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{| class="videos" style="width: 20em; float:right; clear:right; font-size:95%" cellspacing="4"!<big>'''Justification - Michael and Rhonda Jones'''</big>|-| <YouTube>movie_url=http://www.youtube.com/v/MtKsruztz30&rel=1embed_source_url=http://www.youtubeis a term used in [[Christian]]ity to describe [[God]]'s declaration that a [[sin]]ner is without sin because of God's [[forgiveness]].com/v/MtKsruztz30&rel=1wrap=yeswidth=425height=355</YouTube> |-|}
Justification is a term used in Christianity to describe God's declaration that a sinner is without sin because of God's forgiveness.===Views on justification===
==Main article== Justification is often understood as the work action of [[God]] where in giving or reckoning the [[righteousness]] of [[Jesus]] is reckoned to the a [[sinner]] , so that the sinner is declared by God as being righteous under the [[Law]]. In other words, justification is the term that describes the removal of sins from a person. In the [[Book of Isaiah]] the concept of justification is stated beautifully - [[Isaiah 1:18]]
===Views There are however significant differing views on justification===among Christians.
There are significant differing views on justification among Christians.====[[Justification by faith plus works]]====
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{{quote | text=For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. {{Bible verse|Isaiah|53|12|lang=WEB}} [[Isaiah 53:12]]}}
{{Infobox_Contents |
topic_name = Justification |
subtopics = [[Grace]], [[Sin]], [[Repentance]], [[Forgiveness]], [[Salvation]], [[Righteous]]
* [[Justification by faithalone]], [[Justification by faith plus works]]* [[New Perspective on Paul]]
* [[The Law]]
* [[Eternal life]], [[Heaven]]
}}
: "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."
The [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] teach that justification and cleansing from sin requires both faith in [[Christ]]'s redemptive work on the cross as well as obedience and good works. This is known as [[justification by faith plus works]].
====[[Justification by faith alone]]==== [[Protestant]] churches teach 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 explained by viewing good works as evidence of the justification that has already through the believer's faith. ====The [[New Perspective on Paul]]==== Some Protestant scholars, most notably [[N.T. Wright]], have recently questioned the traditional Protestant understanding of justification. This has lead to the development of the [[New Perspective on Paul]], which is a term that actually refers to a wide variety of more recent interpretations on the theology of the [[Apostle Paul]]. According to Wright, justification is not the process of how a sinner becomes right in God's sight, but rather is simply the declaration that a person is already right with God. Wright has argued that justification is more about [[ecclesiology]], 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 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 Christians, who question the implication this perspective has on the contribution of good deeds or works to salvation.
===Biblical passages on justification===
The word justification is derived from the [[Koine Greek]] word [[Δικαιοω]] (dikaioo). It is used in a variety of settings in the New Testament, especially by the [[apostle Paul]], who spoke strongly about [[justification by faith alone]], for example in [[Romans 3:28]]
: ''{{Bible verse|Romans|3|28|lang=WEB}}''
The [[apostle James]] also speaks of justification. He speaks of it in terms of justification by faith and works, for example in [[James 2:24]]
: ''{{Bible verse|James|2|24|lang=WEB}}''
==Quotes==
[[N.T. Wright]] in
: ''In theology, therefore, justification is not the means whereby it becomes possible to declare someone in the right. It is simply that declaration itself. It is not how someone becomes a Christian, but simply the declaration that someone is a Christian. It is not the exercise of mercy, but the just declaration concerning one who has already received mercy. This is a crucial distinction, without which it is impossible to understand the biblical material.''
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* [http://youtubewww.ntwrightpage.com/watch?v=MtKsruztz30&rel=1&feature=related Related YouTube VideosWright_Justification_Biblical_Basis.pdf NT Wright on the Biblical Basis of Justification] {{returnto}} [[Christianity]] -> [[Christian doctrine and debates]]
