Right with God: Justification in the Bible and the World
Overview
This is a study of what the Bible has to say about justification, along with reflections as to how this teaching ought to work out in a variety of contexts around the world. It covers the various parts of the Bible and topics such as Christian living, social justice and other religions. The work of fourteen international scholars and edited by D A Carson, this is the fourth volume in the WEF Theological Commission’s Faith and Church Study Unit series.
Top Highlights
“That, in short, is what the Bible is all about: God pursuing sinful human beings to bring them into a right relationship with himself, both for their good and for his own glory.” (Page 13)
“widest possible angle, the most fundamental question: How shall anyone be right with God?” (Page 13)
“In Hebrew, however, a man’s ‘righteousness’ is seen in the context of the verdict that could be pronounced upon him: his being ‘in the right’ as over against an accusation.” (Page 22)
“A further difference in the connotation of the Hebrew terms appears in the use of the verb haṣdîq, ‘to justify’.20 This term always means ‘to declare to be in the right’, and therefore to acquit or vindicate. It never means to punish or condemn.” (Pages 22–23)
“Justification carries with it the assurance of deliverance from the wrath to come (Rom. 5:9f.; cf. 1 Thes. 1:10; 5:9). For the believer the last judgment has been anticipated and the verdict of acquittal already pronounced (Rom. 8:30–34).” (Page 90)
- Title: Right with God: Justification in the Bible and the World
- Author: D. A. Carson
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2002
- Logos Release Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Justification › Biblical teaching; Justification › Comparative studies
- ISBNs: 9781592440443, 1592440444, 9780801025617, 0801025613
- Resource ID: LLS:42.90.10
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-28T20:20:44Z
D.A. Carson (b. 1946) is one of the most respected New Testament scholars in the world. A respected teacher, author, and speaker, he is currently research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and the president of The Gospel Coalition. He has served as pastor of Richmond Baptist Church and as the first dean of the seminary of Northwest Baptist Theological College, now known as Northwest Baptist Seminary. Logos has collected his sermons—including audio—in the D.A. Carson Sermon Archive.
Carson lectures in academic and church settings around the world, and is the author of more than 50 books, including Exegetical Fallacies, Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel According to John, The Gagging of God, Showing the Spirit: A Theological Exposition of 1 Corinthians 12–14 and the Intolerance of Tolerance. He is the editor of the Pillar New Testament Commentary series, and coedited of the Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament with G.K. Beale, and the Studies in New Testament Greek series with Stanley Porter. You can find more of Carson’s work in the Baker D.A. Carson Collection (15 vols.).