Justification

And we know that just justification through the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is just and true. Doctrine & Covenants 20:30

To be justified before God is to be made right, declared innocent, pronounced clean. If it were possible, one way to attain God’s justification would be to live God’s law perfectly, traversing life’s paths without error. Anyone who so lived could be described as one who was justified by works or by law; however, Jesus alone lived a perfect life (Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 2:22). Truly, “by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified” (Romans 3:20; 2 Nephi 2:5). Thus, the only real way to attain justification from God is to lean upon the One who did live the law of God perfectly. We must exercise faith in Jesus Christ—have complete confidence in him and maintain a ready reliance upon him. Though we strive to do good works and show our conversion by our deeds, in the end it is by the grace of God that we are pronounced clean and thus prepared to dwell in the Holy Presence. (Robert L. Millet and Lloyd D. Newell. Draw Near Unto Me: Daily Reflections on the Doctrine and Covenants. 68)