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TO BE JUSTIFIED IS TO BE BORN AGAIN By Nyron Medina

1. Justification and to be Born Again are presented as different in Evangelical Theology. See: J.I. Packer, God's Words, pp. 139-140,145,148-151. John B. Marchbanks, Great Doctrines Relating to Salvation, pp. 29,30,16,19.

2. Even John Wesley made a serious mistake concerning Justification and the new birth. John Wesley, The Works of Wesley, Sermons, Vol. 1, pp. 298-299.
3. To present them as different means to hinge our salvation upon the objective one "Justification", and this undermines the fact that God wants a Changed person.
a. undermining the change (which is wrongly called sanctification). Steve Marshall, What The Difference, pp. 19,20,28-29,37-38,23.
b. God wants a changed person. Isa. 1:16-18; Gal. 5:16, 17.
4. A true idea of what Justification is shows it to be the "Born Again" experience.
a. To be justified is to be made righteous. Rom. 3:20,22; (Rom. 4:5-8; Ps. 32:1,2,5,11); (Rom. 8:6; Rom. 5:1, 18); Gal. 2:16,20; Gal. 3:8,14.
b. To be born again is to be made a new spiritual person that is righteous. (2 Cor. 5:17,21; 1 Jn. 3:7).
5. In justifying us God puts Righteousness into us. Rom. 3: 22; (Rom. 10:4; Gal. 2:20).
In giving birth to us God gives us or puts a new man in us that has the Righteousness of God. Eph. 4:23,24.
7. In justifying us God gives us the Faith (revealed Truths/the Gospel) of Jesus for Righteousness. Rom. 4:5,9.
8. In giving birth to us God gives the character of Christ (the Truth Jn. 14:6) that from it his Divine Nature may be in us. (1 Jn. 5:10-12; 2 Jn. 9; 1 Jn. 4:16).
9. We are justified and given a new birth by the word of God.
a. Justified by Christ's knowledge. Isa. 53:11.
b. Born again by the word of Truth. Jam. 1:18.
10. We are given the Spirit in Justification and when we are born again also.
a. The gift of the Spirit is Justification. (Gal. 3:8,14; Gal. 4:6).
b. Born again of the Spirit. Jn. 3:5,6.
11. We are given a new mind by being Justified and by being born again.
a. A new spiritual mind from Justification. (Rom. 8:6; Rom. 5:1).
b. A new spirit of the mind by being born again. Rom. 12: 2; Eph. 4:23.
12. Since regeneration (the new birth) and Justification are presented together in the Bible, then they are one and the same. Tit. 3:5-7.
13. When we are Justified and born again we do righteousness (the works of the Law).
a. Justified, so we do Righteousness. Rom. 3:30,31.
b. Born again so we do Righteousness. 1 Jn. 2:29.
14. When we are justified and born again we do not commit sin.
a. Justified thus free from sin. Rom. 6:6,7,11,12.
b. Born again thus free from sin. 1 Jn. 3:9,10.
15. Luther taught the new birth and justification to be the same. Peter Toon, Born Again, pp. 101-102. Erwin R. Gane, The Scriptural Doctrine of Justification, pp. 13-15.
Mrs. White taught the new birth and justification to be the same thing. See: Erwin R. Gane, The Scriptural Doctrine of Justification, pp. 11-12,13.
JUSTIFICATION
(forgiveness)

NON IMPUTATION OF GIFT OF THE
THE SINS OF THE SPIRITUAL MIND
CARNAL MIND (BORN AGAIN).
(LIFTED).

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