Covenant Reformed News – February 2020 • Volume XVII, Issue 22
This article from Covenant Reformed News defends the Protestant Reformed doctrine of justification by faith alone against three competing views: Roman Catholicism, the New Perspective on Paul, and Federal Vision theology. Using Romans 4 as the primary biblical text, the author argues that justification is God's forensic declaration of righteousness through Christ, not a making righteous or declaration of covenant membership based on works.
Justification and Romans 4 A clear understanding and a deep love of the gospel truth of justification is even more necessary in our day than before, because now there are three main views of justification and not just two. According to (1) Reformation Protestantism, which sets forth the truth of the inspired Scriptures, justification is God’s declaring someone righteous (through faith alone in the Person and work of Jesus Christ). According to (2) Roman Catholicism, justification is making...