1/5/2024 0 Comments Easy listening![]() ![]() says that on the day of judgment…people will “go away into eternal punishment” because they really failed to love their fellow believers: “As you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me” (Matt. John Piper, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist. … “salvation” refers to our future deliverance from the wrath of God at the judgment and entrance into eternal life. It will not happen apart from our persevering faith. Final salvation from future judgment is conditional. Essential to the Christian life and necessary for final salvation is the killing of sin(Romans 8:13) and the pursuit of holiness(Hebrews 12:14). So, we should not speak of getting to heaven by faith alone in the same way we are justified by faith alone. These works of faith, and this obedience of faith, these fruits of the Spirit that come by faith, are necessary for our final salvation. No holiness, no heaven (Hebrews 12:14). It is not a dead faith but works through love.7Ħ Romans 3:28. 7 Galatians 5:6 James 2:17, 22, 26. Faith that receives and rests on Christ and his righteousness is the only instrument of justification.6 Yet it does not occur by itself in the person justified, but it is always accompanied by every other saving grace.Instead, he imputes Christ’s active obedience to the whole law and passive obedience in his death as their whole and only righteousness by faith.4 This faith is not self-generated it is the gift of God.5ġ Romans 3:24 8:30. 2 Romans 4:5–8 Ephesians 1:7. 3 1 Corinthians 1:30, 31 Romans 5:17–19. 4 Philippians 3:8, 9 Ephesians 2:8–10. 5 John 1:12 Romans 5:17. Those God effectually calls he also freely justifies.1 He does this, not by infusing righteousness into them but by pardoning their sins and accounting and accepting them as righteous.2 He does this for Christ’s sake alone and not for anything produced in them or done by them.3 He does not impute faith itself, the act of believing, or any other gospel obedience to them as their righteousness.This faith may exist in varying degrees so that it may be either weak or strong.11 Yet even in its weakest form, it is different in kind or nature (like all other saving graces) from the faith and common grace of temporary believers.12 Therefore, faith may often be attacked and weakened, but it gains the victory.13 It matures in many to the point that they attain full assurance through Christ,14 who is both the founder and perfecter of our faith.15ġ1 Hebrews 5:13, 14 Matthew 6:30 Romans 4:19, 20. 12 2 Peter 1:1. 13 Ephesians 6:16 1 John 5:4, 5. 14 Hebrews 6:11, 12 Colossians 2:2. 15 Hebrews 12:2.The grace of faith, by which the elect are enabled to believe so that their souls are saved, is the work of the Spirit of Christ in their hearts.1 Faith is ordinarily produced by the ministry of the Word.2 By this same ministry and by the administration of baptism and the Lord’s supper, prayer, and other means appointed by God, faith is increased and strengthened.3ġ 2 Corinthians 4:13 Ephesians 2:8. 2 Romans 10:14, 17. 3 Luke 17:5 1 Peter 2:2 Acts 20:32.Our episode on “Smuggling Works into Faith” Our episodes on the Law/Gospel Distinction And then, the guys make a number of observations about the ways social and political concerns seem to be the tie that binds in many conservative Christian streams. Semper Reformanda: Jon and Justin talk about the legitimacy of critiquing doctrine that has been publicly taught and distributed. ![]() The reason for this episode is to defend the clarity of the gospel–that we are saved by Christ alone and receive his merits by faith alone, apart from any works we could ever do. Multiple excerpts and quotes are cited, all of which are available in the show notes. The guys critique teaching from John Piper, John MacArthur, and Doug Wilson on the relationship between faith and works. Today’s episode is a little different than the norm. Jon and Justin follow up on the conversation last week about smuggling works into faith.
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