Justification and Sanctification | |
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A: Justification is by faith alone, in Christ's
finished work on the cross. Christ has fulfilled our
obedience to the law. Salvation is by grace through one act
of faith. |
B: In sanctification, authentic faith produces
works and inevitably bears fruit. Saving faith produces
actions motivated by gratitude and empowered by the Holy
Spirit. |
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-B: Antinomianism: faith without works. No
submission to the Lordship of Christ - 'devil's faith,'
empty and dead. Christ as savior but not Lord. "Cheap
grace". Passivity, fatalism. |
-A: Perfectionism: Faith becomes a work; 'the
determination of the will to obey the truth.' Earned
salvation. Man can boast: merit-based humanism.
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