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Rev. Martyn McGeown, pastor of Providence PRC in Hudsonville, MI Introduction A good theologian must "rightly [divide] the word of truth" (II Tim. 2:15), that is, make proper distinctions. The word translated "rightly dividing" means to cut straight. In our consideration of justification, we make d
What justification is When God justifies the guilty, elect sinner by imputing to him the righteousness of Christ, He not only subtracts something from the sinner's account but He also adds to it. The Reformed faith teaches that in the act of justification God executes a kind of legal subtraction in
in its own eloquent way, simple eloquent way, testify to us of the wonder of God's justifying work through this Christ Jesus. So let's reflect for a little while on the truth of justification for every man, not by the works of the law. And in some ways that's a, Two-fold truth, you know, not by
on the great truth of justification by faith, we read from God's word in Romans chapter 5. Romans chapter 5. Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in the hope of
The gospel then reveals the righteousness of Christ as adorning His people and thus His people as legally and actually saved to the uttermost in Christ. Hence, God does not offer His salvation to His people, but He places it in their actual possession and admonishes them to seek what is legally and
The justified sinner is he "that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly." Rom. 4:5. By faith, he shouts triumphantly: "If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all t
Justification is simply the voice of God, your judge, rendering His verdict. You are my son, my daughter, in whom I am well pleased for Jesus' sake. As the catechism puts it, notwithstanding God, Notwithstanding, God, without any merit of mine, but only of mere grace, grants and imputes to me the pe