Post by toml on Jan 27, 2023 2:24:42 GMT -8
According to scripture Justification precedes life
Romans 5:18 (NIV84) — 18 Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men.
Justification that brings life for all men
Does life come before or after justification?
Obviously, justification precedes life
Why is that significant?
It is significant because it is regeneration which brings life
DEFINITION OF REGENERATION
The word regeneration (Gk. paliggenesia) appears only twice in the New Testament. Once it is used eschatologically, “of the renewing of the world in the time of the Messiah” (Matt. 19:28),36 the second usage is “of the rebirth of a redeemed person” (Titus 3:5).37 Regeneration should be distinguished from conversion. Conversion refers to the response of the human being to God’s offer of salvation and approach to man. Regeneration is the other side of conversion. It is God’s doing. In regeneration the soul is passive; in conversion, it is active. Regeneration may be defined as the communication of divine life to the soul … as the impartation of a new nature … or heart … and the production of a new creation.38
Succinctly stated, to regenerate means “to impart life.” Regeneration is the act whereby God imparts life to the one who believes. Paul P. Enns, The Moody Handbook of Theology (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1989), 339–340.
So If regeneration is the impartation of life
And Justification precedes life
Then Justification precedes regeneration
Finally, Justification is by faith
Galatians 2:15–16 (ESV) — 15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
So if faith must precede our justification and justification precedes regeneration
Then faith precedes regeneration
Romans 5:18 (NIV84) — 18 Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men.
Justification that brings life for all men
Does life come before or after justification?
Obviously, justification precedes life
Why is that significant?
It is significant because it is regeneration which brings life
DEFINITION OF REGENERATION
The word regeneration (Gk. paliggenesia) appears only twice in the New Testament. Once it is used eschatologically, “of the renewing of the world in the time of the Messiah” (Matt. 19:28),36 the second usage is “of the rebirth of a redeemed person” (Titus 3:5).37 Regeneration should be distinguished from conversion. Conversion refers to the response of the human being to God’s offer of salvation and approach to man. Regeneration is the other side of conversion. It is God’s doing. In regeneration the soul is passive; in conversion, it is active. Regeneration may be defined as the communication of divine life to the soul … as the impartation of a new nature … or heart … and the production of a new creation.38
Succinctly stated, to regenerate means “to impart life.” Regeneration is the act whereby God imparts life to the one who believes. Paul P. Enns, The Moody Handbook of Theology (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1989), 339–340.
So If regeneration is the impartation of life
And Justification precedes life
Then Justification precedes regeneration
Finally, Justification is by faith
Galatians 2:15–16 (ESV) — 15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
So if faith must precede our justification and justification precedes regeneration
Then faith precedes regeneration
