Justified by Faith Alone

"No one comes to the Father but through Me."

With those words, Jesus has shut the door on every other religion and every other point of entry to God. Wildly unpopular. Highly offensive. And absolutely, completely true.

Scripture Focus: John 14:6; Galatians 2:16; Romans 3:20, 24, 27-28; Hebrews 10:10, 22

"No one comes to the Father but through Me."

"Nevertheless, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Christ Jesus... by the works of the law no flesh will be justified."

"By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all... Let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith."

What does it mean to come to and through Jesus? It means to come to Him in faith. Faith is the road to heaven—and faith alone.

Can I ask you something? Do you have assurance? Do you know—not hope, not wonder, not think maybe—do you know that when you die, you're going to be with Jesus?

You should.

Consider Hebrews 10:22: "let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith."

Full assurance. Not half assurance. Not wavering assurance. Full assurance.

Galatians 2:16 says a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Christ Jesus. Not faith plus works. Not grace plus cooperation. Faith in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 3:11: the righteous man shall live by faith.

Romans 3:24: we are justified as a gift by His grace.

And Romans 3:27-28: where then is boasting? It is excluded—by a law of faith. A man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

Listen—whenever you come to a crossroads in theology, always pick the side that magnifies God's glory and diminishes any claim that man might have on what he's done.

Here's the question: if justification is something you earn, cooperate with, maintain, and sustain—then how do you know when you've done enough? You don't. You can't.

But if justification is a completed past action—a gift by grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ—then you can know. You can have full assurance.

RC Sproul said, "We are secure not because we hold tightly onto Jesus, but because He holds tightly onto us."

You're not saved because of what you've done or have not done. You're saved by faith and faith alone. And when you place your faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ, you have assurance. Blessed assurance.

You don't need to stumble. You don't need to wonder. You don't need to doubt. He made a way through His blood. You can go straight to the Father.

Stay dialed in