God Justifies the Ungodly Through His Own Son

"5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." (Romans 4:5)

God is identified as a He who "justifies the ungodly."

Isn't that powerful?

Isn't that wonderful!

God is the business of justifying all of us, for there is no one good--no, not one (Psalm 14:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20).

In fact, our Daddy God predicted that our first parents Adam and Eve, would sin against Him:

"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:" (Ephesians 1:4)

and

"And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." (Revelation 13:8)

We need to stop acting as though we have any righteousness of our own, whether our behavior or our attitudes, to make us OK, or that we can be godly in any action we engage in:

"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away." (Isaiah 64:6)

and

"No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD." (Isaiah 54:17)

Notice in the last part that God announces "Their righteousness is of me."

I need God's righteousness. I have none of myself, for man is ungodly of himself.

But thank God that He is a justifier!

"6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly." (Romans 5:6)

and then

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)