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Title = 'Romans 3:21-4:8 - Justification by Faith';
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<ul>
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<li>The Object of Justification — <a id="si_2" onclick="return mV('Rom',3,25,26);">Rom 3:25-26</a>
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<li>Christ's sacrifice displays God's righteousness in His dealings with men in Old Testament dispensations
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<li>How can a holy God forgive sin and still be righteous?
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<li>Through the cross</li>
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<li>Through forbearance</li>
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<li>God's righteousness is declared</li>
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<li>Christ's sacrifice displays God's righteousness in His dealings with men in this present time
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<li>God is just — sin has been punished</li>
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<li>God is justifier — He took the punishment</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li>The General Consequences of Justification by Faith — <a id="si_3" onclick="return mV('Rom',3,'22-31');">Rom 3:22-31</a>
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<li>It humbles man
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<li>Man is unable to merit justification</li>
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<li>Salvation is available to all on exactly the same condition</li>
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<li>Boasting is excluded — <a id="si_4" onclick="return mV('Eph',2,8,9);">Eph 2:8-9</a>;
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<a id="si_5" onclick="return mV('2Cr',11,16,17,18);">2Co 11:16-18</a>;
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<a id="si_6" onclick="return mV('Phl',3,'4-7');">Phl 3:4-7</a>;
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<a id="si_7" onclick="return mV('1Cr',1,'26-31');">1Co 1:26-31</a></li>
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<li>It honors God — <a id="si_8" onclick="return mV('Rom',3,28);">Rom 3:28</a></li>
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<li>It eliminates any national aspect to Christianity — <a id="si_9" onclick="return mV('Rom',3,29,30);">Rom 3:29-30</a>
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<li>Not solely the God of the Jews</li>
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<li>Not solely the God of the Gentiles</li>
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<li>It eliminates salvation through ordinance — <a id="si_10" onclick="return mV('Rom',3,30);">Rom 3:30</a></li>
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<li>It confirms the law — <a id="si_11" onclick="return mV('Rom',3,31);">Rom 3:31</a>
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<li>Faith in the atoning work of Christ is a confession —<ul>
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<li>That the law is righteous</li>
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<li>That the law is just in its" demand</li>
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<li>Faith in the atoning work of Christ is the confession that Christ alone could satisfy the demands of the law</li>
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<li>The Condition of Justification — <a id="si_12" onclick="return mV('Rom',3,28);">Rom 3:28</a>
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<li>It is by faith "alone"</li>
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<li>Faith is not a work which merits justification</li>
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<li>Faith has an object — a Person</li>
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<li>Faith is a commitment to a Person of trust — <a id="si_13" onclick="return mV('2Ti',1,12);">2Ti 1:12</a></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li>Faith Is Sufficient for Complete Justification
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<li>Justification is immediate</li>
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<li>We can never be more justified</li>
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<li>Faith Is Sufficient for Certain Justification
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<li>The "works" system cannot produce assurance</li>
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<li>The "experience" system cannot produce assurance</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li>Faith Is Sufficient for Permanent Justification
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<li>Cannot be lost by lack of works</li>
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<li>Not based on our faithfulness</li>
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<li>Resident in God's righteous character and activity</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li>Faith Is Sufficient to Demonstrate Justification
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<li>Empties of boasting — fills with praise</li>
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<li>Change toward Christ</li>
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<li>Change toward sin</li>
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<h4>
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Practical Observations
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<li>Justification is an objective reality based on concrete historical facts — <a id="si_14" onclick="return mV('1Cr',15,3,4);">1Co 15:3-4</a></li>
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<li>Justification is not experience-centered, and the church is drowning in the sea of experience today.<br>
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Eastern Religion: "You go in and in and in and then you go in and in and in and after that you go in and in and in."</li>
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<li>There is no deeper life — there is no higher life — there is nothing greater than the revelation of justification by faith in the Gospel of Christ</li>
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