It is God that Justifies
Behold
the eternal security of the weakest believer in Jesus. The act of
justification, once passed under the great seal of the resurrection
of Christ, God can never revoke without denying Himself. Here is our
safety. Here is the ground of our dauntless challenge, "Who
shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that
justifieth" (ROMANS
8:33).
What
can I need more? What more can I ask? If God, the God of spotless
purity, the God of inflexible righteousness, justifies me, who is he
that condemns? Sin may condemn, but it is God that justifies! The law
may alarm, but it is God that justifies! Satan may accuse, but it is
God that justifies! Death may terrify, but it is God that justifies!
"If God be
for us, who can be against us?" (ROMANS
8:31b).
Who
will dare condemn the soul whom He justifies? How gloriously will
this truth shine forth in the great day of judgment! Every accuser
will then be dumb. Every tongue will then be silent. Nothing shall be
laid to the charge of God's elect. GOD Himself shall pronounce them
fully, and forever justified: And those He justifies, He also
glorifies (see ROMANS 8:30c).
-Gospel report by preacher Octavius Winslow (1808–1878 A.D.)
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