This basis is the position to which the Christian has been brought through God's grace. Chafer, L.S., Systematic Theology, Vol. Hence, wherever sin is, there also are the wrath and vengeance of God. He, on the other hand, is justified who is regarded not as a sinner, but as righteous, and as such stands acquitted at the judgment-seat of God, where all sinners are condemned. Calvin, J., Institutes of Christian Religion, Vol.
Justification encompasses two central facts.
But to him who does not work but believes on Him Who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted to him for righteousness. The merits of the Lord Jesus Christ, His holy and righteous nature, are imputed by God to the redeemed sinner. A man will be justified by faith when, excluded from the righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold on the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it appears in the sight of God, not as a sinner, but righteous.