Salvation and Security: How Justification Anchors the Soul
Salvation and Security: Finding Peace in Justification
By Pastor Alexander L. Redd
August 25, 2025
The world today is uncertain, and most folks seek peace in success, relationships, health, or wealth. But those things are ephemeral. They may change or be gone overnight. Genuine contentment needs to be rooted in something permanent.
Scripture leads us there: justification by faith. Romans 5:1–2 says:
“So then, because we have been made righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, and we rejoice in hope toward the glory of God.”
Justification refers to the fact that by Christ, we're no longer enemies of God. We're not condemned—we're welcomed. We're standing in the grace, not the judgment.
Ephesians 2 tells us this salvation is not something we earn, but a gift from a merciful God: “By grace you have been saved through faith. It is the gift of God." It sets us free from the stress of proving ourselves. We do not need to earn our value. We already belong and are safe in the Savior.
That safety is the starting point for peace, even when everything unravels. Working through Romans and Ephesians step by step with a businessman I met this past weekend, he said to me, “I feel nothing now that I’ve lost my business." Slowly, he began to see that his value was not in his income but in his Savior, Jesus Christ.
The cross of Christ redefines value. 1 Peter 1:18–19 says we were bought back “not with silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ.” Our value is established—not by what we do, but by what God cost to buy us.
Grasping that reality shifts everything. We're able to release possessions loosely. We're able to love people freely. We're able to endure trials without falling apart. Why? Because our value is rooted in grace.
When you know you’ve been justified by faith in Christ, you can rest. You don’t need to pretend or perform. You stand secure in Christ’s finished work. And that is peace the world cannot give, or take away.
By Pastor Alexander L. Redd
August 25, 2025
The world today is uncertain, and most folks seek peace in success, relationships, health, or wealth. But those things are ephemeral. They may change or be gone overnight. Genuine contentment needs to be rooted in something permanent.
Scripture leads us there: justification by faith. Romans 5:1–2 says:
“So then, because we have been made righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, and we rejoice in hope toward the glory of God.”
Justification refers to the fact that by Christ, we're no longer enemies of God. We're not condemned—we're welcomed. We're standing in the grace, not the judgment.
Ephesians 2 tells us this salvation is not something we earn, but a gift from a merciful God: “By grace you have been saved through faith. It is the gift of God." It sets us free from the stress of proving ourselves. We do not need to earn our value. We already belong and are safe in the Savior.
That safety is the starting point for peace, even when everything unravels. Working through Romans and Ephesians step by step with a businessman I met this past weekend, he said to me, “I feel nothing now that I’ve lost my business." Slowly, he began to see that his value was not in his income but in his Savior, Jesus Christ.
The cross of Christ redefines value. 1 Peter 1:18–19 says we were bought back “not with silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ.” Our value is established—not by what we do, but by what God cost to buy us.
Grasping that reality shifts everything. We're able to release possessions loosely. We're able to love people freely. We're able to endure trials without falling apart. Why? Because our value is rooted in grace.
When you know you’ve been justified by faith in Christ, you can rest. You don’t need to pretend or perform. You stand secure in Christ’s finished work. And that is peace the world cannot give, or take away.
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