And we know also, that sanctification through the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is just and true, to all those who love and serve God with all their mights, minds, and strength. A person is justified by the Savior's grace through faith in him. This faith is shown by repentance and obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel. Thus, the person who repents and is baptized in water and thereafter receives the Holy Ghost, will receive through the Holy Ghost the benefit of the Savior's grace. Christ's blood will answer the law of justice on behalf of such a person, and he or she will be justified before the law.
Justification is to be pardoned.
These verses suggest to us that there is a further necessary step for our rebirth beyond having justice satisfied on our account. Not only must our sin be pardoned, but the stain and effects of sin in us must be erased. Repent, all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me and be baptized in my name, that ye may be sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost, that ye may stand spotless before me at the last day. A sanctified person, then, is not only free from responsibility for sin, but also free from the effects of sin, a holy being fit to live in the presence of the Man of Holiness. While it was Adam's choice, just as it is our action and choice, if we will, to repent, be baptized and commit to receive this cleansing, we must always remember that the cleansing itself occurs by virtue of the blood or grace or atonement of Jesus Christ through the agency of the Holy Ghost.