Justification is the legal term for when a person is cleared of all wrongdoing in the eyes of the law. In the context of Christianity, justification refers to the act of God whereby He declares a sinner to be righteous in His sight. This means that the person is forgiven of all their sins and is given a new standing before God. Justification is not about distinguishing between who is good and who is bad, but rather it is about God accepting us and giving us the ability to live in His presence. This is why our only confidence in being accepted by God is through our justification in His eyes.As Christians, we are united with Christ in His substitutionary work on our behalf. Christ takes on our sins and saves us from our enemies, thereby granting us righteousness, perfectness, and eternal salvation. This means that Christ becomes our new self and replaces our own weaknesses and shortcomings. Through Him, we can overcome any obstacle and be successful in life.When we are justified, we receive a new way of thinking and speaking. The Bible does not say that we are only obtaining salvation when we get to heaven. Rather, we have already attained our full salvation in Christ, and we are obtaining it until we receive our final salvation. We have the perfect image of the Man who has already completed the work for His elect. Our way of speaking is contained in His active and passive obedience. We do not approach God in our own goodness, righteousness, faithfulness, and confidence. Rather, we contain the blessed relationship in His blessed view of life.If we were to change our approach to God, it would be to our detriment as we would be jeopardizing Christ's return and losing hope for our future relationship with Him. The reason for this is because we would be rejecting the language that has been given to us in this time period, which would prevent us from being able to effectively communicate with God. The language of this substitutionary relationship is focused on our foundation of standing in grace and ending in grace. We are carrying burdens, but He is actually carrying us. How we distinguish between the reality of living on this earth and what we are receiving in the future cannot fully come together in this life. It is too great for us to imagine.Now that we belong to Christ, our identity is in His name or identity. We now have multiple identities according to the different occupations of life. These identities have been spoken by God in His declaring what is the truth about us. What God says about us is how the bible distinguishes between the reality of truth as opposed to lies. Our new identity in Christ allows us to see the world and our place in it through His eyes and from His perspective. This gives us a much broader and fuller view of who we are and what we are capable.Our identity is not defined by our adherence to the law, but by our relationship with Christ. The Christian life is mysterious and unpredictable, often seeming to defy logic. But in reality, it is the successful attempts to live like Christ that are most important, not the worldly measures of success.We often find ourselves speaking against the grain of the dominant culture. How can we be successful in this kind of opposition? Because we have the very words of God given to us to protect us, give us the way to God, and give us glimpses of the future world that break in upon our experience in this time period. We go from being dead in sins and trespassed to actually having the fullness of God dwelling in us. This allows us to have hope in the midst of opposition and see glimpses of the future world that God has in store for us.