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I. The defined nature of justification |
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A. The essence of justification: pardon and acceptance |
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1. Negatively: it is not a moral transformation |
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2. Positively: it is a legal transaction |
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B. The basis of justification |
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1. Negatively: not from us |
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2. Positively: but from Christ |
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C. The method of justification: imputation |
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1. Negatively: not by imputing faith itself or evangelical obedience to us as our righteousness |
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2. Positively: but by imputing Christ's active and passive obedience |
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II. Instrumental means of justification |
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A. The uniqueness of faith |
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B. The accompaniment of faith |
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III. The regulating design of justification |
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IV. The specified occasion of justification |
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V. The balancing reality to justification |
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VI. The unchanging uniformity of justification |
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From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p155-156. Used by permission.
