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	Faith & Justification, by Theodore Beza
		Faith, I say, does not only believe that Jesus Christ is dead and risen again for sinners, but it comes also to embrace Jesus Christ (Rom 8:16,39; Heb.
		On the other side, faith embraces and appropriates Jesus Christ and all that is in Him, since He has been given to us on the condition of believing in Him (John 17:20,21; Rom 8:9).
		Here is the explanation of our justification by faith alone: faith is the instrument which receives Jesus Christ and, consequently, which receives His righteousness, that is to say, all perfection.
	homepage.mac.com /shanerosenthal/reformationink/tbfaith.htm (4595 words)

	Justification By Faith - Rev. Brian W. Harrison
		It is clear that by "faith" the Apostle does not mean any kind of belief whatever: St. James teaches that even the demons have a certain kind of faith or belief, but it certainly does not bring them the grace of God.
		Finally, St. Paul's teaching regarding justification by faith rather than by works must not be taken in isolation from other Biblical passages which clearly speak of the sacramental aspect of justification.
		Thus, St. Paul says justification is by faith, not by works; St. James says we are justified by works as well as by faith.
	www.ewtn.com /library/ANSWERS/JUSFAITH.htm (2764 words)

	Justification
		Were faith the ground of justification, faith would be in effect a meritorious work, and the gospel message would, after all, be merely another version of justification by works, a doctrine which Paul opposes in all forms as irreconcilable with grace and spiritually ruinous (cf.
		Justification (noun), denotes "the act of pronouncing righteous, justification, acquittal"; its precise meaning is determined by that of the verb dikaioo, "to justify" (see B); it is used twice in the Ep.
		Justification (noun), has three distinct meanings, and seems best described comprehensively as "a concrete expression of righteousness"; it is a declaration that a person or thing is righteous, and hence, broadly speaking, it represents the expression and effect of dikaiosis (No. 1).
	mb-soft.com /believe/text/justific.htm (4523 words)

	Justification by Faith Alone (The Relation of Faith to Justification) by Joel Beeke
		Faith flees with all the soul's poverty to Christ's riches, with all the soul's guilt to Christ as reconciler, with all the soul's bondage to Christ as liberator.
		If justification by faith does not transfer a sinner from the state of wrath to that of grace, and is merely a recognition of justification from eternity, all historical relevance of justification by faith alone is swept away.
		Justification by faith alone must be confessed and experienced by you and me; it is a matter of eternal life or eternal death.
	www.the-highway.com /articleJan98.html (9053 words)

	JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH by Charles G. Finney
		Justification by faith does not mean that faith is accepted as a substitute for personal holiness, or that by an arbitrary constitution, faith is imputed to us instead of personal obedience to the law.
		Some suppose that justification is this, that the necessity of personal holiness is set aside, and that God arbitrarily dispenses with the requirement of the law, and imputes faith as a substitute.
		When we say that men are justified by faith and holiness, we do not mean that they are accepted on the ground of law, but that they are treated as if they were righteous, on account of their faith and works of faith.
	www.gospeltruth.net /1837LTPC/lptc05_just_by_faith.htm (7224 words)

	"Roman Catholicism: Justification by Faith Alone" Galatians 1:1-9
		In the debates that I listened to about justification, the defenders of the Roman Catholic doctrine of justification all were at pains to defend their doctrine against the charge of works-righteousness or justification by works.
		Justification in Catholic thought is a process of making the sinner righteous, not a matter of declaring the sinner righteous and it is based on Christ's righteousness in us, making us righteous, rather than Christ's righteousness imputed or reckoned to us as our righteousness.
		But Paul makes a mighty point of saying that justification is by faith "from first to last" and that is by faith and not by works which is all that Luther meant by saying that it was by faith alone.
	www.faithtacoma.org /sermons/Romancath/RC04.html (3403 words)

	JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH by William Marshner
		But the other and later Jews had so reduced faith to the keeping of the Law, that the Law could not be provisional; as a result, their whole attitude toward God was not one of expectant faith but one of satisfied accomplishment.
		Between such faith as a basis and the "measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ" as an apex, there is a real continuity and proportion.
		Living faith: our quality but God's instrument; good works: out deeds but God's handiwork; our deeds as men living in Christ, not the motions of "graced" zombies still dead in sin—these are the possibilities overlooked by Luther and Calvin but preached by Paul and defined by Trent.
	www.ewtn.com /library/ANSWERS/JUSBYFAI.htm (6220 words)

	Versus showing justification by faith
		Justification is the legal act where God declares the sinner to be innocent of his or her sins.
		The issue at hand is whether or not this salvation, this justification, is attained by faith or by faith and something else.
		In brief, James is examining two kinds of faith: one that leads to godly works and one that does not.
	www.carm.org /doctrine/justification_verses.htm (1457 words)

