Justified by God

All sins are pardoned, all transgressions are forgiven, and God allows no charge to be brought against the believer of His word.
“Christ died for the ungodly” (vs. 6), and God in His absolute justice “justifies the ungodly” (4:5). Were this not so, none could be saved, for all have sinned and have come short of the glory of God. God justifies men because the blood of His Son has glorified Him in His righteousness in relation to our sins. In no sense are we accounted righteous because we have done good; no, we are “justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (3:24).
Such being God’s way of grace to us, what shall we do? One thing is plain, God’s way of grace excludes any boasting on our part; we merit naught save condemnation, but God saves us, ungodly as we are; hence at the very beginning, we bow our souls before the holy and the righteous Judge; “we conclude that a man is justified... without the deeds of the law” (3:28).
We believe God, we believe what He says respecting what His Son has done on behalf of His glory, and for man’s benefit through the shedding of His blood for our sins. We believe, and God justifies us by faith. “Therefore being justified by faith, we have