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''Synopsis:'' Justification is the work of [[God]] where the [[righteousness]] of [[Jesus]] is reckoned to the [[sinner]] so the sinner is declared by God as being righteous under the [[Law]]. ----__TOC__{{topics}}Infobox_Contents | * topic_name = Justification | subtopics = [[Grace]] | , [[Sin]] | , [[Repentance]] | , [[Forgiveness]] | , [[Salvation]] | , [[Righteous]]* [[Justification by faithalone]] | , [[Justification by faith plus works]]* [[New Perspective on Paul]]

* [[Eternal life]] | , [[Heaven]]* PassagePassages: [[Isaiah 1:18]] | , [[Isaiah 53:12]] | , [[Acts 13]]:38-39 | , [[Galatians 2:16]] |opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}}* [[Justification by faith alone (G.G.)]]* [[A look at justification by faith and good works in Luther's theology (J.S)]]* [[Justification (Benjamen Meng)]] |}}

Justification is often understood as the action of God in giving or reckoning the [[righteousness]] of [[Jesus]] to a [[sinner]], so that the sinner is declared by God as being righteous under the [[A look at Law]]. In other words, justification by faith and good works in Luther's theology (Jis the term that describes the removal of sins from a person.S)In the [[Book of Isaiah]]the concept of justification is stated beautifully - [[Isaiah 1:18]]: "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool."

==Main article==[[Justification by faith plus works]]====

Justification is the work of The [[GodRoman Catholic Church]] where and the [[righteousnessEastern Orthodox Church]] of teach that justification and cleansing from sin requires both faith in [[JesusChrist]] is reckoned to 's redemptive work on the [[sinner]] so the sinner is declared by God cross as well as being righteous under the [[Law]]obedience and good works. In other words, justification This is the term that describes the removal of sins from a person. In the known as [[Book of Isaiah]] the concept of justification is stated beautifully - [[Isaiah 1:18by faith plus works]]: "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool."

===Views on justification=[[Justification by faith alone]]====

There [[Protestant]] churches traditionally have taught that justification and cleansing from sin requires only faith in [[Christ]]'s redemptive work on the cross, and does not require any good works on the part of the sinner. This is known as [[justification by faith alone]], and was one of the core reasons for the Protestant break-away from the Roman Catholic Church in the [[Reformation]]. Passages such as [[James 2:24]] which discuss justification through works are significant differing views on explained by viewing good works as evidence of the justification among Christiansthat has already through the believer's faith.

====The [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] teach that justification and cleansing from sin requires both faith in [[Christ]]'s redemptive work New Perspective on the cross as well as obedience and good works. This is known as [[justification by faith plus worksPaul]]. ====

Some Protestant scholars, most notably [[ProtestantN.T. Wright]] churches teach that , have recently questioned the traditional Protestant understanding of justification and cleansing from sin requires only faith in . This has lead to the development of the [[ChristNew Perspective on Paul]]'s redemptive work , which is a term that actually refers to a wide variety of more recent interpretations on the crosstheology of the [[Apostle Paul]]. According to Wright, and does justification is not require any good works on the part process of how a sinner becomes right in God's sight, but rather is simply the sinnerdeclaration that a person is already right with God. This Wright has argued that justification is known as more about [[justification by faith aloneecclesiology]], and was one or who belongs to the church, than [[soteriology]] (the theology of salvation). He suggests that when Paul has stated that a person is justified by faith apart from the core reasons for Law, what Paul means is that a person belongs to the family of God (the church) by virtue of his faith alone and not by virtue of his ethnic identity as a Jew. This shift of emphasis has caused ripples among some Protestant break-away from Christians, who question the Roman Catholic Church in implication this perspective has on the [[Reformation]]contribution of good deeds or works to salvation.

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