To God Be The Glory!

Tell you one thing that blessed me as soon as I saw the title of this Post.
That awesome hymn we sing of the same name. My insides vibrate as I sing it in my mind even now as I type.

I am blessed by the family God has given me when He gave me my church and the family He gave me when I was given my fiancé.

Thank you, Father

Jay

In my studies tonight, I was reminded of this post. What an awesome verse this is. To think we are Justified by faith and that is how we have peace with God through Jesus Christ.

Justification does not mean we are acquited or pardoned or paroled but it is a legal act whereby our status is changed for good.

So justification does not mean we are acquited as though we successfully defended ourselves in court; it does not mean we were found guilty and then pardoned; and it does not mean we are paroled as one who is guilty and have been given freedom on certain conditions with some restrictions on that liberty. It simply means our status has been changed from out of favor with God to in God's favor.

In this verse we are saved by faith for our good, but Romans 4:16 goe further and says it is by faith that it might be by Grace because in this way God is Glorified.

There is so much to write on Justification I would have to put it in several long posts. So I will resist. But once I wrote on the Theology of Adoption, and explained how God handled Adoption vs the way man handles Adoption. I am reminded because of the way God views justification vs the way man views it.

Man justifies the innocent - God justifies the guilty.
Man's justification is on self merit - God's is on Jesus' merit.

What a God and what a Saviour!

Hey where to you all live! I love to sing praises to God with you all (i know I will one day! )

To Gerry, you always inspire me to open my Bible, thank you for that!

Regarding Justification: You said "So justification does not mean we are acquited as though we successfully defended ourselves in court; it does not mean we were found guilty and then pardoned;"

Being in the legal business, I understand the workings of law (remember, I'm the one that has to watch out for being Pharisee-like). Justification means that we have be tried, found guilty and sentenced to death. There is no pardon here. The price of the charge must be paid. The thing is, I am a dead man (ok woman), except for the fact that Jesus stepped in before my sentencing was executed and said "I AM, therefore I will pay the sentence". I like to remind people too, your weren't really pardoned, your debt was just paid. WAGES of sin is death, its something we earned. But Jesus gives a GIFT (free of charge, nothing we earned). Justification: the freedom from the penalty of sin.

Gerry Said:
"But once I wrote on the Theology of Adoption, and explained how God handled Adoption vs the way man handles Adoption"

I would love to see this. The first Bible study i was in talked about who were were before God. I really hung onto the fact that I was "adopted" by God. (I used to pretend I was adopted as a little girl) The new creation and being adopted into the Family of God really helped me a long time ago.


I love the Glory songs. Holy Is He is my favorite

Sorry Reeann, but you have missed the point of my post and you are incorrect from a theological viewpoint. There is a HUGE difference in Justification, Sanctification, and Glorification.

Nevertheless I did not intend with my post to inspire a debate, which is why I posted it as a reply rather than as a seperate study in a seperate thread.

I think there is a great need for an understanding of the "shun" words of the Bible.

My point was that man justifies the innocent by various legal means. Rather God justifies the GUILTY NOT by means of pardon or aquital, or parole, but by CHANGING our status.

Since you are of a legal mind and familiar with latin terms, there are three latin theological terms, you may be familiar with.


Non posse non pecare - not able not to sin This obviously refers to our status before salvation.

Posse non pecare - able not to sin This refers to our status after salvation, because through Jesus we have the power to live a life of victory.

Non posse pecare - Not able to sin This clearly refers to our status after the rapture.

James wrote that man is justified before men through works , whereas Paul wrote that it is through faith that we are justified before God: faith being the root of justification. James then wrote that works is the fruit of justification.

Same here Gerry, I saw those words and I love that song...

Ok every one sing "To God be...."

"...the glory - great things He hath done!"

To God be the glory, great things He has done;
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the life gate that all may go in.

Refrain

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory, great things He has done.


I love that Hymn

Dave

Originally posted by The Simple Plan
To God be the glory, great things He has done;
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the life gate that all may go in.

Refrain

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory, great things He has done.


I love that Hymn

Dave

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Yeah Dave! Me Tooooooo!!!

*lightbulb*

Oooh

Praise God for Light Bulbs and Reeann!!!

John_7:18 "He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.