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II. Justification
“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24).

“Justification is a divine act whereby an infinitely Holy God judicially declares a believing sinner to be righteous and acceptable before Him because Christ has born the sinner’s sin on the cross and ‘has been made unto him righteousness’
(1 Corinthians 1:30)’ ” Unger’s Bible Dictionary.

A. Justification is a product of God’s grace
Titus 3:4–5

B. Justification is possible as a result of the atoning sacrifice of Christ Who has settled all the claims of the law
Romans 3:24–25; 5:9

C. Justification is provided on faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross alone, and not by any human merit or works
Romans 3:28–30; 4:5; 5:1; 8:31–34; Galatians 2:16

D. The justified one knows that Another, his Substitute, has born his guilt and that he stands without accusation before the judgment bar of God
Romans 8:1, 33–34

E. Justification makes no one righteous. It is not the bestowment of righteousness as such but rather declares one to be justified whom God sees as perfected once and forever in His Beloved Son. When I am justified, God sees me “just-as-if-I’d” never sinned.