Tag: Faith in Christ and Obedience to Commandments

  • Justification By Faith Alone (Part 9)

    Jonathan Edwards SECTION 4Answering Objections (Cont’d) THE FOUNDATION OF FIRST ACCEPTANCE There is a vast difference between this doctrine of justification by faith alone, and what is supposed in the scheme of those who oppose it. The true doctrine lays the foundation of first acceptance with God and all actual salvation consequent upon it, wholly…

  • Justification By Faith Alone (Part 4)

    Jonathan Edwards CONDEMNED YET ACCEPTED Wherefore? because they sought it, not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.” It is very unreasonable, on several accounts, to suppose that when the apostle says “by their own righteousness,” he refers only their ceremonial righteousness. For when the apostle warns us against trusting…

  • Justification by Faith Alone (Part 3)

    Jonathan Edwards CONDEMNED YET ACCEPTED (Cont’d) SECOND ARGUMENT: Holy Scriptures supports and proves that faith alone justifies. In Scripture, God reveals His mind and will. Even through these revelations, we will never know how those who have offended God can come to be accepted of Him and justified in His sight. The apostle Paul is…