Justification

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There are three parties to my justification: God, Christ, and myself. On God's part there is grace—"Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 3:2424Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: (Romans 3:24)); on Christ's part there is His blood—"Being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him" (Rom. 5:99Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. (Romans 5:9)); on my part there is faith—"Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom. 5:11Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: (Romans 5:1)). Grace is the source, blood the basis, and faith the principle of my justification. This being so, what credit and glory God and His blessed Son get, and what full blessing is the portion of the non-working but believing sinner! And we learn elsewhere that we cannot take any credit for our faith, for it is "the gift of God."