Our heavenly Father demonstrated His justice and commitment to set things right through Jesus Christ's death, justifying through grace all those who have faith in Christ and trust in God's plan. To justify, a legal term meaning to acquit or declare as righteous, is the opposite of condemn, and only God, our supreme Judge, can make us acceptable and set us in a right relationship with Him, vindicated and declared to be in the right. God requires a person to have faith before being justified, followed by repentance of sins and, upon baptism, being born from above by the power of the Holy Spirit. Justification is God's recognition and acceptance of an individual's repentance and decision to be baptized, whereby a faithful individual becomes part of the Body of Christ through the indwelling of His Holy Spirit. The death of Christ provided once and for all the sacrificial blood needed to atone, reconcile, or justify all repentant sinners to God. However, justification is a process involving prior, current, and future applications to the sinner, relating to the beginning of conversion, its continuation, and its culmination. Since man continues to sin after initial justification, he must continue to repent and overcome to remain properly aligned or reconciled with God and continue to be justified. God always planned for our justification by faith, applying it retroactively to all who lived faithfully before Christ's human life, death, and resurrection. Knowing Adam and Eve would misuse the freedom of choice He gave them, leading to sin, He made provision for their justification, and ours, through the blood of Jesus Christ before the foundation of the world. Justification becomes personal by faith, requiring acceptance of the substitutionary sacrifice Christ performed on our behalf to accomplish reconciliation with God, which we cannot achieve on our own. This faith is not inherent but results from our individual belief and appropriate response to the calling we receive from the Father. It is a concrete, spiritual manifestation of the will of God, given personally and individually through His Son, and must be received personally and individually by the one being reconciled to Him. This faith must be in Jesus Christ alone, the One who bore our sin in His own body and in whom the fullness of the divine nature dwelt, for faith in anyone else will not declare a person justified. Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

In the journey of faith, justification emerges as a profound spiritual act within a broader spiritual process, offering effects that pave the way to salvation and eternal life. It is not merely a declaration of guiltlessness for the repentant sinner, nor a guaranteed pass to eternity, but a transformative step initiated through the perfect, sacrificial life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Through justification by faith, accomplished by the blood of Jesus Christ, the repentant sinner finds all past sins cleared, experiencing a cleansing that liberates from the burden of transgression. Justification also opens a pathway to a closer relationship with God. It grants access to His grace, an undeserved favor bestowed upon the faithful and humble through Jesus Christ. This access, exclusive to those called by God, bridges the separation caused by sin, allowing the justified to approach God with greater intimacy. Moreover, justification brings peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. By declaring the repentant sinner not guilty, it removes the disturbing guilt from the conscience and the fear of condemnation, replacing these with hope. This peace fosters a confident assurance of God's mercy, drawing the justified nearer to Him. Finally, the fruit of justification sets the justified on a path toward salvation. Having been freed from sin and becoming servants of God, the justified bear fruit leading to holiness, with the ultimate end being everlasting life. Justified by His grace, they become heirs to the hope of eternal life, finding not only intimacy with God the Father and His Son but also a unique spiritual peace along the journey to eternity.

Salvation, as part of God's majestic plan to save mankind from sin, begins with the precious honor of being chosen by Him. The initial step in this process, known as justification, occurs when we accept the blood of Christ as payment for the penalty of our sins and are baptized. Justification is God declaring us righteous, even when righteousness does not exist in us. He legally pronounces us innocent on the basis of Christ's sacrifice, setting us right before Him. This first step mirrors the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt on the first Passover, as we are saved from the death penalty when we come under the blood of our Passover, Jesus Christ. Though this is only the beginning, it marks the start of our journey toward the ultimate goal of salvation that He intends for each of us.

In the discussion of salvation, the concept of justification emerges as a critical aspect. To be justified means to have our past sins forgiven and to have righteousness imputed to us. It is a legal act on God's part to impute the righteousness of Jesus Christ to us once we have accepted His sacrifice on our behalf. Justification puts us into alignment with God and His law. However, there is no way anyone can receive forgiveness of past sins by obeying the law, as present obedience does not wash away past iniquity. Therefore, by the deeds of the law, no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. There must be another manner for sinners to receive forgiveness if they are to have hope of entering God's Kingdom. Moreover, it is clear that the doers of the law will be justified, indicating that the manner in which we conduct our lives has a great bearing on whether we will receive eternal life or not.

Spiritual dualism has corrupted the biblical doctrine of justification by faith, reducing the comprehensive process of salvation to justification alone. This distortion suggests that as long as the mind or spirit is holy, a corrupt body holds no real consequence, leading to the belief that mere profession of faith in Jesus Christ and acceptance of His grace are sufficient for salvation, rendering actions irrelevant. In contrast, justification can only be through faith, as man, born physical and without God's understanding or Spirit, cannot alter his perception of God and His truth by works alone. When one is justified by faith and receives God's Spirit, his perception is transformed by God, enabling true character growth. Justification, grace, and the Holy Spirit are tremendous gifts from God, without which no one could perform truly good works. However, spiritual dualism falsely views these gifts as sufficient in themselves, negating the need for good works, a notion contradicted by Jesus Christ, Paul, and God's creation, which all emphasize the necessity of a comprehensive way of life that includes actions for spiritual growth.