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Among all the realities of the invisible world, mediated to us by the disclosures and promises of God, and to which our faith responds, there is none that more strongly calls into action this faculty for grasping the unseen than the divine pronouncement through the Gospel, that, though sinners, we are righteous in the judgment [...]
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If justification is by faith alone, how can we apply James 2:24, which says a person is justified by what he does, not his faith alone? That question is not critical only today, but it was in the eye of the storm we call the Protestant Reformation that swept through and divided the Christian church [...]
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This is a wonderful explanation of Justification by Faith Alone from Pastor Allistair Begg, founder of Truth for Life. Via: Tim Phillips
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The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals recently posted a video on their Facebook page of Dr. R.C. Sproul responding to a question about justification by faith or by perfect obedience. Here is the audio version of his response which is just terrific. It is vintage Sproul… [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
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I discovered the following quote by John Owen while spending some time tonight reading about justification and imputation. Dr. Owen made the following statement regarding the doctrine of justification in a chapter titled “Imputation, and the Nature of It.” yet is it so fallen out in our days that nothing in religion is more maligned, [...]
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No man shall ever behold the glory of Christ by sight in heaven who does not, in some measure, behold it by faith in this world. Grace is a necessary preparation for glory and faith for sight. —John OwenThe Glory of Christ Via: Of First Importance
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We have not been justified by our holiness or through our holiness but unto it so that we might grow in conformity to the image of Christ, —Dr. R.C. SproulRomans: The Righteous Shall Live by Faith Via: Twitter
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Speaking of the reformed doctrine of justification by faith alone, this is my reading list for 2010. As I stated in the previous post, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about justification. I suppose that many people would wonder why anyone would bother reading such weighty books about theology when there are more light, practical, [...]
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I have been thinking and reading quite a bit lately about the reformed doctrine of justification by faith alone — sola fide. Martin Luther, the great German reformer believed that justification by faith alone is the doctrine by which the protestant church stand or falls. This evening I read the following quote from Martin Luther [...]
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Our justification is the direct result of our believing the gospel; our knowledge of our own justification comes from believing God’s promise of justification to every one who believes these glad tidings. For there is not only the divine testimony, but there is the promise annexed to it, assuring eternal life to every one who [...]
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