Monthly Archives: February 2010

What Shall We Say Then?

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

For the several weeks, since Romans 3:20, we’ve been looking at what the Scriptures have to say concerning JUSTIFICATION. In the last few articles especially, we looked specifically at IMPUTATION. Over the next few articles we will begin examining and seeking to understand from the Scriptures several other terms: IDENTIFICATION, REGENERATION, &etc. As we move along in the text, we will pause to ensure we have an understanding of these things. Continue reading →

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Imputation in Justification

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

From the Scripture portion above, we have before us a passage that serves as a passageway; for in this passageway there are two discoveries: (1) THE BASIS for Justification; and (2) THE BEGINNING of Sanctification. And as we move from an understanding of our salvation by justification, we will not truly grasp sanctification in the chapters that follow unless the Holy Spirit has blessed us with the revelation of IMPUTATION. Continue reading →

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All We Will Become Flourishes by the Atonement

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

Justification by faith FLOURISHES BY THE CROSS of Jesus Christ. All that we will become matures by God’s grace because it comes by the truth of the Cross. Therefore being justified by faith… Romans 5:3-5, ESV, “we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” Continue reading →

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All We Are is Focused on the Atonement

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

…to “love God” without the truth of the Cross is deceptive ignorance; to “know” God without desiring God or His will is the faith of devils; and to profess Christ without drawing nearer the Cross of Christ is the sin of blasphemy, causing the professor to utter the name of the Lord in vain. Continue reading →

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A Puritan Catechism Videos

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

We have posted the first three A Puritan Catechism videos to encourage the use of the catechism for spiritual growth and discipleship. These videos are approximately 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 minutes in length and are available for viewing at the Justification by Grace blog extension. Continue reading →

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All We Have Flows from the Atonement

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:” —Romans 5:1

NOTE: Although this article appeared previously, it is being repeated here as it provides consistency and continuity with the articles previously published from Paul’s Epistle to the Romans; and given the context of all that has gone before it, this article may have greater clarity than when it was first posted. Continue reading →

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Strengthened in Faith

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

“He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;” —Romans 4:20

In our last lesson we examined what it means to be “Strong in Faith.” In this lesson we will examine how we are strengthened in faith. Continue reading →

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Strong in Faith

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

“And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;” —Romans 4:19-20

The points made in this lesson and the next will be very helpful when we examine the blessings of justification by grace through faith in Romans 5. Continue reading →

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Faith Alone – Part Two

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

“Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before Him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.” —Romans 4:16-17 Continue reading →

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Faith Alone – Part One

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Jon J. Cardwell

After what was addressed in Romans 4:1-8, that the sinner is justified by grace through faith, and with Israel’s forefathers given as an example (Abraham and David), the Jew may quite naturally agree that Christ’s righteousness is imputed; that is, that righteousness is accounted to him by God’s grace through faith. Continue reading →

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