Sanctification may be thought of as the process by which believers cooperate with God’s means of producing holiness or godliness in the life of a sinner who has chosen to respond in repentance and faith to the saving work of Christ.
The fact of justification means that as Christians, we have no basis for entertaining guilt feelings toward God. It goes deeper than how we feel.
Justification through personal faith is an important Christian doctrine.
The expression in Scripture that God justifies forgiven sinners is a rather startling doctrine. In Romans 4:5, the declaration is that God “justifies the ungodly.”
This week, we begin to think about salvation in terms of justification. Romans 3:26 tells us that God is “the justifier of the one who
For several weeks we have given attention to various references about Christ’s ascension, sometimes directly stated and sometimes clearly implied. The significance of this event
Ephesians 2:4–7 is instructive for us about the relation between Christ’s ascension to the Father and His provision for us to experience victorious Christian living.
As we continue thinking about Christ’s ascension, the Book of Hebrews draws our attention to another aspect of His return to heaven and enthronement at
