The ordo salutis (6): Justification: Justified freely by God’s grace
Rev. Martyn McGeown explains justification as the fifth logical step in the ordo salutis, God's application of salvation benefits through the work of the Holy Spirit. He corrects the misconception that salvation consists only of justification by clarifying the Belgic Confession's teaching, while affirming that justification—as God's forensic declaration of righteousness—remains foundationally important for the believer's standing before God.
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Romans 3:24 Introduction In the ordo salutis, the logical sequence in which the Holy Spirit applies the benefits of salvation decreed by God in election and purchased by Christ on the cross, we come to the subject of justification, which in the ordo salutis is in fifth place: "Regeneration, Calling, Conversion, Faith, Justification, Sanctification, Preservation, and Glorification." Fifth place is not in order...
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