Justification, as it is revealed in Holy Scripture, is much more than a mere forensic (legal) standing. It is a state of being (Rom. 5:1-11). It is more than a judicial declaration. Justification is the real emancipation of our souls in Christ. To be justified before God is to be free of guilt in your conscience by the sprinkling of Christ’s blood, that is by the Spirit’s application of Christ’s atonement (Heb. 9:14).

Pastor Don Fortner

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THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST

	Every aspect of the Gospel of Christ is according to the predestinating will of God, so much so that the final salvation of the elect is spoken of in the past tense before it takes place. "Whom He justified, them He also glorified." Any gospel that is not founded upon the sovereign, predestinating will of God is a false gospel, because, if it is not founded upon God's will, it is necessarily founded upon man's will. And we know from Scripture, "It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy."

Pastor Todd Nibert