#179 – Salvation: Justification

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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