Justification

“Justification is one of the great truths of the gospel that Paul preached, which he calls “my gospel” (Rom. 2:16; 16:25, etc.). It is distinctly Pauline, for no other New Testament writer treats the subject as he does. (James mentions it, but in a different sense.)

Justification has to do with a person being cleared from every charge of sin that has been laid against him by being set in a new position before God in Christ, wherein he is no longer viewed by God as a sinner. The person is thus “reckoned” or “constituted” righteous in God's mind (Rom. 4:4-5; 5:19), and thus, has his legal standing before God changed from a sinner to a saint. The Concise Bible Dictionary states: “The word ‘justification’ may be said to be the estimation formed in God’s mind of the believer in view of that order of things of which Christ is the Head. Such estimation has its expression in Christ Himself, and its consequences are seen in Romans 5” (p. 465).”



Excerpt From: Bruce Anstey. “Justification - "From All Things" & "Of Life" - E-Book Version 1.1.” Apple Books.