DCLM Higher Everyday 19 February 2025 — Justification through Jesus
DCLM Higher Everyday 19 February 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Justification through Jesus
Topic: Justification through Jesus
Text: Romans 5:1-18
1Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
4And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
11And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
12Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
13(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
15But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
16And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
17For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
18Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
Key Verse: “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1).
Message
“Don’t worry to pay. I’ve paid the bus fare for you,” many soul winners have enjoyed that benevolence without soliciting for it on descending a commercial bus where they have shared the good news with the passengers. So also a number of teachers have had their meals paid for in restaurants by their ex-students. In the two examples, no debt can be recorded against either of them because somebody has paid for them. It means their records are clean.
Also Read: DCLM Higher Everyday 18 February 2025 – When The Jericho Wall Fell
The two illustrations above explain the doctrine of justification through Jesus Christ. Justification has been described as an act in which a person is declared guiltless. When a sinner repents of his sins and receives Jesus as Lord and Savior, the blood of Jesus cleanses all his sins and it is as if he had never sinned. He has no more guilt and Satan can no more successfully accuse him of those sins. The blood has justified him and he is spared of God’s wrath. However, you can only remain saved and justified, if you abide in Christ.
Quote: It means their records are clean
Challenge: You can only remain saved and justified, if you abide in Christ.
Prayer for today: Lord, help me to abide in your grace to the end.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
