Justification: Entails Forgiveness of Sin

Before Justification; it is the wages of sin is death and the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord- Romans 6 v 23. Man is doomed for judgment because of Sin. Yet, God finds a way through Christ to justify and save humanity.

There are two aspects of justification. In the one, God takes away sin. He forgives it. He pardons us. Second, He puts the righteousness of Christ in its place. This completes the great exchange. God pardons all our sins – past, present and future (Psa. 103:3). God takes away the penalty of guilt. Though we are guilty, He does not hold our sins against us. We are blessed because God no longer imputes sin or its guilt to us (Rom. 4:6-8). God pardons us! He does not grant clemency, which would somehow mitigate our sins. Nor does He place us on probation or parole. He totally pardons every sin we have ever committed. Moreover, He pardons the very sin nature in which we were born.

Hence, man is seen as a righteous being without sin. This concept is the greatest tenet, teaching and ideology of the Christian faith. Justification makes us obtain pardon for something we don’t deserve through the grace and mercy of God. In Justification, Christianity is completely different from other religion in which mercy is not obtained. Justification paves the way for a complete new life in Christ in which an individual trust and depend on God daily in order to live a righteous and holy life in this present world.