What is the meaning of Romans 3:24? and are justified The verse opens with a courtroom word—“justified.” God declares the believing sinner righteous, not because of any moral improvement we manage, but by a sovereign verdict. • Romans 5:1 shows the result: “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” • Luke 18:13-14 pictures the tax collector who went home “justified” when he cried for mercy. • Titus 3:7 celebrates that, having been “justified by His grace,” we become heirs of eternal life. In every case, justification is instantaneous, complete, and unchangeable once granted. freely “Freely” stresses that the verdict costs us nothing. The Judge does not invoice the defendant. • Isaiah 55:1 invites the thirsty to “buy wine and milk without money and without cost.” • Revelation 22:17 ends Scripture with the same cry: “Let the one who wishes take the water of life freely.” • 2 Corinthians 9:15 calls salvation “His indescribable gift.” No hidden fees, no installment plan—just an open-handed gift. by His grace Grace explains how the gift can be free. It is the unmerited favor of God extended to people who deserve the opposite. • Ephesians 2:8-9 anchors our rescue: “For it is by grace you have been saved through faith… not by works.” • Titus 2:11 says this grace “has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.” • John 1:16 speaks of “grace upon grace,” an overflowing supply that never runs dry. Grace means God Himself picks up the entire tab. through the redemption Here we move from the courtroom to the slave market. Redemption is the paying of a ransom to set captives free. • Mark 10:45 reveals Christ came “to give His life as a ransom for many.” • 1 Peter 1:18-19 reminds believers we were ransomed “not with perishable things… but with the precious blood of Christ.” • Galatians 3:13 shows the cost: Christ “became a curse for us.” • Hebrews 9:12 affirms He entered the Most Holy Place “once for all… having obtained eternal redemption.” The shackles fall because a price adequate to satisfy divine justice has been paid in full. that is in Christ Jesus All these blessings are found exclusively “in” a Person, not in a program. • John 14:6 quotes Jesus: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” • Acts 4:12 stresses that salvation is “in no one else.” • 2 Corinthians 5:17 promises that anyone “in Christ” is a new creation. • Colossians 1:13-14 celebrates that in Him “we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” Union with Christ is the believing heart’s address; every spiritual blessing is delivered to that location. summary Romans 3:24 packs a gospel treasury into one sentence. God declares sinners righteous, does so at no cost to them, extends the verdict by pure grace, pays the ransom Himself through the blood of His Son, and locates the entire rescue operation in Christ alone. Nothing in us prompted it; everything in Him accomplished it. |
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