Rhapsody of Realities Daily Devotional For Sunday 6th June 2021
The Bible says Jesus wasn’t only delivered to death on account of your sins, He was also raised back to life for your justification (Romans 4:25). What does it mean to be justified? The word translated “justified” means to be acquitted and declared righteous it is to be declared “not guilty” free of guilt. Therefore, in the mind of justice, there’re no charges against you! The mystery of divine acquittal beats human imagination. How can a man be acquitted in an onward and permanent way? How is that possible?
In natural justice, you’re only acquitted today from charges of past offenses you can’t be acquitted from charges of future offenses. But it’s not so with God. Your divine acquittal covers past, present and future offenses. There’s a badge on you everywhere you go that says “Acquitted!”
Read the theme verse again. It says, “Therefore being justified by faith…” (Romans 5:1). What is faith? The Bible says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). You don’t apply faith for what’s behind you, or what you already have with you. Therefore, “being justified by faith” means, from this moment, you’ve entered into the future with divine acquittal. It’s the result of what Jesus did. Now you can further appreciate when He said in Colossians 1:21-22: “And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled…to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.”
You’re holy, unblameable and unreproveable in His sight. This is the way God sees you. Why would anyone want to live in sin when they understand this truth? You’re too holy, too righteous, too clean, and too pure: this is what God has given you as a gift! He declared Himself to be righteous in granting you divine acquittal for believing in Jesus: “To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus” (Romans 3:26).
Confession
Dear Father, what a blessing it is to know that I’ve been divinely acquitted of all charges. I walk in the light of my justification, and reign over sin, Satan and circumstances. My life is an expression of your righteousness. I’m victorious all the way, serving you joyously without fear or condemnation, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further Studies
Romans 5 20-21
20 - But the Law entered so that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound,
21 - so that as sin has reigned to death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 5 17
17 - For if by one man's offense death reigned by one, much more they who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by One, Jesus Christ.)
Acts 13 38-39
38 - Therefore be it known to you, men, brothers, that through this One the forgiveness of sins is announced to you.
39 - And by Him all who believe are justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the Law of Moses.
1 Year Bible Reading Plan
John 20 1-18,1 Chronicles 20 1,1 Chronicles 22 1
2 Year Bible Reading Plan
Mark 15 15-24,Deuteronomy 4 1
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