Justification

One of the guarantees of human life is that we encounter or end up in situations that we do not always deserve or provoke, these situations are often beyond our control and understanding, leading to confusion, anger, and questioning. This type of unexpected situation is famously seen in “The Book of Job” from the jewish bible when Job loses his wealth, assets, and family and is plagued with a skin disease, seemingly for no reason. This situation of suffering that Job who is a “blameless and…

Theology Midterm 1 The basic theological principles of Luther’s Protestant Reformation can be summarized through the three alones: Sola Scriputura, Sola Fide, and Sola Gratia. Learning to know God is a very important aspect of the Christian faith and can be accomplished through Sola Scriptura, or by way of scripture alone. As the Word of God, the Bible acts as a medium that connects its reader directly to Him. For the individual, scripture teaches us everything that is necessary for our…

Martin Luther wrote the Freedom of a Christian in 1520. This work expressed the heart and soul of Luther’s treatise on Christian liberty in which he sets forth the essence of Christian faith and life. One of the main points in this treatise is Luther’s attempt to distinguish the different parts of the human person. His theory rests on the belief that everyone is made up of two parts; the inner spiritual person and the outer bodily person. Luther shows how the inner soul of a person is…

1.How do the statements of Jesus in texts such as Matthew 5:17-20, 6:14-15, and 7:1-2 align with the Christian doctrine of salvation by grace alone through faith in Christ? There are multiple ways the texts from the sermon on the mount align with Christian doctrine and salvation through Christ. Jesus’ messages from the sermon on the mount model the need of grace to be saved. According to Jesus in one of the passages listed above, “unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the…

Disability and the justification of inequality in American History by Douglas C. Baynton The main idea addressed by Douglas C. Baynton is that disability has never been a focused upon and its is often overlooked and used as a justification for inequality in American History. Disability is ignored and not questioned or treated as a cultural construct. It is viewed as personal tragedy, instead of something that produces social hierarchies. The author goes on to describe how disability functions…

The topic, whether justification and faith are connected has been discussed overtime. In this piece Martin Luther specifically addresses the issues that may arise by misunderstanding the importance of justification and faith, and how it is related to God’s grace. Another aspect, that Luther touches through this work deals with the importance of good works, and how often people misunderstand the meaning of good works. He further explains why it is significant. He also spends more time on…

How Misinterpretation of the Bible Helped the Justification of the Crusades. The Crusades were a series of expeditions undertaken by Christian holy men in the hopes of delivering holy places from Islamic tyranny (Douglas J. Potter). The popes felt that Europe should be under Christian unity, and the pressure that they felt from the Byzantine Empire threatened said unity, so they decided to send troops of men to free the land of the Byzantine Empire once again for the Christians. One would think…

that Protestants, including Martin Luther, love: Justification by Faith. Throughout the book of Romans, Paul stated that the definition of justification is the act of God seeing an individual as just, the basis of justification is Jesus Christ, the means…

Justification of the U.S. Method of Communism Containment The methods used by the United States method to stop communism were unjustified. The U.S. wanted to stop the spread of communism, so they supported countries trying to free themselves from Soviet power. They did not help every country that were in need aid. For instance, the United States used broadcast propaganda programs to encourage capitalist democracy, but when the Hungarian protested against the Soviet Union; the U.S.failed to help…

What is the basis of or the act of being justified? In other words, why do we need it? The purpose for the need of justification is important and is what should spur anyone into wanting to completely surrender their life to Christ. The reason that people need justification is so that they can have freedom from their human nature, which is the need to want to sin all of the time. Whether a person actually wants to sin or not is not the point, the point is that no matter what a person says they…