	Justification By Faith
		Catholic and Protestant views on the respective roles of grace, faith and works cannot be compared meaningfully, unless one specifies what stage of the justificational process one is talking about.
		And the point that faith is receiving the words of the Apostles in a spirit of obedience to God is found again in I Thessalonians 2:13.
		Living faith: our quality but God’s instrument; good works: our deeds but God’s handiwork; our deeds as men living in Christ, not the motions of "graced" zombies still dead in sin—these are the possibilities overlooked by Luther and Calvin but preached by Paul and defined by Trent.
	www.chnetwork.org /journals/justification/justify_10.htm (3808 words)

	Justification by Faith
		One of the tragic ironies of Christian history is that the deepest split in the history of the Church, and the one that has occasioned the most persecution, hatred, and bloody wars on both sides — this split between Protestant and Catholic originated in a misunderstanding.
		The justification of Luther’s faith, he thought, was the doctrine of justification by faith.
		That is the sense used by the old Baltimore Catechism too: faith is “an act of the intellect, prompted by the will, by which we believe what has been revealed on the grounds of the authority of God, who revealed it”.
	www.catholiceducation.org /articles/apologetics/ap0027.html (1513 words)

	Justification by Faith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Romanist confounds the doctrine of justification with sanctification.
		Faith, not baptism, is the instrument of justification.
		Justification honors God’s law in every respect because the law is not ignored, bypassed, or put away, but rather perfectly obeyed by Christ and perfectly satisfied, as regards the penalty, by His death.
	www.reformed.com /pub/just.htm (18218 words)

	My Utmost For His Highest - Justification by Faith
		The Spirit of God brings justification with a shattering, radiant light, and I know that I am saved, even though I don’t know how it was accomplished.
		Sinful men and women can be changed into new creations, not through their repentance or their belief, but through the wonderful work of God in Christ Jesus which preceded all of our experience (see 2 Corinthians 5:17-19 ).
		The unconquerable safety of justification and sanctification is God Himself.
	www.rbc.org /utmost/index.php?day=28&month=10 (427 words)

	Theology of Martin Luther - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The theology of Martin Luther was fairly instrumental in influencing the Protestant Reformation, specifically topics dealing with Justification by Faith, the relationship between the Law and the Gospel (also an instrumental component of Reformed theology), and various other theological ideas.
		For the Lutheran tradition, the doctrine of salvation by grace alone through faith alone for Christ's sake alone is the material principle upon which all other teachings rest.
		Therefore, it is clear and certain that this faith alone justifies us...Nothing of this article can be yielded or surrendered, even though heaven and earth and everything else falls (Mark 13:31).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Theology_of_Martin_Luther (786 words)

	Doctrine of Justification by Faith \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		Owen’s masterly account of justification by faith is distinguished from the two other classical 17
		The resurgent Roman challenge, and current Protestant confusion, obliged Owen to write controversially at certain points, but the core of his discourse is straightforward biblical exposition, massive, fresh, compelling and practical.
		Of all the many Puritan treatments of justification, Owen’s is without doubt the richest.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/owen/just.html (81 words)

	Justification by Faith
		You all believe and understand the gospel of justification by faith, but we want to preach upon it tonight as a matter of experience, as a thing realized, felt, enjoyed, and understood in the soul.
		It would not have been possible for him to have given an intelligible definition of justification without mentioning that men are sinners, without informing them that they had broken God's holy law, and that the law, by and of itself, could never restore them to the favour of God.
		Faith in itself is a precious grace, but it cannot in itself justify us.
	www.spurgeon.org /sermons/3392.htm (3155 words)

	Justification by Faith :: Desiring God
		It is astonishing that the Biblical gospel of justification by faith alone answers these three human failures: the hopelessness of unbelievers, the feeling of futility from falling down, and the fear of making global claims for Christ.
		To the numb and listless sinner, feeling beyond all hope of godliness, the Bible says, "To the one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness" (Romans 4:5).
		This is the application of justification to the fallen saint.
	www.desiringgod.org /ResourceLibrary/TasteAndSee/ByDate/2002/1209_Justification_by_Faith (868 words)

	Justification by Faith Alone (1738)
		The publication in 1738 of Justification by Faith Alone as a part of Discourses on Various Important Subjects marked a significant moment in Jonathan Edwards’ public protest against the encroachment of Anglican Arminian theology within New England.
		Indeed, it is evident that he later viewed the discourse as a stepping-stone to a full treatment of the doctrine (Works, 21, 340).
		First, the impossibility of justification on the basis of works performed by a sinner.
	edwards.yale.edu /major-works/justification-by-faith-alone (322 words)

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