How can a sinner be justified freely by God according to Romans 3:24?
Because all have sinned and fall short of God's glory, no one can meet His standard. Yet Scripture says sinners can be justified freely by His grace through the redemption—the buying back—that is in Christ Jesus. As Israel rested on the Passover lamb's blood, so Gentiles in this Age of Grace rest on that redemption.
Les explains that Romans 3:23 shows every human being has sinned and come short of God's glory, so in his natural state he is separated from God and cannot meet God's standard. But that dilemma is not hopeless. Verse 24 declares that even though all have sinned, we can be justified freely by His grace through the redemption—the buying back—that is in Christ Jesus. Les points out Scripture's recurring pattern of something owned and lost being bought back. Israel was God's covenant people, but because of the brothers' sin Joseph ended up in Egypt, and God lost His chosen people. He had to buy them back, which Exodus illustrates through the blood of the Passover lamb. Les says it is the same way with us today: Gentiles in the Age of Grace rest on that redemption.
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
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How are we justified freely according to Romans 3:24?
Believers are justified freely by His grace through the redemption, the redemption word Paul uses here.