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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(judicial
righteousness
). Through
faith
in the work of Christ,
God
places the
believer
in the state of being permanently righteous before Him (Rom. 5: 16). By the
death
of Christ, God now offers the free “gift of righteousness” (
Rom. 5:17
17
For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) (Romans 5:17)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The word
δικαίωσις
occurs but twice in the
New
Testament
, namely,
Romans 4:25
25
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. (Romans 4:25)
and
Romans 5:18
18
Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. (Romans 5:18)
. In the former
passage
it appears to be the equivalent in meaning of
faith
being imputed to the
believer
for
righteousness
, that is, of the believer being accounted righteous. Hence the word “justification” may be said to be the estimation formed in
God
’s mind of the believer in view of that order of things of which Christ risen is the
Head
. Such estimation has its expression in Christ Himself, and its consequences are seen in Romans 5.
The question as to how a righteous God can justify a sinner is raised and answered in Romans 3. It is difficult to conceive a subject more momentous for every human being. What is set forth in
the gospel
at the outset is the vindication of God in righteousness as regards
sin
by the
death
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ, where, in God’s
infinite
grace
to sinners, the question of sin and its
judgment
has been raised between Himself and the spotless Sin-bearer and settled to His
glory
. Of Him it is said, “Whom God hath set forth a
mercy
-seat, through faith in His
blood
....for the showing forth of His righteousness in the present
time
, so that He should be just, and justify Him that is of the faith of Jesus.” It is then in the blood of Jesus that God’s judgment of sin is seen, and it is on this righteous basis that He can justify all who believe in Him.
Justification of
life
(
Rom. 5:18
18
Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. (Romans 5:18)
) is the righteous bearing into life which is toward all through the one accomplished righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ even to death, in contrast with the bearing of the one
offense
of
Adam
which brought in death and condemnation upon all. What has been effected by the one
Man
, Jesus Christ, abounds in the scope of it, over all that has been brought in by the one man Adam. In the death of Christ there is seen the
complete
judgment and removal out of the sight of God both of the sins and of the man who sinned, believers having, through the Lord Jesus Christ raised from the dead, a new Head, in whom they live for God.
There is another aspect of justification referred to in the
Epistle of
James (James 2), where it is entirely a question of what appears before men. “Show me thy faith without thy
works
, and I will show thee my faith by my works.”
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
1347
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
δικαίωσις
Transliteration:
dikaiosis
Phonic:
dik-ah’-yo-sis
Meaning:
from
1344
; aquittal (for Christ's sake)
KJV Usage:
justification
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