To be justified..

Romans 5
To be justified means to be made right. What was the main question that Paul had been highlighting in this chapter? That is ''How can a sinful man be made right with God, a holy and sinless God?'' In our christian walk with God, even we live our lives in a christ-like way -following the law and the commandments and live a perfect life- we would not still be right with God.. Adam's sin involved the rest of humanity in condemnation and death.. In other words, we begin it with a sinful nature (genesis 7:21 says " every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood" and psalms 51:5 says "Surely I was sinful at birth")

This may sound like...oh my gosh! "Then what should i do to repair my relationship with God?" Some people may ask.. Well, this is where Jesus comes into the picture.. God created us for a relationship with him. So he took the INITIATIVE to make the relationship right. In Jesus Christ he does for us what we human could never do for ourselves -That is, Jesus lived a wholly righteous life, a perfect life in line with the law, the commandments, and in total relationship with God.. Furthermore, in Jesus God took upon himself all the punishments our disobedience deserves (Romans 3:24). He took all our sins to the cross and fulfilled God's will and righteousness.. His life was sacrificed in exchange for ours, therefore his blood paid the price for our justification.. In other words, we, our lives, are bought with the precious blood of Jesus.. Because of sin we were standing in conflict with our relationship with God. Jesus paid our sin debt so that we can again have the fellowship with God that sin destroyed (Genesis 3) And that's my answer to my previous question..

And in conclusion, in light of God's finished work for us, all that he ask of us is our faith and belief in Him and his works and that we live a life in total reliance in Him..