John Carver - Case Dismissed (Feb 10 2013)
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Channel: John Carver · 2013 · People & Blogs
Somebody once described the battle this way: 'God is always voting for us; the devil is always voting against us, but it is how we vote which decides who wins!' Simply recognizing what is going on and who we are dealing with is half way to victory. Jesus did NOT come to condemn the world (John 12:47 - The Bible). Justification is an expungement of our record! ex•punge ( k-sp nj ) tr.v. ex•punged, ex•pung•ing, ex•pung•es 1. To erase or strike out: "I have corrected some factual slips, expunged some repetitions" (Kenneth Tynan). 2. To eliminate completely; annihilate. When God justifies a sinner, he doesn't simply delay his punishment. And he doesn't reduce his punishment. When God justifies a sinner, he removes the punishment altogether. That is why Romans 8:1 says there is "no condemnation" for those who are in Christ Jesus. Justification means the sinner is declared "not guilty" in the eyes of God because God credits (accounts or imputes) to him the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ. That's a pure miracle of God's grace. Guilty sinners are forgiven, pardoned, and declared righteous while they are still guilty, on the basis of Christ's death on the cross. And this amazing gift comes to anyone who will receive it by faith without trying to work for it.
