This document discusses the key biblical concept of justification. It defines justification as being declared righteous by God, not based on human works but through God's grace by faith in Christ. It explains that through justification by faith alone in Christ's sacrifice, believers are completely forgiven, given a new righteousness, and declared not guilty and free from condemnation. The purpose of studying justification and other biblical terms related to salvation is because many Christians do not understand them, which leaves believers vulnerable to temptation, and sound teaching produces strong Christians.

1. JUSTIFICATION

2. Introduction

4. A. Six key Bible words
about Salvation
• Justification
• Propitiation
• Redemption
• Reconciliation
• Regeneration
• Adoption

5. B. Why are we
studying them?

6. 1. Most
evangelical
Christians don’t
understand them.

7. 2. Untaught
believers face
grave temptations.

8. 3. Sound
teaching
produces strong
Christians.

9. C.
Justification is
the first term.

10. I. The
Definition of
Justification

11. NOT
making excuses to
others for
misbehavior (self-justification)

12. BUT
to be declared
righteous or not
guilty by God.

13. II. The Means
of Justification

14. A. By
God’s grace:
unmerited favor.
(Rom. 3:24)

15. B. Through faith
in Christ.
(Ephe. 2:8-9)

16. “For it is by grace you have
been saved, through faith—
and this is not from
yourselves, it is the gift of
God—not by works, so that
no one can boast.”
(Ephesians 2:8-9)

17. C. On the basis of
Jesus’ blood shed
on the cross.
(Romans 3:25)

18. God presented Christ as
a sacrifice of atonement,
through the shedding of
his blood—to be
received by faith.
Rom. 3:25

19. D. Not based
on any
human effort.
(Rom. 3:28)

20. For we maintain
that a person
is justified by faith
apart from the
works of the Law.
(Rom. 3:28)

21. III. The Effects
of
Justification

22. A. You are
completely
forgiven.
(Col. 2:13)

23. When you were dead in
your sins and in the
uncircumcision of your
flesh, God made you
alive with Christ. He
forgave us all our sins.
(Colossians 2:13)

24. You have a
new
righteousness.
(2 Cor. 5:21)

25. God made him who
had no sin to be sin
for us, so that in him
we might become
the righteousness of
God.
2 Corinthians
5:21

26. You are declared
not guilty and free
from
condemnation.
(Rom. 8:1)

27. There is no
condemnation for
those who are in Christ
Jesus.
Romans 8:1

28. “Who will bring any
charge against those
God has chosen? It is
God who justifies.”
(Romans 8:33)

29. “Who is he that
condemns? Christ Jesus,
who died- more than that,
who was raised to life-is
at the right hand of God,
and is also
interceding for us.”
Romans 8:34

30. Have you been
JUSTIFIED
through faith
in Jesus Christ?