Category: Justification
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Is Faith Sufficient for Conversion?
Are individuals converted and justified solely through the disposition of faith, i.e. justified by and through faith alone? As mentioned previously, God justifies the ungodly by making an unjust soul just. But is the disposition of faith sufficient for this act of God to be efficacious to the particular person? Does an unjustified soul need…
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God Justifies, Faith Disposes
In the context of conversion (initial justification), who or what exactly makes and declares us to be righteous in God’s sight? In other words, what is the primary (efficient) cause of our justification? Is it faith? Is it God? Is it both? First, it is entirely necessary to be properly disposed in order for God…
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Made Righteous or Solely Declared Righteous? (Infusion Vs. Imputation Part II)
This is what Martin Luther had to say regarding the righteousness of Christ only covering us through imputation: Christ has suffered for our sins and has fulfilled the law for us. We have only to believe in Him, and by believing in Him, take hold, as it were, of His merits and put them on…
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Made Righteous or Solely Declared Righteous? (Infusion Vs. Imputation Part I)
How exactly is a Christian considered righteous in the sight of God? Are we solely declared righteous, or, are we in reality made righteous? Catholics and Protestants have been in disagreement on this doctrine for hundreds of years and many Christians continue to be baffled about the idea of a sinner being righteous before God…
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Justification by Works?
All Christians are in complete agreement in confessing that a person is justified by faith. Why then are Catholics and Protestants in such stark disagreement about confessing whether or not a person is justified by works, at least by faith and works? Perhaps we are asking the wrong question, or, perhaps the question needs to…