What is the definition of justification?
Justification is the judicial act of God whereby He declares the sinner just as if he had never sinned. It is God's declaration concerning the sinner, and it reflects the way God now sees the justified ones. This definition stands because Christ completely fulfilled everything a holy God could demand.
Les teaches that justification is that judicial act of God whereby He declares the sinner just as if he had never sinned. He connects this to the righteousness of God being unveiled, because when Christ died He completely fulfilled everything a holy God could possibly demand. The veil was rent from top to bottom, opening the very holiest of holies and the presence of God, not just to the high priest on the Day of Atonement but to everybody. Since everything needed has already been accomplished, man's attempt to add his own doing is an embarrassment to God. The justified ones are those declared just, and the sin problem began in Adam, in whom all were included.