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JUSTICE—JUSTIFICATION.
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Truly at the day of judgment we shall not be examined as to what we have read, but as to what we have done; not as to how well we have spoken, but as to how religiously we have lived.


The deeds we do, the words we say,
     Into still air they seem to fleet;
          We count them ever past;
          But they shall last
     In the dread judgment they
          And we shall meet.


JUSTICE.

Justice is a constant and perpetual will to render to every one that which is his own.


At some time, here or hereafter, every account must be settled, and every debt paid in full.


JUSTIFICATION.

We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings.

Articles of Methodist Episcopal Church.

Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein He pardoneth all our sins, and accepteth us as righteous in His sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.

Westminster Catechism.