Tag: Obedience to God

  • Justification By Faith Alone (Part 11)

    Jonathan Edwards SECTION 4Answering Objections (Cont’d) Matthew 12:37, “For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” It cannot be meant that men are accepted before God on the account of their words. God has told us nothing more plainly than that He looks at the heart. When…

  • Jutification By Faith Alone (Part 7)

    Jonathan Edwards CHRIST’S DEATH: ATONEMENT AND REDEMPTION (Cont’d) 3. I proceed now to the third and last assertion of this argument. I will show that this doctrine of the imputation of Christ’s righteousness is utterly inconsistent with the doctrine of our being justified by our own virtue or sincere obedience. If God’s favor and a…

  • Justified By Faith Alone (Part 6)

    Jonathan Edwards PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE LAWS OF GOD (Cont’d) To suppose that the only thing Christ does is to make atonement for us by suffering is to make Him our Savior, but only partially. It robs Him of half His glory as Savior. If so, all that He does is deliver us from hell;…

  • 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…

  • Justification By Faith Alone (Part 2)

    JUSTIFICTION BY FAITH ALONE AND WITHOUT VIRTUE AND GOODNESS OF OUR OWN The idea that we are justified only by faith, without regard for any manner of our own virtue and goodness might seem to some to be problematic for two reasons. How can we be justified by faith alone, without any virtue or goodness…