Your Bible Lesson For The Day
Why Is Justification So Important To The Christian Faith?
Martin Luther stated that if the teaching of justification were lost, all of the Christian teachings would be lost. He also said that in it all the other teachings of the Bible are to be understood. It is essential, then, to a proper understanding of the Christian faith and to all the teachings of the Bible. If it is not understood, the Bible remains a sealed book. So learn from the following verses why justification by faith is so important.
2 Timothy 3:15 says, “. . . the holy Scriptures . . . are able to make you wise for salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus.” The Scriptures can make you wise for salvation through its teaching of justification by faith in Jesus Christ. It teaches you what is the way to be saved. It is the heart and core and truth of the Bible. If you do not understand it, you miss the whole point of what the Bible is about. The Bible, then, remains a sealed book to you and its message a hidden mystery.
Galatians 1:6,7 state, “I am astonished that you are so quickly turning yourselves away from the Christ who called you to be in grace for a different gospel, which is not even another gospel.” Justification by faith in Jesus is the only gospel and source of salvation. It sets Christianity apart from all the other religions of the world, which are false religions that in some way make salvation depend upon what people do to save themselves. Christianity alone upholds what God in his grace has done to save all people through Christ without any works or efforts on their part. Only Christianity’s teaching of justification gives hope, confidence, and comfort.
What is more, justification gives all the praise and the glory for salvation to God and Jesus Christ, as Revelation 7:10 & 12 state: ““Salvation is our God’s, who sits on the throne, and the Lamb’s! Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever. Amen!”
2 Timothy 3:15 says, “. . . the holy Scriptures . . . are able to make you wise for salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus.” The Scriptures can make you wise for salvation through its teaching of justification by faith in Jesus Christ. It teaches you what is the way to be saved. It is the heart and core and truth of the Bible. If you do not understand it, you miss the whole point of what the Bible is about. The Bible, then, remains a sealed book to you and its message a hidden mystery.
Galatians 1:6,7 state, “I am astonished that you are so quickly turning yourselves away from the Christ who called you to be in grace for a different gospel, which is not even another gospel.” Justification by faith in Jesus is the only gospel and source of salvation. It sets Christianity apart from all the other religions of the world, which are false religions that in some way make salvation depend upon what people do to save themselves. Christianity alone upholds what God in his grace has done to save all people through Christ without any works or efforts on their part. Only Christianity’s teaching of justification gives hope, confidence, and comfort.
What is more, justification gives all the praise and the glory for salvation to God and Jesus Christ, as Revelation 7:10 & 12 state: ““Salvation is our God’s, who sits on the throne, and the Lamb’s! Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever. Amen!”