Lord’s Day 23 Themes and Divisions
Kok
Justification.
- The
value
- The
cause
- The
possibility
- The
necessity
God is the one who justifies
- In
spite of all the accusations
- Only
in Christ
- And
through faith.
The great trial
- The
guilty
- The
judge
- The
verdict
The justification of sinners
- Revealed
in the gospel
- Carried
out by God
- Guaranteed
in Christ
- Understood
and accepted through faith
W. Bredenhof
God’s free gifts in Christ are received only through faith
Those free gifts are:
- Christ’s
perfect satisfaction
- Christ’s
perfect righteousness
- Christ’s
perfect holiness
G. VanPopta
The glorious gospel of righteousness and life everlasting
- Given
by grace only
- Received
by faith only
C. Stam
The unique confession that righteousness is only through
faith in Christ.
- The gift
of righteousness in Christ
- The way
to righteousness through faith
Bremmer
What you have in justifying faith.
We see:
- A
sharp indictment
- A
surprising acquittal
- The
faith which accepts this acquittal
Holwerda
The justification from faith to faith
- The
righteousness of God which is revealed.
- The
gospel wherein this revelation is given.
- The
faith through which this revelation is given to us
Dijk
What do I have in my faith?
- Before
God I am righteous
- Before
God I am an heir