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Soteriology · Foundational

Justification

God declares the believing sinner righteous, forgiving all his sins and crediting to him the righteousness of Christ, on the ground of Christ's blood and through faith alone.

The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.

What you'll learn
1

Explain from Romans 3:21-26 how God can be just and still justify the ungodly who believe in Jesus.

2

Define justification as a legal declaration, and explain the imputation of our sin to Christ and His righteousness to the believer (Romans 4:1-8; 2 Corinthians 5:21).

3

Show how Paul and James agree, and distinguish justification from sanctification.

4

Describe the teaching of the Council of Trent and the New Perspective on Paul fairly, and answer each from Scripture.

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