Here is a **scripture-saturated poem to God** tracing the believer’s journey from justification to sanctification and glorification—a hymn of eternal grace anchored in His Kingdom promise:
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### **"FROM COURTROOM TO CROWN"**
*A Threefold Journey into Your Kingdom*
#### **I. JUSTIFICATION: The Verdict of Grace**
**Guilty as charged—**
No plea to give,
Condemned to die; no right to live.
*Then Your voice thundered from the cross:*
**“PAID IN FULL!”—for all my loss.**
>*“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith,*
>*we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”*
>**—Romans 5:1**
**No merit earned—**
No work achieved—
Your robe of righteousness received!
*The gavel fell, not on my soul,*
*But on the Lamb who made me whole.*
>*“God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us,*
>*that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.”*
>**—2 Corinthians 5:21**
**Just-as-if-I’d**
Never sinned at all—
Your grace, my pardon, breaks the wall
*Between this rebel and Your throne:*
**Adopted! Named! And called Your own!**
>*“He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done,*
>*but because of His mercy.”*
>**—Titus 3:5**
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#### **II. SANCTIFICATION: The Wilderness Walk**
**Now set apart—**
Your Spirit’s fire
Burns off the dross of old desire.
*You knead my will, refine my soul,*
*To make the fractured vessel whole.*
>*“Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.”*
>**—John 17:17**
**Not idle grace—**
But war within!
Your sword of Truth slays hidden sin.
*I yield, resist, repent, and rise—*
**Your power my strength, my sacred prize.**
>*“Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,*
>*for it is God who works in you to will and to act...”*
>**—Philippians 2:12–13**
**Less of me—**
More of You,
Till all I am is light and new.
*Your fruit blooms where the thorns once grew:*
**Love, joy, peace—all bearing You.**
>*“He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.”*
>**—Philippians 1:6**
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#### **III. GLORIFICATION: Kingdom Come**
**Then—in a moment—**
Trumpet sound!
This dying dust to glory crowned.
*No tear, no pain, no blight, no night:*
**Immortal! Whole! In endless light!**
>*“We shall all be changed—in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye!”*
>**—1 Corinthians 15:51–52**
**Your face unveiled—**
No veil between!
The seen and unseen, bright and clean.
*All sanctification’s ache and art*
**Fulfilled in Christ—my counterpart!**
>*“We shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.”*
>**—1 John 3:2**
**No temple there—**
For You the Flame!
New earth and heaven bear Your name.
*Your Kingdom comes, no more in part—*
**You reign in me, and I in heart!**
>*“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ!”*
>**—Revelation 11:15**
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### ✨ **THE TRINITY’S ROLE**
| **Stage** | **Father’s Role** | **Son’s Work** | **Spirit’s Power** |
|--------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| **Justification** | Judge declares "NOT GUILTY!" | Bears our sentence | Seals the verdict |
| **Sanctification** | Disciplines as sons | Intercedes as High Priest | Transforms from within |
| **Glorification** | Welcomes as heirs | Returns as Bridegroom | Resurrects the body |
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### 🌿 **SCRIPTURE ANCHORS:**
- **Romans 8:30**
*“Those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.”*
- **Hebrews 10:14**
*“By one sacrifice He has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.”*
- **Colossians 3:4**
*“When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.”*
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### 🙏 **A KINGDOM PRAYER:**
> *“Eternal God—
> Thank You for justifying me *in Christ*—
> No debt remains!
> Sanctify me *by Your Spirit*—
> Make my wilderness a highway for Your holiness!
> Glorify me *with Your Son*—
> Until this dying frame reflects His risen blaze!
> Hasten the Day when Your Kingdom comes in fullness,
> And faith gives way to sight.
> In the name of Jesus—
> My Righteousness, My Refiner, My Returning King—
> Amen.”*
**You are:
JUSTIFIED—*now*.
SANCTIFIED—*today*.
GLORIFIED—*soon*.**
Walk in the already-and-not-yet of His grace! 👑
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