opt you out of all cookies, except for those needed to run the website. Note that some products may not work as well without tracking cookies.

    Opt Out of Cookies

Articles

Sermons

Resources

Subscribe

Copyright © 2013. All Rights Reserved.
  • Articles
  • Sermons
  • Resources
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
  • About