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Justification: Declared Righteous

You have been declared righteous for all eternity in the sight of God through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. In part 5 of Lavished: Your Riches in Christ, Pastor Dan Cox reads from Romans 5:1-11.

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Study Notes

The Classical Calvinistic Order of Salvation

Predestination
Election
Calling
Regeneration
Faith
Repentance
Justification
Adoption
Sanctification
Perseverance
Glorification

Predestination and Election

God knew, loved and chose you before the foundation of the world to be conformed to the image of Christ and receive all spiritual blessings in Christ.

Calling and Regeneration

In time, God effectively called you to Himself and made you spiritually alive through the new birth.

Faith and Repentance

Having been made spiritually alive, God gave you faith- trust in the Person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ- and changed your mind about sin.

Justification

Through faith in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, God has declared you righteous- as holy as Christ Himself- forever and ever.

Since we have been justified by faith…

  • we have peace with God
  • we have access by faith
  • we rejoice in hope
  • we rejoice in our sufferings
  • we have God’s love in our hearts

While we were still sinners…

  • Christ died for the ungodly
  • God proved His love

Since we have been justified by His blood…

  • we will be saved from God’s wrath
  • we have been reconciled with God
  • we rejoice in God

Applying the Text

Rejoice!