What Does Justification Provide?

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1 (KJV)

Justified means that we are declared right with God, or made righteous, in right standing with Him. Because we are right with God through faith in Jesus, we have peace and many other benefits mentioned in Romans 5:1-11.

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Romans 5:2 (KJV)

Grace provides all we need, so by faith, we access all that Jesus provided for us at the cross: salvation, the infilling of the Holy Spirit, having God as our Father, a better covenant, forgiveness, healing, etc. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. We can now experience God’s manifest glory. Glory is God’s goodness showing up in our lives- especially when we didn’t deserve it or expect it. It covers our mistakes and failures.

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope. Romans 5:3-4 (KJV)

We can be more patient under pressure because God’s glory is keeping us. His glory causes us to glory in tribulation. Knowing that tribulation, or pressure, is working patience in us, we grow.

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Romans 5:5 (KJV)

Hope is confident expectation, a certainty that God’s promises are ours. God Himself is our hope, so our hope cannot be shaken. Because we’re right with God, hope won’t disappoint or let us down. God’s love in us never fails, therefore we go on hoping, confident that what we hope for will happen. Being right with God, we are born of the Spirit and then can receive the second blessing of the Holy Spirit: the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Justification, or being made right with God, gives us endless benefits in Christ. The more we access these benefits by faith, the more we can experience the blessings of God.

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. Romans 5:9 (KJV)

We’ve been saved by the shed blood of Jesus. Since Jesus took God’s wrath, we will escape His wrath now and, we escape the wrath that will be poured out during the seven-year great tribulation. And Jesus’ blood has also saved us from the wrath of the enemies that would try to harm us.

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. Romans 5:10 (KJV)

Now we are reconciled, or brought back into right relationship with God. We are saved by Jesus’ life, and the life that saved us is now infusing us with life day by day as we yield to God (Romans 8:11). Not only are we saved from wrath, but His life has given us a complete, full, free salvation- wholeness with nothing missing and nothing broken.

And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. Romans 5:11 (KJV)

In being right with God, we have joy, or gladness.

In light of this passage, we see that justification provides access to the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23): love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. The more we operate in the fruit of the Spirit, the more we can receive what’s been provided for us in Christ. As we walk in the truth of Romans 5:1-11, we will experience more of Jesus, the salvation He purchased, and His life flowing through us. We will enjoy the benefits of the fruit of righteousness (James 3:18).