This truth that God justifies need to be underlined. We do not justify ourselves. Justification is not our apology nor is it the effect in us of a process of self-excusation. It is not even our confession nor the good feeling that may be induced in us by confession. Justification is not any religious exercise in which we engage however noble and good that religious exercise may be. If we are to understand and appropriate its grace we must turn our thoughts to the action of God in justifying the ungodly. At no point is the free grace of God more manifest than in his justifying act – “being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 3:24).
John Murray Redemption Accomplished and Applied (pg. 118)
Justification is God's act of remitting the sins of guilty men, and accounting them righteous, freely, by his grace, through faith in Christ, on the grounds, not of their own works, but of the representative lawkeeping and redemptive blood-shedding of the Lord Jesus Christ on their behalf.
J.I. Packer
The real reason why the doctrine of justification by grace alone through faith alone is unpopular is that it is grievously wounding to our pride.
John R.W. Stott
| Title |
Notes |
A More Perfect Union? Justification and Union with Christ  |
J.V. Fesko - Historically, Reformed theologians have recognized that union with Christ is not merely one aspect of the order of salvation but is the hub from which the spokes are drawn. |
| Justification & Union With Christ |
Ro Mody - Highly Recommended |
| Justification by Faith |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| Justification: from Jonathan Edwards: A Mini-Theology |
John Gerstner |
| Reflections on Salvation and Justification in the New Testament |
D.A. Carson |
| History of the Doctrine of Justification |
John Gerstner |
| Justification - Romans 8:28-30 |
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones |
| Justification by Faith - An Examination of the Biblical Doctrine of Salvation |
Brian Schwertley |
| Justification by Faith is the Answer: What is the Question? |
Stephen Westerholm |
| Justification: Redemption Applied |
Matt Perman - 13 Studies on the Doctrine of Justification |
| Justification: The Reformers and Recent New Testament Scholarship |
Gerald Bray (pdf) |
| The Nature of Justifying Faith |
David VanDrunen |
| A Defense of the “Active Obedience” of Jesus Christ in the Justification of Sinners |
Brian Schwertley |
| Aspects of the Doctrine of Justification According to Reformed Theology |
Lee Irons |
| Reformed Quotes on Justification |
Lee Irons |
| The Great Exchange - Part 1 |
Phil Johnson - 2 Corinthians 5:21 |
| The Great Exchange - Part 2 |
Phil Johnson - 2 Corinthians 5:21 |
| The Reformed Consensuson Justification |
Lee Gatiss |
| What Does it Mean to be Justified? - Part 1 |
Daniel B. Wallace - A Brief Exposition of Romans 3.21-26 |
| What Does it Mean to be Justified? - Part 2 |
Daniel B. Wallace - A Brief Exposition of Romans 3.21-26 |
| What's Really at Stake |
Michael Horton - Law, Gospel and Covenants |
| Why Does It Matter Which Came First: Circumcision or Justification? |
John Piper - Romans 4:9-12 |
| “Grace Abounding” – Imputed Righteousness in the Life and Work of John Bunyan |
Robert Oliver (pdf) |
| Is R. C. Sproul Wrong About Martin Luther? An Analysis of R.C. Sproul's Faith Alone |
Matthew C. Heckel - Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (Mar 2004) |
| Just Words: Understanding the Fullness of the Gospel |
Jacob A. O. Preus - Chapter 1 - The Gospel and Justification |
| Just Words: Understanding the Fullness of the Gospel |
Jacob A. O. Preus - Chapter 2 - The Gospel as Words |
| The Conversion of Paul and Its Influence on His Understanding of Salvation by Faith |
Jacques Dupont (pdf) |
| The Doctrine of Justification and Contemporary "Born Again" Theology |
John Johnson |
| The History of Justification by Faith Alone up to the Reformation |
Thomas R. Thompson |
| When Good News Becomes Bad - The Meaning of the Gospel |
R. Scott Clark |
| About that series of posts I keep promising . . . |
Phil Johnson |
| Abraham Reassessed Theologically: The Abraham Narrative and the New Testament Understanding of Justification by Faith |
T. D. Alexander |
| Accepted in the Beloved |
John M. Brentnall |
| Alien Righteousness, Humanity’s Greatest Need |
Dr. James Edward McGoldrick |
| All Grace and Grace Alone (.pdf) |
William Arp, Reformation & Revival 6.4 (Fall 1997): 27-47. |
| Back Again |
Phil Johnson |
| Back to 2 Corinthians 5:21 |
Phil Johnson |
| Back to Bidniss |
Phil Johnson |
| Beyond Probation |
Lee Irons |
| But Is It Relevant? |
Michael S. Horton - If justification isn't the hit it used to be, the problem is with us. |
| David Understood Justification by Faith |
