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YOU HAVE BEEN JUSTIFIEDJustification is a legal term.
It is the opposite of condemnation (Romans 8:33,34).Justification is the sovereign work of God whereby He declares the sinner to be righteous, and the rightful demands of the law satisfied.
God's law condemns the sinner.
God's love and grace justify the sinner (Romans 3:24).Justification is not earned by man (Galatians 2:16).
God justifies on the basis of the righteousness of Jesus Christ and His atoning death for sinners (Romans 5:8, 9).
Justification removes the guilt of sin (Romans 8:1).
Justification imputes (credits, puts to our account) to sinner the righteousness of Christ (Romans 4:20-25).Justification is once and for all. There are no degrees of justification. You are as justified now as you ever shall be, and as justified as any other Christian.
'Justification does not make the sinner any different: it declares him just in the eyes of the law. The sinner certainly needs to be made good, and the Holy Spirit will go on to do that in what is known as "sanctification": but let us be clear in our minds about justification first. Justification has to do not with our state, but with our standing: it refers to our position before God. Apart from Christ we have no standing at all; we are guilty and condemned: but with Christ as our Saviour and substitute we are acquitted and justified, for He has borne our sin Himself. You will find all this put very clearly in Romans 3:23-26.' E. F. Kevan