"By Him all
that believe are justified from all things."
Christ's death,
descent, and resurrection not only provide the way for us to live eternally but
also to be freed from all things. In our
attempts to preach the gospel we have freed men from the fear of death and Hell
in the future but gave them no hope presently.
But the gospel preached through Christ liberates the believer from all
things past, present, and future. It
sets man up to live totally freed from all sin, guilt, and condemnation.
He does the
work. The phrase "by Him"
determines that the work of justification (freedom) has been accomplished by
Jesus Christ. The believer is not
justified by any deed he can do; he is not free because he is good or performs
perfectly before God. Jesus' deeds (not
man's) are applied to the account of all believers.
Jesus told the
crowds that the work that God required of man was to believe in the Son whom
God had sent. The work is not just
believing in the teaching of Jesus; it is to trust in His life, death,
provision for salvation, and His Finished Work.
Man is to lean the weight of his soul and life on what Christ did. We ought not ask the question What would
Jesus do, but rather what did Jesus do?
Jesus freed the
believer from all things. This thought
is so refreshing in light of legalistic religion that binds up man under the
condemnation of all his errors. Jesus'
work releases man from the sin and guilt of ALL things. This means that there is nothing that is
remembered, held in storage, or left unjustified. Past, present, and future failings are not
just covered they are eradicated in the work of Jesus Christ. It was for freedom that Christ has set us
free.
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