of God, my guilt for sin is removed by Christ’s blood (“In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses” [Eph. 1:7]); and my title to heaven is provided by Christ’s obedience (“By the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous” [Rom. 5:19]). I am declared just—freed from the punishment of sin and now possessing a title to heaven. This is what the Bible means by justification. The capstone of its joy-producing glory is that justification is by faith alone apart