Justifier

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. 1Timothy 3:16

No other doctrine is of any greater importance in the understanding of the basis of the salvation of the LORD’s people than that of “justification.”  To be “justified” in the sight of a HOLY GOD is the desire of all who find themselves guilty of sin.  The Greek word which is most often translated as “justify” and “justified” in the KJV, literally means to be “found or rendered as righteous”.  That same word is the root word of the Greek word which is translated as “justification”.  The meaning of this word is “the act of being justified or simply put; acquitted of all crimes”. 

The man who thinks he has no need of “justification” before GOD, is a man who is convinced that he is not a sinner and faces no judgment for any crimes against the LORD of Glory.  Such a man will certainly perish in the natural darkness of his own mind without regard to his dilemma. “The simple pass on, and are punished.” (Proverbs 27:12).

Mike McInnis, excerpt from “Justified by the Justified Justifier”