Through him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses. Paul appealed to an audience which fully understood that to be justified meant, to be acquitted of guilt in God's sight. The sacrifice of bulls and goats did not appease their guilty conscience. When they stood before a holy God they felt exposed by their sin. Today deep down in our hearts we know whether or not we stand before God, free and forgiven or guilty and ashamed of our sin.
Justification is a word that intimidates many people.
It's a word that has a wonderful message for me and marked a turning point in my life. Do you remember my horrible dream with the beautiful finish. One night in my dream I was in B.C. Place Stadium. Instantly the beams of ten high powered halogen spot lights focused on my nakedness and trapped me in the Centre of the field. The stands were filled with 60,000 laughing, mocking fans.