As to our good works (7): Relating good works and justification (3)
This article addresses the relationship between justification by faith alone and the good works of believers, responding to the common objection that such doctrine undermines Christian holiness. Huizinga clarifies how the fruits of faith relate to assurance and the Christian life while maintaining that good works play no role in justification itself, thereby connecting the doctrines of justification and sanctification in Reformed theology.
Previous article in this series: August, 2020, p. 446. We have strongly insisted that justification is by faith alone and thus excludes all good works of the believer. This same strong insistence by the notable Reformers of the sixteenth century was always met with the charge that their doctrine militates against a holy life of good works, jeopardizes true religion, and if it does not expressly teach, it strongly suggests, that a believer can walk in sweet peace with his God no matter how...
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