The pattern of justification

"What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness” Romans 4:3. 

We know that the Old Testament was full of symbols of what is about to come in the New Testament. Long before the law was given to the Jews through Moses, God set a pattern of how He was going to justify people. We see it through the example of Abraham. How was Abraham justified? God gave a promise to Abraham that He would give him a child and told him that his descendants will be as many as the stars in the sky. It was a promise of God that showed how God cared about Abraham and was ready to accomplish the greatest desire that he had - to have an offspring. Abraham believed in this promise of God and this belief was credited to him as righteousness.

The same pattern or principle of justification by faith works in the New Testament. We don't look at the stars though, but at the cross where Jesus hung. We look at Him and believe that He died for our sins for our justification and our faith is credited to us as righteousness. That is the only way how you can become right with God. Look at the cross, and believe. And boom, you are right with God. Don't ever try any other way. Your good works won't do the job. They are the result but not the cause of becoming right with God.