The simple noun “justification” refers to the act of being set right or made right. Justification, however, is not just limited to just being corrected. It has influences in other various meanings to it as well. For example, justification also means the act of removing debt, being vindicated by judge, or having a relationship restored all fall under the meaning of justification. This is essentially God 's act of removing the sin within us humans while considering us to be righteous through Christ 's sacrifice. As stated in “Christ Our Salvation”, “Those who are righteous will live by faith” (Larondelle, 10). This means that justification must exist in order to have people who live by faith and for these people to be saved and redeemed. Justification helps to show that we humans are in need of daily justification through faith in Christ (Abrams, 97). Sanctification is defined to be the act or process by which people are cleansed and set apart from others to do God’s will. Some synonyms used in the “New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible” are: to be set apart, to dedicate, to purify, to make sacred, and to manifest holiness. The Dictionary states that to be sanctified is to be graciously taken up and set apart for participation in the saving or reconciling purposes of God. For Christians, this happens when they become and remain part of the community of God’s people, who are shaped by the Holy Spirit in the image of God. This is where God makes us Holy. It is done by
holiness, so by using the word sanctity instead of holy it helps the reader look deeper into the
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The theme of Romans 5:1-5 Justification by Faith. When believers are justified and declared righteous, we have peace with God. Previously, we learned that the sinful nature of humankind provoked the wrath of God. Then Paul explained that the righteousness of God was needed. Additionally, through God’s grace, His righteousness was revealed to those who believed in Jesus Christ. Now Paul explains that through the death of Christ, believers find peace with God. Believers are no longer disobedient and God is no longer angry. Justification means believers are acquitted of guilt and have a right relationship with God. However, being in right relationship with God does not exempt us from suffering. Just as the grace of God is necessary for believers to be declared righteous, suffering is necessary to give us the strength to press on. Nevertheless, we can be sure that God is with us through our sufferings. Our sufferings give us strength and the glory of God helps us endure through the suffering.
Another way to think about this is how Wesley wrote in his sermon The Scripture Way of Salvation. On our journey to sanctification, he states, what keeps us going on the journey are the means of grace, whether they be for ourselves or done for others. His basic point was that once we are brought into awareness of the grace and our need to repent and turn from our sin, the means provide the nourishment our souls need to grow in grace. How else could one grow in grace than by means of grace?
First let’s take a look at justification. Justification is a word that can be used morally, ethically, in our dailies life and in this case in the courtroom. Examples of justification can been seen in cases of self-defense or necessity. For example, is justified taking someone's life if he or she had reasonably and
The next important topic I want to talk about is condemnation. Now what is condemnation? Webster’s definition of condemnation is this: an act of judicially condemning. Condemnation to me means not only condemning someone, but also condemning ourselves, because of sins we have committed. Romans 8:1 says this “So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.” What is this saying? Through Jesus we do not have to feel guilty for the wrong we have done. Jesus has already paid for our sins through his sacrifice. Justification is a term that goes with both condemnation and grace. Justification is defined in the Praxis the assigned book for Theo 104. “Justification is an act of God’s free grace, wherein He pardoned all our sins, and accepted us as righteous in His sight, only for the righteousness
Due to its Pentecostal and Wesleyan heritage, the Nazarene church is a denomination deeply rooted in Holy Spirit language and practice. For this reason the first calling accepted by a minister is the Holy Spirit’s conviction toward salvation and a pledge toward entire sanctification. Within the essential statements of faith the Holy Spirit is credited with both the work of sanctification in both salvation and the continual work of sanctification. “[Sanctification] is wrought by God’s grace through the Holy Spirit in
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According to Lorin L. Cranford, sanctification is the process of being made holy resulting in a changed lifestyle for the believer (Bible Dictionary, 2003:1444). It is through the work of the Holy Spirit in which a child of God is separated from sin and love God with his whole heart, soul and mind. Entire sanctification is when a believer is being set apart from the world, sin and self, it is the process by which he becomes Christlike. This process should practically continue as long as the believer is still on the
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• Be able to define “justification,” “sanctification,” and “glorification.” Justification – saved from the penlty of sin; the moment an individual is saved formt he pently of sin, we literally move from darkness to light, change course from hell to heaven and gain peace with God – pg. 26 Sanctification – Saved from the power of sin; 3. Glorification – saved from the presence of sin.
Article V states that through the ministry of teaching the gospel and administering the sacraments, believers can obtain the concept of justification. As article V states, “For through the Word and the Sacraments as through instruments the Holy Spirit is given, who effects faith where and when it pleases God in those who hear the Gospel, that is to say, in those who hear that God, not on account of our own merits but on account of Christ, justifies those who believe that they are received into grace on account of Christ” (AC V: 2,3; Kolb and Wengert: 41), it teaches that justification is given to those who hear the gospel. This is a missiological implication to the ministry of the church, so people can hear the gospel and they can be received into grace on account of Christ.
91). This means Dr. Hoekema’s reformed position on Sanctification is not the traditional reformed theology, but an Arminianized American Reformed theology. His positions are very clear that the believers are new persons, but not yet attained sinless perfection; they must still struggle against sin (p. 81). Hoekema stated well: The new self is genuinely new, though not yet totally new. The newness of the new self in not static but dynamic, needing continual renewal, growth and transformation (p. 81). The reformed emphasis of total corruption gives them strength to resist the possibility of living in a perfect love for God that one feels no sin (p. 82-83). Consequently, they regard themselves still not free the law. Although they view keeping God’s law as a way of expressing their gratitude to Him for the gift of salvation (p. 85). Because of their performance, God’s name is glorified and the people of God are perfected. As Horton stated, the Reformed theology does not give the Holy Spirit enough attention. The doctrines of PCA even says the miracles are ceased. But Dr. Larkin says well that although he is a Presbyterian, he cannot deny the Acts of the Holy Spirit in the book of Acts and around the world.
The term and concept of “entire sanctification” is taught through the Wesleyan movement and comes from 1 Thessalonians, “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:23, NKJV). One way to pursue entire sanctification is described in Leviticus and called the “Holiness Code”. It is a list of rules to follow to remain “whole” or “untarnished” in God’s eyes.
The word “justified” comes up in almost every discussion of morals, but what does it truly mean? To determine if something is right or wrong everyone must be on the same page of what is justifiable. Thus, the definition will come into play while making laws, in court, and when contemplating your own morals. For an action to be justified, it must be understandable and have good intentions. The action must be balanced to the situation, and they must have expected a somewhat positive outcome from it.