Gospel Guidebook: Getting and Keeping It Right 
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The Fellowship of Justification by Faith
by Robert P. TerryPublished April 17, 2025
Jesus Christ accomplished justification for the elect at the cross in His death. This justification is referred to as the righteousness of God and it is revealed to the elect through belief in the Gospel (Rom. 1:16-17, 3:21-26). This means that justification by faith is the righteousness of God shining unto the elect to give them knowledge of what He has accomplished for them (2 Cor. 3:1-4:6). This also fulfills the Psalms where it says, "They will come and will declare His righteousness...that He has performed it" and "They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed" and "For with Thee is the fountain of life; In Thy light we see light" (Ps. 22:31, 34:5, 36:9)
Moses' face shone with glory unto condemnation and bondage and death, but Christ's face shines with glory in justification and liberty and life. As the elect look upon and bask in the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ revealed by the Gospel, they come to reflect the same glory, being changed into the same image from glory to glory. So, what we see is that there is only one justification, that which Christ accomplished at the cross, and this same justification shines onto the elect to give them knowledge of it through faith. This is the fellowship (or administration) of the mystery that shines unto all the elect (whether Jew or Gentile) through the Gospel (Eph. 3:1-10). In other words, justification by faith is to have fellowship with the justification accomplished by Christ at the cross.