'Justified' ... to be declared 'sin-free' through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ.
Paul proclaimed it with boldness ... For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.” (Romans 1:16-17)
Any church that puts forth a method of salvation other than 'justification by faith' is leading its congregants to hell.
Justification by faith separates biblical Christianity from every other belief system ... These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. (Mark 7:6-7)
Justification cannot be earned ... For by grace, you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)
Justification only occurs when a sinner is cloaked in the guiltless perfection of Jesus Christ ... He has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness. (Isaiah 61:10)
Charles Spurgeon - Justification by religious performances, and meritorious deeds, is nothing better than the old Pharisaism with a Christian name stuck upon it. That doctrine makes the Lord Jesus Christ to be practically a nobody; for if salvation be of works, then the way of salvation through faith in a Savior is superfluous and even mischievous.
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