"All Who Believe, All Have Sinned, And ALL are Justified"

“All Who Believe, All Have Sinned, And All are Justified”

 

This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.  There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.       Romans 3: 22-24

 

The RIGHTEOUSNESS that is given by God, through FAITH in Jesus Christ, is given to ALL who BELIEVE.  The Apostle Paul states this, in order for people to come to the REALIZATION that there is NO DIFFERENCE between the Jew and the Gentile.  Any “special privileges” the Jews may have had would NOT exclude them from God’s CONDEMNATION of the SIN in their life.

Paul goes on to say, “For ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”  When we are born, whether we are Jew or Gentile (non-Jew), we are ALL born with a SINFUL NATURE, which means we have the desire within us to SIN against God.  The phrase, “and fall short of the glory of God” is in the present tense and means we  “KEEP FALLING SHORT of the Glory of God, which is the manifestation of His divine attributes.  We must STRIVE HARD to become more and more CHRIST-LIKE in our daily living, this is the DESIRE of the Almighty God. 

 

Paul also gives us HOPE through the act of God’s JUSTIFICATION, when he said:  “And ALL are JUSTIFIED FREELY by His GRACE.”  Meaning that we are ALL DECLARED RIGHTEOUS by His JUSTIFICATION, which is given to ALL TRUE BELIEVERS, because of God’s AMAZING GRACE or UNMERITED FAVOR.  God would NOT do this without dealing with that individual’s sin, FIRST, before making and declaring them RIGHTEOUS.  And this part of God’s REDEMPTIVE PLAN, came through he REDEMPTIVE WORK done on the OLD RUGGED CROSS of CALVARY, by His ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Have your sins been FORGIVEN, are you DECLARED RIGHTEOUS, have you been FREELY JUSTIFIED by the GRACE of God, through the REDEMPTIVE WORK of the LORD JESUS CHRIST?  If you have NOT done this, you have the opportunity NOW to have the HOPE of Heaven and be able to ESCAPE the HORRORS of HELL for ALL of ETERNITY, if you will TURN AWAY FROM your sins and TURN TO God, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him and asking His for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, be JUSTIFIED, and headed for an ETERNITY in Heaven.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!