Our Perfect Salvation
"Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness"(Romans 4:4-5)
If you justify yourself before God by your works,then you will believe that God owes it to you.Then there is no need for Christ.You stand on your own righteousness.
"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus"(Romans 3:23-24)
Do you want to stand before God on your own righteousness?I don't want any righteousness that I think I might have compared to His righteousness.To we that believe and know Him as our Savior,He is our righteousness.We stand before God NOW as if we hadn't committed one sin.We stand on His Works.We are justified NOW in Him.
"Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God."(Romans 5:1-2)
Such a powerful verse and so much truth captured in one sentence.
Justified by Faith.
Peace with God.
Through Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Access by Faith into this Grace.
The Grace in Which We "Stand".
Rejoicing in Hope.
Hope of being Glorified With Our God.
Our Standing.
Our State.
Our Future.
Faith,Peace,Access,Rejoicing,Hope,Glory.
Resting in our Justification.
Living in our Sanctification.
Rejoicing in our Future Glorification.
We can see that God's Grace manifests itself in 3 ways,in Justification,in Sanctification and in Glorification.
"Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ"
Our Standing-We Are Justified And At Peace With God And Should Rest In That.
Justifying Grace: Justifying righteousness is a legal matter and has to do with our standing before God.The Father justify's a believing sinner based on the work of the Son on the cross.Jesus becomes our righteousness before God and we stand before Him as if we have never committed one sin.Justified by His Grace through faith in His death and resurrection.Dying for our sins and raised for our justification.
"through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand"
Our State-We Are Sanctified (Set Apart) Now And We Can Experience That Now In This Life
Sanctifying Grace: This deals with Believers in our state now,our experiences in this Christian walk and not our standing which cannot change.This is a process that goes on through the Christian life.Daily Grace of living.
Falling from Grace would be depriving the Spirit of His ministry in the living of the Christian life,by our taking control and trying to produce the life by our works which would be mainly of trying to keep the Law and setting our own laws to keep which would be based on pride within ourselves.
"and rejoice in hope of the glory of God."
Our Future-Rejoicing In The Hope of Being Glorified With Our Savior
Glorifying Grace: By His Grace He raises us up in a glorified body and we are presented faultless before His Glory.We hope for the experiencing of that Righteousness,fully experiencing that Righteousness that is imputed to us now.It has been imputed to us now and we can experience it now in our Christian life by and through the power of the Holy Spirit that indwells us.Then when we are glorified we can fully experience it without any hindrance as this life we live now in these bodies does limit us fully experiencing this righteousness.
AND PRAISE GOD THAT MIGHT BE SOON "EVEN SO COME LORD JESUS" PERHAPS TODAY
We are justified,we're at peace with God,we have access by faith into this Grace NOW.We can come straight to the throne of Grace NOW with full assurance.We rejoice in the hope that we have NOW of being glorified with Him. PERHAPS TODAY