#179 – Salvation: Justification
Episode description
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue their conversation on the doctrine of salvation by discussing justification.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
- Is justification the doctrine by which the church stands or falls?
- What is justification?
- Is justification “just as if I had never sinned”?
- Is what we have better than what Adam and Eve could have had?
- Why do we need to be justified?
- What is righteousness?
- Why would say that humanity, prior to the fall, did not enjoy union with Christ?
- What is the basic idea of justification?
- How does this relate to the doctrine of God?
- What is important for us as we consider this?
- How can I know that I have been justified?
Helpful Definitions:
- Justification: To be declared right.
- Righteousness: A purity (covenant obedience to the law) that we lost that we can’t get back apart from it being imputed to us through Christ.
- Synonym: Holiness: Utter purity.
- Synonym: Obedience
- Tsaddiq (Hebrew: צַדִּיק): Righteousness
- Mishpat (Hebrew מִשְׁפָּט): Justice
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- Romans 5, Revelation 21-22, Genesis 1-2, Galatians 2:15-21, Genesis 3, Romans 7, 2 Corinthians 5:21
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