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    Justification by Faith and Sanctification
    Justification by Faith and Sanctification
    Justification by Faith and Sanctification
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    Justification by Faith and Sanctification

    By Perfect Mugwagwa

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    What is the heart of the gospel and justification? Is it the remission of sins as emphasised by Rome at the council of Trent which leaves the justified person just or it is the forensic/alien righteousness which justifies yet the person remaining unjust
    What is faith? what kind of faith one needs to be saved? What is the core of Sola Fide? What is core of the justification taught by the Catholic Church? What is the difference between the Catholic and non-Catholic teaching on the matter. Why forensic justification is not in Paul 's letters. In this book I took the to answer all those questions and showed that salvation is through faith and sanctification as 2 Thessalonians 2:13 teaches and showed what happens to a person inside of a person who has been sanctified and justified. It also shows the role of works in our salvation and proves why forensic or alien rightousness is foreign to scripture and tradition.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPerfect Mugwagwa
    Release dateJul 3, 2018
    ISBN9781386510369
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      Justification by Faith and Sanctification - Perfect Mugwagwa

      INTRODUCTION

      THE TOPIC OF JUSTIFICATION is an important topic because this is the basic reason why we are Christians in the first place, so that we may be saved and get eternal life. If this goal is not reached then our Christian lives would be in vain. Therefore it is important to really understand how one can be saved.

      Catholics believe that justification is by faith and works however non-Catholics claim that justification is by faith alone. The non-Catholic doctrine which has its origins from Martin Luther, is focused on the Alien/Forensic righteousness of Christ being imputed on the believer by a declaration by God but it does not make the believer righteous. This position is clearly shown in the following quote:

      That is, Catholics agree that justification occurs when God declares a person just. However when evangelicals speak of forensic justification, the phrase is used as a kind of theological shorthand for sola fide, and what is tacit is the assumption that God declares people to be just who in themselves are not just. Rome teaches that God declares people just only when they are in fact just. They are declared to be just only if and when justness inheres within them. Both sides see justification as a divine declaration, but the ground for such a declaration differs radically.[1]

      The major issue is that God declares a person just who is not just. The same author highlights that a church that rejects Sola Fide as taught by the reformers ceases to be a true church:

      When an ecclesiastical community rejects Sola Fide, as Rome did at the Council of Trent, it ceases to be a true church, no matter how orthodox it maybe in other matters, because it has condemned an essential of the faith.[2]

      Therefore it means according to this passage that a person‘s choice of choosing a church is mainly based on this belief.

      This book‘s aim is to make an analysis of the nature of faith and the nature of justification while principally showing that sanctification is necessary for justification. On Sanctification I will highlight as the scriptures teach that the remission of sins is necessary for justification to occur and this remission of sins is what makes the person just not one‘s works as most non-Catholics think the Catholic Church teaches and this does away with forensic justification as the remission or the forgiveness of sins is the central point to the issue of justification.

      I also intend in this book to show the nature of faith by which we are saved and to analyze the conditions which are necessary for justification to occur from the Scriptures. I also intend to show a clear picture of what the council of Trent meant by salvation by works.

      Sacred Scripture citations are generally from the KJV translation also known as the Authorised Version. I used that translation because it is generally accepted among non-Catholics.

      CHAPTER 1: NATURE OF FAITH

      I t is not only a certain knowledge by which I accept as true all that God has revealed to us in His Word, but also a whole hearted trust which the Holy Spirit creates in me through the Gospel, that, not only to others, but to me also God has given the forgiveness of sins, everlasting righteousness and salvation, out of sheer grace solely for the sake of Christ’s saving work. [3]

      From the passage above the non-Catholic view of faith is narrow as it focuses on only one aspect of what was revealed by God while neglecting other instructions which should be followed for one to be saved.

      The definition of Faith is given in the scriptures in the book of Hebrews chapter 11 and I will analyze it at this point and draw conclusions from it about the nature of Faith and justification:

      Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.[4]

      We learn that Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. Which means therefore that faith is a gift which help giving substance or evidence to things we hope for or those which we were told but are not seen. Faith is what gives those things we hope for or we do not see their credibility, not the intellect or senses. In other words it’s a power given to us by God in order to believe the things He reveals to be true.

      From the definition we learn also that this power called Faith helps us in giving credibility in things hoped for and gives evidence of things not seen. This means that God gives us Faith because of the things He has given us to hope in, which are not yet present with us. These things which we hope for, are promises and this is clearly taught in the rest of the verses that followed in chapter 11 of Hebrews.

      In other words, we have things we hope for and we know of things which we have not seen and

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