SS1 First Term Christian Religious Studies (CRS) Lesson Note – Justification By Faith

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WEEK 6

TOPIC:  JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH  

BIBLICAL REFERENCES: Rom. 3: 23; Gal. 3:19-21, Rom.4:1-5; Gal.2;16-21, Rom.1:16-17; 4:1-5, Gal. 2:19-21; 5:22

CONTENTS:

• Meaning and need for justification Rom. 3;23; Gal. 3;19-21
• Work and law do not justify anybody. Rom.4:1-5; Gal.2;16-21
• Faith in Jesus as condition for justification Rom.1:16-17; 4:1-5
• The Fruit of the Justification Gal. 2:19-21; 5:22

SUB TOPIC:1. MEANING AND NEED FOR JUSTIFICATION ROM. 3: 23; GAL. 3: 19-21

Justification means to be found innocent of a charge. It is to be declared guiltless or acquitted. Biblically, justification means getting into right relationship with God.

According to Paul, the Jewish religious law in the Old Testament served the purpose of presenting side by side God’s holiness and man’s sinful nature, which constantly reminded man of his inability to keep the law. Thus, on his own or by his own effort, man cannot keep God’s law thereby removing that barrier between him and God. The law therefore only brought light to the sinful nature of man.

Paul argues that a man is not justified by obeying or keeping the law but through the righteousness of God, now offered

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