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It’s important for us to justify our actions, our purchases, our thoughts.
And we have this desire for other people to agree with us.
Deer hunting season ended this week.
I am new to hunting and I am not sure what sparked it in me but for the last few years I wanted to take up hunting.
Took my gun safety course, because I wanted to hunt and be safe with a firearm.
Did a lot of research.
I actually didn’t go last year becaues I didn’t feel like it would be sporting for me to go out and know nothing.
So I practiced shooting my bow.
Made sure I knew what I was doing.
And this year was going to be my year.
So between November and January 31 I went out probably a dozen times or so, and no deer.
Some of you feel my pain, others of you are like, “yay!
The deer won this round!”
But I got to mid January and I felt the need to Justify why I was going out so much.
I mean, I bought this gun (for gun season), I bought arrows for this bow, I have put hours and hours in of practice, I work hard, I deserve to go out.
I justify it.
We have a desire to be justified.
And it isn’t just about hunting.
This goes for everyone.
Everyone seeks justification in some area or another.
But Christians tend to do it when it comes to our faith.
We justify why we belong to God.
Why do I deserve to get into Heaven?
Why do I deserve to have God love me.
I read my bible, I pray, I give, I serve.
All those things.
But they don’t cut it.
Even though we have this desire to be declared right.
We all have a desire to be right.
We all have a desire to be declared right.
For the Christian we have a particular vocabulary which is important.
One of the most important words in the Christian language is justification.
Justification.
We want to be justified.
We want to be justified.
Justification is actually a Legal term which is foundational for our Christianity.
It is actually a term that is the opposite of condemnation.
It refers to the judicial act of God where he pardons the sins of those who trust in Christ.
This means when we surrender our lives to Jesus and trust in Him solely as our savior, God pardons all our sins and He is satisfied.
It is an action that is pronounced by another.
You can’t buy it or earn it, it can only be given to you by God.
And when He does save you He also Justifies you, you are saved.
There is nothing else you can do to make it any better.
You go outside, you sink that first shovel into the snow and you realize that there is no snow.
Someone did it for you!
Holy Mackerel!
Somebody took care of the whole driveway.
You are done!
All done.
But then you keep shoveling.
Even though there is no snow there.
You keep moving that shovel but you aren’t getting any snow on it because it was already taken care of.
That is what it looks like when we have been declared righteous by God, justified and then not rely on that justification as the basis for our salvation.
The work has been done by the only one who can do it.
We can’t add anything to it.
And it is given only when we trust solely in Jesus Christ as our savior.
So there is only one way to be justified
So there is only one way to be justified
But there is a problem.
Problem
And the problem for many is that they want to find another way.
Even though there is only one way.
We have difficulty with that because we are always looking for another way.
We are forever trying to figure out a new and different way of doing things.
There are lots of different ways to do things.
It’s almost a habit for us.
We have difficulty with that because we are always looking for another way.
There are lots of different ways to do things.
When I go on my iPhone and put directions in, I find out that I can choose from different routes.
I can take 95 or the bay bridge.
Two completely different roads to get to the same place.
Sometimes there are even choices to make as to how I want to get there.
I have had my phone give me walking directions before.
When I want to listen to music I have all kinds of different ways that I can listen.
If I want to use my phone I can use iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, or youtube, or if you really want to go old school I can put in a cd.
There are all kinds of ways to accomplish all kinds of goals.
Until it comes to justification.
To be declared righteous by God.
In order to be justified there is only one way to do it.
Only one way to be declared righteous before God.
And this is what Paul is talking about when he says in verse 16
Galatians
It’s a biblical term.
Actually, it is a legal term.
We know we have a need, the need is to be declared righteous or justified.
Remember how these verses came to be.
We talked about this Last week because Peter was in the practice going back to being Jewish.
He didn’t believe you had to be Jewish to be saved but he had consciously stepped back from the Gentiles and was only eating with the Jews, which culturally spoke volumes.
And with the influence he had and the way he was acting would have been sending a message steering people in the wrong direction.
He was scared of the Jews and he was people pleasing.
Remember how these verses came to be.
We talked about this Last week because Peter was in the practice going back to being Jewish.
He didn’t believe you had to be Jewish to be saved but he had consciously stepped back from the Gentiles and was only eating with the Jews, which culturally spoke volumes.
And with the influence he had and the way he was acting would have been sending a message steering people in the wrong direction.
He was scared of the Jews and he was people pleasing.
Give me a second to talk about this.
We touched on this last week but people pleasing is so dangerous, it is so damaging and it is incredibly prevalent today among Christians.
We all struggle with it on some level.
People pleasing is when we modify our behavior to impress or repress something because we want approval.
This isn’t just a Christian thing, this is a human thing.
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