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Here's my 2 cents on the matter. There are so many concepts here that are so very important to understand concerning the nature of the atonement and the role a person's free moral agency plays as to his justification before God. The way I see, we need to steer clear of extremes. We should not say that man plays absolutely no role in his justification before God (as consistent 5-point Calvinists claim), or that he can merit that justification in any sense of the word (as some Arminians do). And due to the complexity of attempting to explain just precisely what that middle ground looks like, frustrations and differing opinions are likely to occur. Hopefully we can all just relax a little and assume that in the end we are all on the same team here..."Team Jesus."
With that said, I would like to attempt to shed some more light on the issue from my perspective. In fact, just recently I have been compiling some notes to address the very issue at hand, and am planning on posting them on my thread when I can better organize my thoughts and present them in a more understandable manner (that's always the challenge , isn't it?). But in light of the lively discussion I've seen here, I've decided to chime in just a little and share the conclusion that I arrived at.
The big question here concerning justification appears to be, 'what is the relationship between a person's faith (it's role, necessity, value) and the substitutionary atoning work of Christ?' In a nutshell :
Only Christ's substitutionary work on the cross qualifies as the grounds for our acceptance before God. Trusting in this precious truth is the only means or channel for it affects to become efficacious, that is, effective, helpful, or beneficial in a person's life.
With that said, I would like to attempt to shed some more light on the issue from my perspective. In fact, just recently I have been compiling some notes to address the very issue at hand, and am planning on posting them on my thread when I can better organize my thoughts and present them in a more understandable manner (that's always the challenge , isn't it?). But in light of the lively discussion I've seen here, I've decided to chime in just a little and share the conclusion that I arrived at.
The big question here concerning justification appears to be, 'what is the relationship between a person's faith (it's role, necessity, value) and the substitutionary atoning work of Christ?' In a nutshell :
Only Christ's substitutionary work on the cross qualifies as the grounds for our acceptance before God. Trusting in this precious truth is the only means or channel for it affects to become efficacious, that is, effective, helpful, or beneficial in a person's life.
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