Ron PurkeyGuest Columnist(Read Romans 3:21-31)“Being justified freely by (God’s) grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24). Read Romans 9:30-33 and see why Israel missed this righteousness by faith. Justification is God’s righteousness imputed, or put to our account. When Jesus died, he bore our sins in his own body (1 Peter 2:24) and thus paid the price God’s law demanded. Third, it’s received by faith (Romans 3:27-31).