Skip to main content

A SHORT STUDY ON JUSTIFICATION,

A word of caution:This study can only be understand but by the revelation of the holy spirit, if one will first pray and ask for the the holy spirit using also a KJV Bible I am assured that you will be greatly bless.
“The great doctrine of justification by faith, so clearly taught by Luther, had been almost wholly lost sight of…” Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, pg. 253.
xxvi. A summary of what Luther taught is as follows.

a. Luther taught a Justification by Faith that opposed the concept of Justification by works as taught by Rome.
b. Luther’s concept of Justification was by Faith alone, which opposed Rome’s justification by faith formed by charity which was good works. Thus it is Rome’s idea of good works for justification that Luther fought against.
c. Luther’s doctrine of Justification was a subjective, inner change, regenerated concept that revealed the person possessing Christ and the Righteousness of God within as a gift.
d. For Luther, only after a person was already justified by Faith, then he did the good works of the Law that was acceptable to God.
xxvii. All this teaching was in fact very Biblical. Here is what the Bible teaches about Justification.
a. Justification is not by works, as Abraham found out years ago before Christ. Rom. 4:1,2.
b. Justification could not be achieved by the good works of the Law. Gal. 2:16.
c. Justification was by Faith alone, which meant not by the works of the Law with faith. Gal. 3:8,9; Rom. 3:28.
d. In Justification, the Righteousness of God was imputed into the believer. (Rom. 4:11; Rom. 3:22).
e. In Justification, the believer possessed the Righteousness of God in his heart. Ps. 40:10.
f. When a person, is Justified by Faith, that Faith causes him to do the good works of the Law of God. Rom. 3:28,30,31.
g. Thus Justification was an inner moral change. (Rom. 8:6; Rom. 5:1).

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

WHAT OUR INQUIRY ABOUT OURSELVES SHOULD BE?

WHAT OUR INQUIRY ABOUT OURSELVES  SHOULD BE? We are in the very last days, we are told that the last controversy will be very short. “We are standing on the threshold of great and solemn events. Prophecies are fulfilling. The last great conflict will be short, but terrible. Old controversies will be revived. New controversies will arise. We have a great work to do. Our ministerial work must not cease. The last warning must be given to the world. There is a special power in the presentation of the truth at the present time. How long will it last? Only a little while.” Ellen G. White, Selected Messages bk. 3, pg. 419. And in view of the lateness of time, what should be the inquiry of everyone? We are told: “The inquiry of everyone should be ‘whose am I? To whom do I owe allegiance? Is my heart renewed? Is my soul reformed? Are my sins forgiven? Will they be blotted out when the time of refreshing shall come?” Ibid, pg. 419. We must needs examine ourselves to see if we are
Post a Comment
Read more

DID ELLEN G. WHITE EVER CALL THE S.D.A. CHURCH BABYLON IN ANY WAY? BY NYRON MEDINA

In the Bible is brought to view the following statement: “And after these things I  saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was  lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying,  Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all  nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the  earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are  waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice  from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her  sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” Revelation 18:1-4. Of this Scripture  we are told that it speaks about the Church, fallen because of sins. “In amazement  they [the people] hear the testimony that Babylon is the church,
1 comment
Read more

IMPUTED AND IMPARTED RIGHTEOUSNESS EXPLAINED By Nyron Medina

IMPUTED AND IMPARTED RIGHTEOUSNESS  EXPLAINED By Nyron Medina Statement of the case 1. Imputed and imparted righteousness are usually seen as different things in apostate  theology; they are presented as happening either successively or at the very same time,  but they are presented as two different salvific functions.  “In this most illuminating paragraph, the writer traces two distinct phases in the process  of our salvation—two complementary aspects of the plan of redemption—which are in a  certain sense successive, but at the same time simultaneous; two different operations of  the same righteousness of Christ, which alone can satisfy the demands of divine justice  and make saints of us. Let us analyze in outline form these two phases:  A. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST BY WHICH WE ARE JUSTIFIED.  1. It is imputed to us, which is, credited, granted freely without our earning it.  2. It provides our right to heaven. It is the only merit we can claim. 
Post a Comment
Read more