Question 73. How does faith justify a sinner before God?

 

Question 73. How does faith justify a sinner before God?

Answer. Faith justifies a sinner before God, not because of other graces which always accompany faith, nor because of good works which are the fruits of faith, nor because the grace of faith, or any other works, are imputed to him as righteousness. Faith is only a means of receiving and applying Christ and his name.

 

According to the doctrine, faith is only a means of receiving and applying Christ and His name, which means that faith is only a means of approaching the righteousness of God. However, faith is united with Jesus Christ. When a saint believes that he died with Jesus on the cross and was resurrected with the resurrected Jesus, it becomes faith that comes from heaven. Faith itself is Jesus Christ, and faith does not come without denying me. If faith does not come, one is still under the law.

Galatians 3:22-23, “But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. But before faith came, we were kept under the law, kept until the faith which would be revealed.” The promise by faith in Jesus Christ is, in other words, a promise that comes from the faith of Jesus Christ.

The faith of the born-again is not the faith of everyone, but the faith that is recognized by God and given as a gift from God. It is not a faith that I can believe in, but only a faith that is united with Jesus Christ on the cross. In Titus 1:1, "Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those whom God has chosen, and the knowledge of the truth that belongs to godliness." The faith of those whom God has chosen is the faith that is united with Christ on the cross. The Bible says, "Many are called, but few are chosen." The standard for salvation is that one must be chosen.

 

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