Tag Archives: Justification

Seeing Ourselves In the Thief on the Cross — A.W. Pink

Translation“Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let [..]

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Mankind’s Greatest Need — A.W. Pink

TranslationThe first important lesson that all need to learn is that we are sinners, and as such, unfit for the presence of a Holy God. It is in vain [..]

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Salvation: By Grace Alone, for God’s Glory Alone — John MacArthur

Translation“Now to the one who works, his wage is not reckoned as a favor, but as what is due. But to the one who does not work, but [..]

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The Danger of Adding Anything to the Finished Work of Christ — John Flavel (1628-1691)

Translation“How dangerous and dishonourable a thing is it, to pin any thing of our own, to the righteousness of Christ, in point of Justification before God. Jesus Christ [..]

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“Good Works Are Not an Usher to Go Before Justification, But a Handmaid to Follow It” — Thomas Watson (c. 1620-1686)

Translation“There is nothing within us that could justify, but something without us; 1 not any righteousness inherent, but imputed. We may as well look for a star in the [..]

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What is Justification? — Thomas Watson (c. 1620-1686)

Translation[Justification] is an act of God’s free grace, whereby he pardons all our sins, and accepts us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ, [..]

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“The Christian’s Glorious Riches” by William S. Plumer (1802-1880)

Translation“Known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and [..]

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Happy Are the Peacemakers — A.W. Pink

Translation“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God” — Matthew 5:9 This seventh Beatitude is the hardest of all to expound. The difficulty [..]

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“The Reason Why Saving Faith Endures” — William S. Plumer (1802-1880)

Translation“The Westminster Confession says, ‘The grace of faith, whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls, is the work of the Spirit of [..]

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Salvation By Christ Alone — Charles Hodge

Translation[READ PART 3 HERE] Charles Hodge,  We have thus seen that the Scriptures teach first that all men are naturally under the law as prescribing the terms of [..]

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