Justification in Depth
Romans 3:28
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.
KJV
Define and discuss justification, the battle cry of the Reformation
There is a close connection between the act of justifying and the imputed righteousness of the one who has been justified. The words just, justify, justification, right, righteous, and righteousness are all translations from the same Greek root. While their individual meanings may differ slightly, they all carry the same general meaning. This meaning is always objective, based upon the Word of God. There is never any subjectivity involved in their meaning. God is the objective standard of righteousness.
- The thought here is that God solely by His grace finds us free from the demands of His law. Romans 3:24 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
- Christ's death is the basis of our justification. Hebrews 10:14 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
- Our faith experience is the vehicle whereby justification operates. The cry of the Reformation was based upon “justification by faith.” Romans 3:25-30 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. 27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. 29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: 30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
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