Justification
Do we receive justification through baptism?
Justification is the declaring of a person to be free from blame and therefore free from the penalty deserved due to sin—to be brought into a right relationship with God. The Catholic Catechism teaches that we are justified through baptism,
“Justification has been merited for us by the Passion of Christ. It is granted us through Baptism” (para. 2020).
Is it through baptism that we receive justification? Notice what the following verses from the Bible tell us:
“They [believers] are justified freely by his grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus...” (Romans 3:24).
“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access [by faith] to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God” (Romans 5:1, 2).
“...we are now justified by his blood...” (Romans 5:9).
“For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved” (Romans 10:10).
It is through faith in Jesus Christ and through His blood that we receive justification and are declared free from the penalty of our sins, not through baptism.
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