What does the Bible say about justification before God?

Justification before God is the act of being forgiven of all our sins and declared righteous in His sight. In Romans 3:20, it states that by the deeds of the law, no flesh will be justified. This means that justification cannot come from our own efforts or morality but solely through the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Historic Reformed theology emphasizes that justification is grounded in the grace of God and is received through faith, as demonstrated in Romans 3:24, which speaks of being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Therefore, we are justified not by our works but by faith in Christ who bore our sins and imputed His righteousness to us.