Pictured to the left is a copy of a version of the Holy Bible, known as the ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION ( ESV ). Romans 3:23-25 read as follows:
"23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins."
In the above-given passage from the Holy Bible, we see that God's grace is a gift to be received by faith.
In verse twenty-four, the apostle Paul ( 1:1 ) wrote that we are justified by the heavenly Father's ( see Matthew 5:9, 16; 6:9, 14, for example ) grace. It was through His grace that He sent His only Son ( Jesus Christ - see Matthew 1:16; 16:13-16 ( especially verse 16, for example ), for example ) into the world to die for the sins of all men ( see John 3:16, 17, Romans 4:16-25 ( especially verse 25, for example ); 5:6-8; 6:5-11 ( especially verse 10, for example ); 8:31, 32, and 1 Peter 3:18-22 ( especially verse 21, for example ), for example ). It is this gift that is to be received by faith, which leads to obedience ( see Mark 16:16 and Ephesians 2:8, 9 ( especially verse 8, for example ), for example ), which requires the act of baptism by immersion in water, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of one's past sins. Since we come in contact with the blood of Christ through baptism, and we are justified by His blood ( see Romans 5:9 ), baptism also results in one's justification: this is how we are justified by the heavenly Father's grace.
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