Justification

The believing sinner is justified, i.e. treated as righteous because Christ, "who knew no sin," bore his sins on the cross, being made "sin for us...that we might be made the righteousness of God in him" (II Cor. 5:21) Justification is an act of divine reckoning and does not mean to make a person righteous. Justification originates in grace. (Rom. 3:24, Ti. 3:4-5) Justification is by faith and not by works. (Rom. 3:28-30, 4:5, 5:1, Gal. 2:16, 3:8, 24) courtesy of New Scofield Study Bible KJV Rom. 3:28 note.