Lord’s Day 23 Themes and Divisions

Kok

Justification.

1. The value
2. The cause
3. The possibility
4. The necessity

God is the one who justifies

1. In spite of all the accusations
2. Only in Christ
3. And through faith.

The great trial

1. The guilty
2. The judge
3. The verdict

The justification of sinners

1. Revealed in the gospel
2. Carried out by God
3. Guaranteed in Christ
4. Understood and accepted through faith

W. Bredenhof

God’s free gifts in Christ are received only through faith

Those free gifts are:

1. Christ’s perfect satisfaction
2. Christ’s perfect righteousness
3. Christ’s perfect holiness

G. VanPopta

The glorious gospel of righteousness and life everlasting

1. Given by grace only
2. Received by faith only

C. Stam

The unique confession that righteousness is only through faith in Christ.

1. The gift of righteousness in Christ
2. The way to righteousness through faith

Bremmer

What you have in justifying faith.

We see:

1. A sharp indictment
2. A surprising acquittal
3. The faith which accepts this acquittal

Holwerda

The justification from faith to faith

1. The righteousness of God which is revealed.
2. The gospel wherein this revelation is given.
3. The faith through which this revelation is given to us

Dijk

What do I have in my faith?

1. Before God I am righteous
2. Before God I am an heir