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God Credits Faith as Righteousness
Dumnezeu Socotete Credina ca i Neprihnire
01 August 1999|deJohn Piper|Text biblic:Romani
4:15|Subiect:Justification
Serii mesaje:Romans: The Greatest Letter Ever Written
Romans 4:15
What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to
the flesh, has found? For if Abraham was justified by works, he
hassomething to boast about, but not before God. For what does the
Scripture say? "ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WASCREDITED TO HIM AS
RIGHTEOUSNESS." Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited
as a favor, but as what is due. Butto the one who does not work,
but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is
credited as righteousness.
The Magnitude of What's at Stake
In yesterday's newspaper I found the answer to the question: How
can I help us all move back into our exposition of Romans with a
fitting sense ofthe magnitude of what is at stake here? There was
an article reporting on a message by Pope John Paul II concerning
hell. The title of the articlewas, "Sinners earn eternal damnation,
pope says."
Now we should be thankful for every Biblical truth that we hold
in common with the Roman Catholic Church: that God is three Persons
in onedivine nature - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - that God
created all things, that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man,
that Christ died for sinners,
that the Holy Spirit is needed to live a godly life, that the
Scriptures are inspired by God, etc. It is a good thing that so
much truth is upheld by somany.
But what this article made plain to me was that the Protestant
reformation from 450 years ago was not unneeded. And it isn't just
that there areserious problems with the authority of the pope, the
place of tradition alongside Scripture, the veneration of Mary, the
belief in the physicalpresence of Christ in the Eucharist, the
claim that baptism regenerates, the teaching on purgatory, etc.
Those are reason enough for a Reformation.But even more
fundamentally, what this article showed was that the Biblical
teaching on justification by faith is obscured so that most lay
peopledo not see it, let alone savor it as precious and base their
lives on it.
Justification by faith - getting right with God, being acquitted
in his court, being forgiven for our sins, being declared righteous
and having the
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