Just-as-if-I’d

Romans 5:9 "Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God."

We (those who have trusted Jesus Christ for salvation) have now been justified by His blood.  Being justified, the offense and debt we have against God is removed.  One way to remember the result of being justified is:

“Just-as-if-I’d” never sinned.

How is this achieved? Scripture says by His blood by faith.

So, to be justified is to be declared righteous and set free in the strength and power of Jesus!
Without this justification, we are declared guilty and condemned in our weakness and pride.
The bondage we were in because of sin has been removed by Jesus through His life, as He gave His life for us.  That is justified by His blood, but it is also by faith. In faith you believe Jesus did what God said He did and trust that His righteousness will be credited to you through His sacrifice as God said it would.

Not only did Christ pay the debt and remove our sin, His sacrifice also saved (rescued) us from the wrath of God!  The text is written in the passive tense declaring we could not rescue ourselves.

We are helpless.

So, how did Jesus rescue us? Jesus DID NOT take on the wrath of God.  The wrath of God, as described in Scripture, will come against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of mankind in the day of the Lord. 

Christ saved us from the wrath of God by removing the very thing that would cause us to receive His wrath!

In short, He became sin. He became my offense and credited me with His sinless life.  2 Corinthians 5:21 – “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”

He did what I could not do...because He loved me...while I was His enemy. He is my Lord and Savior!