Post by RayW on Feb 9, 2014 14:06:58 GMT -8
Post your answers to the following questions here:
1. The Roman Catholic doctrine of justification sees justification as a process, not an event. Read Romans 5:1. How does this passage refute the idea that justification is a process?
2. Relate the Roman Catholic doctrine of ex opere operato (see notes) with extra ecclesiam nulla salus (see notes). How does the first explain why the second becomes necessary?
3. The Protestant view of justification teaches that justification is a forensic declaration in which a sinner is declared righteous while still in a sinning state. It is a justification in standing, not in nature, that occurs as an instantaneous event. This definition has been accused by Roman Catholics of being a “legal fiction” in which God says someone is something (justified), when in reality they are something else (sinners). How is it that Protestants can justify the teaching that we are both saints and sinners simultaneously?
4. Read Rom. 4:1–5. How is Abraham used as an illustration for the Protestant doctrine of justification by faith?
5. How does the chart in the notes on imputation help to explain the Protestant view of justification?
6. Read James 2:14–26. If you did not have access to any book other than James, would you believe that justification is a process or an event? Explain.
7. How do you reconcile what Paul says about justification in Rom. 3:28 with what James says about justification?
8. How was your thinking challenged the most by the lesson? Explain.
1. The Roman Catholic doctrine of justification sees justification as a process, not an event. Read Romans 5:1. How does this passage refute the idea that justification is a process?
2. Relate the Roman Catholic doctrine of ex opere operato (see notes) with extra ecclesiam nulla salus (see notes). How does the first explain why the second becomes necessary?
3. The Protestant view of justification teaches that justification is a forensic declaration in which a sinner is declared righteous while still in a sinning state. It is a justification in standing, not in nature, that occurs as an instantaneous event. This definition has been accused by Roman Catholics of being a “legal fiction” in which God says someone is something (justified), when in reality they are something else (sinners). How is it that Protestants can justify the teaching that we are both saints and sinners simultaneously?
4. Read Rom. 4:1–5. How is Abraham used as an illustration for the Protestant doctrine of justification by faith?
5. How does the chart in the notes on imputation help to explain the Protestant view of justification?
6. Read James 2:14–26. If you did not have access to any book other than James, would you believe that justification is a process or an event? Explain.
7. How do you reconcile what Paul says about justification in Rom. 3:28 with what James says about justification?
8. How was your thinking challenged the most by the lesson? Explain.