 Justification. In popular usage this word means showing proper grounds for. In theological context, however, justification is the judicial act of God declaring one to be righteous by imputation of righteousness to him. Author: John F. Walvoord |
| Through the death of Christ on the cross making atonement for sin, we get a perfect standing before God. That is justification, and it puts us, in God's sight, back in Eden before sin entered. God looks upon us and treats us as if we had never sinned. Author: A.C. Dixon |
| Justification is away beyond anything that a human court of justice ever realizes. It is putting the sinner in the condition before God as if he had never sinned at all. It is giving him a standing in the merit of Jesus Christ of absolute innocency before God. Author: A.C. Dixon |
| Any church which puts in the place of justification by faith in Christ another method of salvation is a harlot church. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| Justification is... a completed fact for the believer; it is not an ongoing process. Author: John MacArthur
Source: The Glory of Heaven |
| Tell me not of your justification, unless you have also some marks of sanctification. Boast not of Christ's work for you, unless you can show us the Spirit's work in you. Author: J.C. Ryle |
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| Legalism does not consist in yielding obedience to the law. Rather, it is to seek justification and good standing with God through the merit of works done in obedience to the law - instead of by faith in Christ. Author: Jerry Bridges
Source: Transforming Grace, p. 91. |
| Sanctification and justification are both gifts from God and expressions of His grace. Though they are each distinct aspects of salvation, they can never be separated. God never grants justification without also giving sanctification at the same time. Author: Jerry Bridges
Source: Transforming Grace, p. 106. |
| To be justified means more than to be declared "not guilty." It actually means to be declared righteous before God. It means God has imputed or charged the guilt of our sin to His Son, Jesus Christ, and has imputed or credited Christ's righteousness to us. Author: Jerry Bridges
Source: Transforming Grace, p. 36. |
| It is entirely by the intervention of Christ's righteousness that we obtain justification before God. This is equivalent to saying that man is not just in himself, but that the righteousness of Christ is communicated to him by imputation, while he is strictly deserving of punishment. Author: John Calvin |
| Justification is the main hinge on which salvation turns. Author: John Calvin |
| The only sinner who can successfully battle his sins is a justified sinner. In other words, you fight against sexual sins from relationship, not for a relationship. Author: John Piper
Source: The Other Dark Exchange: Homosexuality, Part 2, October 11, 1998 |
