Episode #179 – Salvation: Justification

Episode Summary:

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue their conversation on the doctrine of salvation by discussing justification.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

  • Is justification the doctrine by which the church stands or falls?

  • What is justification?

  • Is justification “just as if I had never sinned”?

  • Is what we have better than what Adam and Eve could have had?

  • Why do we need to be justified?

  • What is righteousness?

  • Why would say that humanity, prior to the fall, did not enjoy union with Christ?

  • What is the basic idea of justification?

  • How does this relate to the doctrine of God?

  • What is important for us as we consider this?

  • How can I know that I have been justified?

Helpful Definitions:

  • Justification: To be declared right.

  • Righteousness: A purity (covenant obedience to the law) that we lost that we can’t get back apart from it being imputed to us through Christ.

    • Synonym: Holiness: Utter purity.

    • Synonym: Obedience

  • Tsaddiq (Hebrew: צַדִּיק): Righteousness

  • Mishpat (Hebrew מִשְׁפָּט): Justice

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

  • Romans 5, Revelation 21-22, Genesis 1-2, Galatians 2:15-21, Genesis 3, Romans 7, 2 Corinthians 5:21

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