TH351 Perspectives on Justification by Faith: Five Views on Its Meaning and Significance
Overview
The doctrine of justification is central to the Christian faith. However, believers from different backgrounds have a variety of different understandings of what exactly being “justified by faith” means. In this course, five preeminent theologians present their perspectives on justification: • D.A. Carson—A Biblical-Theological Perspective • Edith M. Humphrey—An Eastern Orthodox Perspective • Scott Hahn—A Roman Catholic Perspective • Matthew Bates—A Perspective on Faith as Allegiance in Justification • Michael F. Bird—A Reformed Perspective Nuanced by Historical Considerations Each speaker explores what justification is, what faith is, and what the relationship between justification and faith is. You’ll come away from the course with a more distinct understanding of the different positions on justification and a renewed appreciation for God’s work of salvation.
Top Highlights
“In other words, the Bible never encourages us to believe something that isn’t true.” (source)
“So biblical faith is warranted, in the first place, by the validity of faith’s object. It’s not faith as a function that saves you; it’s the object of faith: Christ, the promises of God. The faith, to be valid, must have a valid object. That’s the first element of biblical faith.” (source)
“The propositions must be true (that’s the first point), but in the second place, there must be a self-abandonment to God.” (source)
“But the Bible’s answer is this: God declares sinners just, and He does so on the basis of Christ’s death and resurrection on our behalf. God looks at me in my sin and He sees me for what I am, but He reckons my sin to Christ, and Christ cancels it in His own death on the cross. And He reckons Christ’s righteousness to me, and He declares, ‘That is entirely satisfactory. This pleases me. It’s the plan. It’s what I sent Christ to do.’ He died for sinners, and He declares this particular sinner just before Him.” (source)
“Justification is not just about what happens at the cross; it is also about what happens in our own embodiment when we are united to Jesus’s new resurrection body. This suggests that justification involves more than just legal declaration, but that it also includes liberation and ontological transformation—real transformation to us internally in some way as we’re set free, as Jesus’s resurrection power begins to work in our presently embodied condition.” (source)
- Title: TH351 Perspectives on Justification by Faith: Five Views on Its Meaning and Significance
- Authors: D. A. Carson, Edith Humphrey, Scott Hahn, Matthew W. Bates, Michael F. Bird
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Education › Faith; Education › Justification (Christian theology); Education › Salvation; Faith; Justification (Christian theology); Salvation
- Resource ID: LLS:TH351VARIOUS
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2019-06-21T19:19:03Z