IN REMISSION WE HAVE JUSTIFICATION

IN REMISSION WE HAVE 

JUSTIFICATION

Be it known unto you therefore, men 

and brethren, that through this man 

is preached unto you the forgiveness 

(remission)  of sins: And by him all that 

believe are justified from all things, from 

which ye could not be justified by the law 

of Moses (Acts 13:38-39). 

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We learnt in our previous study that what 

we have in Christ isn’t forgiveness, but 

remission of sins. Some Bible translators weren’t sure 

when to use the word “forgive” and when to use the 

word “remit.” So in different translations, they render 

the Greek word “aphesis” as “forgiveness” and also 

as “remission.” For example, the King James Version 

translated it as forgiveness instead of remission as seen 

in our opening verse.

Remission is the complete removal of sin. In the 

Greek Septuagint, there’s a word used in Leviticus 

25:10 that’s akin to remission; it’s the word “liberty,” 

which means “release.” Part of that verse says, “And 

ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty 

throughout all the land….”  The word “liberty” is the 

same word “aphesis,” which means remission. We’re 

to proclaim remission; man’s total release from sin, its 

effects and consequences! 

Just as all debts were cancelled during Jubilee in 

the Old Testament, remission in the New Testament is 

the wiping out or blotting out of a debt (sin), as though 

it had never been; as though it never happened. In 

forgiveness, the record shows that you’re the offender 

but have been pardoned for the offense, whereas in 

remission, there’s no record of offence. 

In remission, the offence is separated or divorced 

from you; it doesn’t exist; hence, you’re justified. Yes, 

in remission, you have justification! The Bible says in 

Acts 13:39 that by Jesus Christ, all that believe are 

justified from all things, from which they couldn’t be 

justified by the law of Moses. 

To be justified means that you’re acquitted; 

you’ve been declared “not guilty,” in spite of your 

sins, because they’ve been remitted; they don’t exist. 

How is this possible? It’s the righteousness of God:  “To 

declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he 

might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth 

in Jesus”  (Romans 3:26). 

PRAYER

I pray for sinners around the world today, that as they 

hear the Gospel, their hearts are open to receive the 

remission already accomplished for them through the 

death of Christ, to live unto righteousness, in Jesus’ 

Name. Amen. 

FURTHER S TUDY:

2 Corinthians 5:19-21; Romans 3:23-26