Our theme scripture tells us that Jesus was delivered for our offences, meaning He died for our sins. Then He tells us that He was raised from the dead for our justification. Not many have understood the latter part. It is also important to realize that your new life did not begin when Jesus died but rather when He rose from the dead. His death was a means to that end of having a new life upon His resurrection. What does justification mean? It means acquittal or declared not guilty. It means you are innocent. In the court of law when you are declared not guilty it means there is no evidence that you committed any crime. In His death forgiveness of sins was given while in His resurrection Justification was secured. In His death you died and when He rose you arose in Him as a new creation. 2 Corinthians 5:17 declares, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new". This new creation is not refurbished but brand new and faultless. Romans 6:6 states, "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin". The old man was crucified and that means he doesn't exist anymore. It is the new creation that exists now. That is the basis of this justification. Ephesians 2:6 declares that we were raised up together with Christ in His resurrection. There is no past record for the new creation. When you are born again you don't have a past. You are not guilty of anything. 1 Corinthians 6:11 says, "Ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God". This is your description. There are those who fail to move effectively in their walk after they are born again because in their minds they carry the old man's baggage of wrong doings. But you have to understand that justification means not guilty because you are new through the resurrection of Christ. Feast on this message and have your mind renewed for your effective walk with the Lord. You are justified because He arose.