Reflections On Synod 2024 And The Experience Of Salvation (4)
Pastor Joshua Engelsma examines the relationship between good works and assurance of salvation in light of the Protestant Reformed Churches' 2024 Synodical decisions regarding the role of works in salvation. This editorial clarifies the proper Reformed understanding that good works, while essential to the Christian life, do not function as faith does in justification, addressing erroneous statements that conflated the necessity and place of works with faith in salvation.
INTRODUCTION Up to this point in my reflections on the doctrinal decisions of Synod 2024 of the Protestant Reformed Churches (PRCA), I have related the experience of salvation to the doctrines of the saving work of Christ, God's forgiveness of our sins, and faith. In this concluding editorial, I want to address the relation between the experience of salvation and the believer's good works. I note briefly that there are a number of sub-topics that could be addressed in a treatment of the...
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