Justification.

One of the callings of a pastor is to teach his flock the whole counsel of God. That doesn’t mean we must say everything that can be said, but it does mean teaching that covers in depth all the essential doctrines of God, Scripture, and the gospel.

I was reading through Calvin’s section on justification—seven long and wonderful chapters in Institutes of the Christian Religion. Calvin was a pastor. I’ll bet his flock knew justification quite well. I began to think about my own teaching ministry over the years here and whether this essential doctrine had ever been clearly taught. I began to think about my own teaching ministry over the years here and whether this essential doctrine had ever been clearly taught. I know I have addressed it at times. Yet we have never taken a deep doctrinal drink. So [now], that is what we will do.

How important is justification? In the words of Martin Luther, whose teaching on it exploded into the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century, “If this article [of justification] stands, the church stands; if this article collapses, the church collapses.” (Weimarer Ausgabe 40/3.352.3). Hopefully by the time we are done, we will all see why."

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Our messages ing the Justification Series
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