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Salvation

Justification - The judicial act of God whereby He pronounces the believer righteous in His sight.

Rom 4:25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

 

Rom 5:16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.

Rom 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

Rom 5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

 

Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

2Co 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Eph 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Personal Opinion:

How in the world do you tell all this stuff to an unbeliever?

It would seem to take, for them, so many leaps of faith. 

That there is a God.

That He cares one way or the other what we do.

That He at one time desired the blood sacrifice of animals.

That it had to be done by a man whose linage was traceable to Levi.

That that system God decided to replace by sending Himself in human form to live here on earth and whose shed blood on the cross was the perfect and complete atonement for our sins.

That unsaved person can only be expected to throw up his or her hands and say: "give me a break".

What a miracle that anyone becomes a believer.

But billions do!  We have a God of miracles.