Rev. Key is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Hull, Iowa. We have seen that justification is the act of God’s grace by which He imputes righteousness to the sinner. God justifies the ungodly! We are immediately faced with the question: How is this possible? We recognize that there must be a ground for that divine verdict that has proclaimed our righteousness. What is that ground? What is the basis for God’s declaring us righteous? That is an important question. The answer to that question will reflect upon the very being of God. The ground of our justification is...