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The real Francis Turretin on: Insufficiency of Human Merit
Joshua189 has provided a short but sweet quotation from the real Francis Turretin explaining why mere human merit can never be enough to serve as a ground for justification (link) Enjoy! -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Not Everything Trent Says about Justification is Wrong
Before I get into the bad parts of what Trent says about Justification, it is worth noting that not everything Trent says in its canons on Justification is bad: CANON I.-If any one saith, that man may be justified before God by his own works, whether done through the teaching of human nature, or that…
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Dr. James White on Justification and the Uniqueness of Christ
One of Dr. White’s speaking engagements while in Australia was to give a talk on Justification and the Uniqueness of Jesus Christ. While I am told that a YouTube video may follow, you can get the audio now at the following link (link). That site has a handy embedded player. If, however, you’d like to…
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The real Francis Turretin on: Centrality of Justification
John Fonville, of the Paramount Church, has kindly selected as his weekly quotation a nice selection from Francis Turretin on the importance of justification (although the quotation includes the questionable attribution of a particular quotation to Luther that may only be a paraphrase of Luther). (source) To God be the Glory!
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Justification and Faith
There is an important distinction we need to make. A man is saved (justified) by faith in Christ alone for salvation. A man who trusts in his own works will be lost. This is the teaching of the Scriptures, made especially clear in Paul’s epistles. That said, man is justified by faith alone in Christ…
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Sermon on Sola Fide
In the linked video, Reformed Baptist preacher, Dr. James White, provides a discussion of Sola Fide. The sermon starts with a little humor, but most of the 55 minutes are serious discussion of a very important subject. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFeGJZzmcck&hl=en&fs=1] -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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The Real Turretin on: The Use of Faith in Justification
Richard Smith, at The Spurgeon Blog has provided an interesting post in which he considers what the real Turretin had to say about the use of faith in justification (link). Specifically Turretin provides “proof that the act of believing is not our righteousness.” -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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Justification – Part III
We now continue our consideration of Justification by examining some of the Reformed catechisms and their discussion on justification. Part I of this series (link) dealt with some of the major Reformed creedal statements, and Part II of this series (link) addressed the Helvetic Consensus. I have omitted many catechisms that could be added, which…
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Justification – Part II
In addition to the more widely subscribed confessions of faith provided in part I (link) of this series, I’d like now to turn to a less widely subscribed confession, the Helvetic Consensus (promoted with great zeal by Turretin, but overthrown by his unworthy son, Jean Alphonse). This confession of faith was, for about 50 years,…
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Justification – Part I
The Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) describes Justification thus: I. Those whom God effectually calleth, he also freely justifieth: not by infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accepting their persons as righteous; not for any thing wrought in them, or done by them, but for Christ’s sake alone;…