How does God see a believer after justification?
After justification, God sees the believer as just as if they had never sinned. Justification is God's judicial act declaring the believing sinner just, viewing them like Adam before the fall. It is given freely, without cause, even though undeserved, when one believes.
Les teaches that justification is not something we earn by keeping the law; people are sinners because they are sons of Adam, not merely because they break certain rules. Yet God's promise is not hopeless. To justify someone is to declare them just as if nothing had ever happened. In the scriptural realm, justification is the judicial act of God whereby He declares the sinner who believes just as if he had never sinned. Les explains that this means God sees the justified believer just like He saw Adam before he fell. It is hard to comprehend, but it is a biblical truth. We are justified freely, without a cause; God did not justify us because we deserved it. He justifies us freely without a cause even though we do not deserve it, when we believe.