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SEEKING JUSTIFICATION

July 20, 2008

Luke 18:9-14 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house JUSTIFIED rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

HOLIER THAN THOU ATTITUDE

Isaiah 65:5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

DESPISE NOT OTHERS

Romans 14:3-4 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. 4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

BETWEEN YOU AND GOD

Romans 14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

FAITH SEEKS GOD'S APPROVAL

2 Corinthians 10:18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

FAITH DOES NOT SEEK TO BE JUSTIFIED BEFORE MEN

Luke 16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN

1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

KEEPING SILENCE IS SAYING I HAVE NO SIN

Psalms 32:3,5 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

FAITH SEEKS TO BE JUSTIFIED BY GOD

1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

GOD JUSTIFIES

Romans 8:33,34 Who shall lay any thing to the charge [future active] of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. [Present Active] 34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh [Present Active] intercession [as High Priest, as our Advocate] for us [The elect].

DEFINITION

Romans 3:4 Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written: "That You may be justified in Your words, And may overcome when You are judged."

EARTHLY COURT

Acts 19:38,40 "Therefore, if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a case against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. Let them bring charges againstone another. 40 "For we are in danger of being called in questionfor today's uproar, there being no reason which we may give to accountfor this disorderly gathering."

god’s Court room

2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

Romans 14:10,12. . for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

THE DAY OF APPEARING IN THE COURT IS APPOINTED

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

DIVINE PENAL CODE

John 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

AT HIS COMING

2 Timothy 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

CHARGE AGAINST CHURCH OF THYATIRA

Revelation 2:19-20 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. 20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

Revelation 2:26-27 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: 27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

Charged and cast into prison

Matthew 5:25,26 Agree with thine adversary [brother] quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. 26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. [For an age]

PUNISHED FOR A 1000 YEARS

Matthew 25:46 And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.' (YLT)

OUR JUDGE CANNOT BE BRIBED

1 Peter 1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

NO JUDGMENT NOW

Romans 8:1 "There is therefore now no condemnation [sentencing] to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."

1 Timothy 5:24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.

GUILTY OR INNOCENT

Matthew 12:36,37 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified,[Unchargeable] and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.[Chargeable]

THE ELECT CAN BE DENIED

2 Timothy 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

JESUS CHRIST WAS JUSTIFIED

1Timothy 3: 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

the Spirit of his Son

Galatians 4:6,7 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Lived by faith

Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of ~~our~~ [the] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

JESUS OVERCAME

Revelation 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

appointed heir of all things

Hebrews 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

raised for our justification

Romans 4:25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

IF CHRIST BE NOT RAISED

1 Corinthians 15:17 And if Christ be not raised [to His High Priest hood], your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. [Chargeable]

OUR Advocate

1 John 2:1,2 My little children [Mat 18:3], these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin [becomes chargeable], we have an advocate [to make us Unchargeable] with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

GOD IS ANGRY WITH EVIL- DOERS

Psalms 7:11-13 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.12 If they do not change their ways, God will sharpen his sword. He bends his bow and makes it ready; 13 he takes up his deadly weapons and aims his burning arrows.

OFFERING OF INCENSE PACIFIED THE WRATH

Numbers 16:46-48 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. 47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

WHEN I SEE THE BLOOD

Exodus 12:7,13 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

PACIFYING THE WRATH OF KING

Proverbs 16:14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

Proverbs 21:14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

GIFT OF CONFESSION AND FORSAKING

Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Jesus Christ IS SET FORTH BE A propitiation

Romans 3:24-26 Being justified [Present Passive] freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation [mercy seat] through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier [Present Active] of him which believeth in Jesus.

HIS BLOOD PACIFIETH GOD'S ANGER

Romans 5:8,9 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath ( [future passive; at the judgment seat) through him.

FINAL Justification is AT THE END

1 Corinthians 4:3-5 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. 4 For I know nothing by myself; [though I cannot charge myself with unfaithfulness] YET AM I NOT HEREBY JUSTIFIED: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

we might be justified

Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified [aor.pass.subj] by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

THE Justified will BE MADE an heir of the kingdom

Titus 3:7 That being justified by his grace, we may [Middle Sub - [or may not]] be made heirs [of the Kingdom] according to the hope of ~~eternal~~ age lasting life. [The Promise 1John2: 25]

JUSTIFIED ARE EXALTED

Revelation 1:5-6 .... Unto him that loved us, and washed us [made us unchargeable] from our sins in his own blood, [Justified by His blood] 6 And hath made us kings and priests [Exalted] unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

SEEK TO BE JUSTIFIED BY CHRIST

Galatians 2:17 But if, while we seek [present, active, participle] to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.