06-23-2007, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by R. Scott Clark  Richard,
That's just the point. The word justification isn't being used the same way in each of those instances.
Most Reformed orthodox deny eternal justification. See Berkhof on this.
Clearly justification at the judgment cannot mean the same thing as justification accomplished in time. It means vindication.
It would be clearer to speak of justification
1. Decreed (the cause)
2. Accomplished (the ground)
4. Applied
4. Vindicated
When is a sinner actually justified? When it is applied, sola gratia, sola fide.
rsc | Agreed.
The Westminster Confession very clearly denies eternal justification, as well as a subsequent, final justification: Quote:
WCF 11:4 WCF 11.4 God did, from all eternity, decree to justify all the elect;(1) and Christ did, in the fulness of time, die for their sins, and rise again for their justification 2) nevertheless, they are not justified, until the Holy Spirit doth, in due time, actually apply Christ unto them.(3)
(1) Gal. 3:8; 1 Pet. 1:2,19,20; Rom. 8:30.
(2) Gal. 4:4; Rom. 4:25.
(3) Col. 1:21,22; Gal. 2:16; Tit. 3:4-7.
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