…and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. Acts 13:39

One last thought about justification for now.

Romans 5:1-2 states that because we have been justified, by faith, we have peace with God and access into God’s grace.

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

When God declares a believer “justified,” that believer is in an eternal state of peace with God. The peace is the result of the end of the war between God and each believing sinner. The war ended because Jesus took the punishment we deserve for our sinful declarations of war against God. Justice has been satisfied and we have peace with God. And as long as we walk in the spirit, we can experience and enjoy the peace of God. (Our disobedience does not turn off God’s peace, but when we disobey, we simply remove ourselves from the stream of the blessings of His peace.)

Because we are justified (declared “not guilty”) by God, we have full and unlimited access to God’s grace. This is not speaking of the initial access to God believers receive when coming to faith—it is the continued access God graciously provides to those who trust in His Son. It is this continued access that the writer of Hebrews speaks in Hebrews 4:16.

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Oh, the blessings of justification!