J. Ligon Duncan, III - Romans 4:4-8 |
| Declared “Not guilty!” |
Paul Mizzi |
| Does James 2 Contradict Romans 4? |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
| End of a Long Series |
Phil Johnson |
| God Glorified in Justification |
Rick Ritchie |
| Has the Forenisc Eclipsed Christ? |
R. Scott Clark |
| Herman Bavinck's Doctrine of Justification by Faith |
Dr. Ron Gleason |
| Joyfully Justified! |
Roger Smalling |
| Justification and Evangelical Christianity: A Historical Concern (.pdf) |
Philip H. Eveson, Reformation & Revival 6.4 (Fall 1997): 49-66. |
| Justification By Faith |
W. J. Grier |
| Justification by Faith Alone |
Matt Perman |
| Justification by Faith Alone |
Joel R. Beeke - The Relation of Faith to Justification |
| Justification by Faith Alone & Confessional Confusion |
Douglas R. Shivers |
| Justification by Faith Alone (.pdf) |
Dr. Roger Nicole |
| Justification by Faith Alone - Part 1 |
Ian Hamilton |
| Justification by Faith Alone - Part 2 |
Ian Hamilton |
| Justification by Faith Alone - Part 3 |
Ian Hamilton |
| Justification by Faith is the Answer: What is the Question? (.pdf) |
Stephen Westerholm |
| Justification by Faith: Did Paul Get it Right? |
Peter Hastie |
| Justification in Other New Testament Books |
Philip Eveson |
| Justification in Paul's Letters |
Philip Eveson |
| Justification in the Old Testament |
Philip Eveson |
| Justification: A Pastoral Perspective (.pdf) |
Douglas R. Shivers, Reformation & Revival 6.4 (Fall 1997): 149-155. |
| Justification: Defending the Heart of the Gospel |
Phil Johnson (.pdf) |
| Justification: Right with God |
Philip Eveson |
| Justification: The "Right" Words |
Philip Eveson |
| Justification: The Status of the Christian (.pdf) |
Steven A. Hein, Reformation & Revival 6.4 (Fall 1997): 87-107. |
| Justified by Faith Alone |
Nick Bibile |
| Let's Swap Bank Accounts |
Martin Downes |
| lustitia lmputata Christi: Alien or Proper to Luther's Doctrine of Justification? (.pdf) |
R. Scott Clark |
| Luther and the Mass - Justification and the Joint Declaration |
Daniel Preus |
| Reclaiming the Doctrine of Justification |
Rod Rosenbladt (Modern Reformation 1992) |
| Righteousness for the Unrighteous |
Lee Irons |
| Sola Fide: Does It Really Matter? |
Dr. John H. Armstrong |
| Some Thoughts on Covenant Theology and Justification |
The Presbyterian Banner (May 2002) |
| Subjective Soteriology - Justification |
Bob Burridge |
| The Alleged Legalism in Paul’s Doctrine of Justification |
Geerhardus Vos (.pdf) |
| The Blueprint for the Gospel? |
Todd Wilken - Justification by Faith & the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (Catholicism & Lutheranism) |
| The Danger of a Falling Church |
R. Scott Clark - On the dangers of confusing justification and sanctification. |
| The Demonstration of God's Righteousness - Part 1 |
John Piper - Romans 3:21-26 |
| The Demonstration of God's Righteousness - Part 2 |
John Piper - Romans 3:21-26 |
| The Demonstration of God's Righteousness - Part 3 |
John Piper - Romans 3:21-26 |
| The Dynamics of Grace - Part 1 |
Jay Wegter - The Doctrine of Justification by Faith |
| The Dynamics of Grace - Part 2 |
Jay Wegter - The Fear of Judgment and the Power of the Atonement |
| The Dynamics of Grace - Part 3 |
Jay Wegter - Grace Makes Heroes of Us All |
| The Dynamics of Grace - Part 4 |
Jay Wegter - The Justification-Sanctification Connection (Why Justification is the Foundation of Sanctification) |
| The Dynamics of Grace - Part 5 |
Jay Wegter - Faith Equips us for Honesty in Prayer (Transparency with God after the Pattern of Psalms) |
| The Dynamics of Grace - Part 6 |
Jay Wegter - Justification and the Garments of Grace (Eph. 4 & Col. 3). |
| The Great Exchange |
Philip Eveson - Online Book |
| The Heart of the Gospel? |
Phil Johnson |
| The Justice of Calvary |
Phil Johnson |
| The Key to the Gospel |
Phil Johnson |
| The Life of Abraham and Justification |
GospelPedlar |
| The Pleasure of God in Justifying the Wicked |
Matt Perman |
| The Reformed View of Justification |
John Girardeau from his book Calvinism and Evangelical Arminianism |
| The Relationship Between Justification and Spiritual Fruit in Romans 5–8 |
Jonathan R. Pratt |
| The Sixteenth Century Debates on Justification |
Van Lees |
| The “Justification” of Christmas |
Charles R. Biggs |
| This Man Went Down to His House Justified |
John Piper - Luke 18:9-14 |
| Understanding the Gospel: Justification |
Matt Perman |
| Verses that Show Justification by Faith |
Matt Slick |
| What is Justification? |
Matt Perman |
| What We Believe - Good News of Regeneration and Justification |
Peter Toon |
John MacArthur, Jr. (2 links)
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