Pls. explain what it means to be justified by faith, Gal, 3:11?

Answer 1

Trying to do right and earn salvation through fulfilling lists of good attitudes and behaviour fails because humans are just not good enough. There are passages in the Old Testament that indicate that the Mosaic covenant never worked. (Although people seem to love religion of that sort, as doing various rituals and deeds gives people a phoney sense of achievement).

Actually the real way to be acceptable to God is through faith.

Specifically the promise to 'Abraham and his seed' was in God's mind (Abraham probably didn't appreciate) actually a promise to Jesus the Messiah, the eventual seed of Abraham.
Because Jesus is perfect and the seed to whom the promise is made all Gods blessings are His. Those who believe in Him are accepted 'in the beloved' and are heirs to all Jesus has - eternal life and sonship. His sacrifice atones for their sins. We are justified since Jesus has paid the payment due for our sins. We receive the Holy Spirit that God said in the Old Testament (Joel 2:28; Jeremiah 31:33) He would give one day.
So we get all the blessings - staggeringly great ultimately - through trust in Christ as our Saviour and Lord.

Answer 2

Hi,, justified here means; to be made right. If you read the earlier verses I think you will get a better understanding. Scripture tells us we are not saved through "works" but "faith". Living under the Law, as the Hebrews/Jews were before Christ, did not bring life( salvation ) to us; ( Gal 3: 23 on) our yielding of ourselves to God through Christ, as He instructs us to do, is the beginning of our walk in righteousness. ( Gal 3: 29 e.g) Jesus' words in John chapts. 14, 15, & 16 are very encouraging and sound, I recommmend them. Hope this has helped.

Answer 3

The right ones live in reason of the faith. Of course, nobody can exert faith for us or become the loyal and complete people. In this respect, `we have to take our proper load'. - Gálatas 3:11; 6:5.

Answer 4

The misunderstanding of justification lies in its claim that justification is merely a forensic (i.e., purely declaratory) legal declaration by God that the sinner is now "justified." If you "accept Christ as your personal Lord and Savior," he declares you justified, though he doesn’t really make you justified or sanctified; your soul is in the same state as it was before; but you’re eligible for heaven.

A person is expected thereafter to undergo sanctification (don’t make the mistake of thinking Protestants say sanctification is unimportant), but the degree of sanctification achieved is, ultimately, immaterial to the question of whether you’ll get to heaven. You will, since you’re justified; and justification as a purely legal declaration is what counts. Unfortunately, this scheme is a legal fiction. It amounts to God telling an untruth by saying the sinner has been justified, while all along he knows that the sinner is not really justified, but is only covered under the "cloak" of Christ’s righteousness. But, what God declares, he does. "[S]o shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it" (Is. 55:11). So, when God declares you justified, he makes you justified. Any justification that is not woven together with sanctification is no justification at all.

According to Scripture, sanctification and justification aren’t just one-time events, but are ongoing processes in the life of the believer. Both can be spoken of as past-time events, as Paul mentions in 1 Corinthians 6:11: "But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God." Sanctification is also a present, ongoing process, as the author of Hebrews notes: "For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified" (Heb. 10:14). In regard to justification also being an on-going process, compare Romans 4:3; Genesis 15:6 with both Hebrews 11:8; Genesis 12:1-4 and James 2:21-23; Genesis 22:1-18. In these passages, Abraham's justification is advanced on three separate occasions.

If you sin grievously, the supernatural life in your soul disappears, since it can’t co-exist with serious sin. You then cease to be justified. If you were to die while unjustified, you’d go to hell. But you can become re-justified by having the supernatural life renewed in your soul, and you can do that by responding to the actual graces God sends you.

Answer 5

That verse is basically saying that if we were to live by the laws that the people will set against religion, then we will not be completely set into our faith. Only the ones who rely on God's laws will make it. Kinda hard to explain.

Answer 6

You need to look at it in context. The Galations were being troubled by Judaizers who said that you must become a Jew and keep the law to be saved. That only through the works of the law can come salvation.

The fact is, you cannot buy your way into heaven with tithes, keeping of traditions or rules, rituals, singing in the choir or good deeds.

Titus 3:5
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us.

2 Timothy 1:9
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began
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There is only one way to heaven and that is by FAITH through the finished redemptive work of Jesus Christ.

John 10:9
Jesus said, "I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture."

Acts 4:12
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Romans 5:9
Much more then, being now justified by [Jesus'] blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
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The good news is, the gift of salvation is just that--a gift--it is free. If you try to buy the gift, you will never be able to afford it, so all you need to do is accept it and say, "thank you."

Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Through the an act of faith in asking Christ into your heart as Lord and Savior, we are justified or "Just if I'd never sinned".

Answer 7

God's word tells us " for it is by grace you have been saved through faith and not that of yourself"----It is God's grace that saves us but we must have the faith to believe. It is our faith then that justifies us, without it we would we would still be lost.

Answer 8

Galatians 3:11
´Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith." ´

In order to receive God´s forgiveness, salvation and eternal life we have to be justified from our sins.
We can try to receive it by being truly repentant and by being, after wards, completely good and just by observing the TEN COMMANDMENTS.
But, no one can observe them.
No one was or is or will be good, pure and just enough for this.
Only Jesus, God´s Son fulfilled the Ten Commandments. Only Him is pure, good and just.
He did this for us and for us he suffered and died in the cross.
So, if we have faith in Him (in Jesus) and believe that His sacrifice is enough e sufficient to justify us before God´s eyes, we will receive this grace of becoming just through Jesus blood and thus receiving salvation and eternal life!

Answer 9

If you are justified before God, it means He declares you innocent of your sins and worthy to enter heaven. Paul is saying that we cannot become blameless in God's eyes by measuring ourselves to the law, but we instead can only become blameless by our faith. Christ redeemed us (v.14) so that God would accept us; we cannot be redeemed by simply following the law.

Answer 10

Justified means,"Just as if you had never Sinned." So your faith in Jesus' redeeming Blood makes you,"Just as if you had never Sinned" before God.