Quiz Key: Justification, Questions 5 and 6

This post concludes the answer key to last week’s the quiz on justification. You will find the previous answers here,  here and here.

Question 5 

5. We are justified when we

• a. believe.
• b. are baptised.
• c. produce a certain level of good works.
  
• d. a and b.
• e. none of the above.

The correct answer is a. We are justified when we believe.

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Recipe Round Up Reminder:

The next Recipe Round Up will be this coming Thursday, August 2. The category is grilling recipes, and the place is The Happy Wonderer. Ellen is looking for

grilling recipes or marinades or rubs for grilling meat, fish or vegetables.

So post your recipe, give the link to Ellen in the comments of this linked post, and then make sure you check out all the grilling recipes posted on Ellen’s blog on Thursday.

If you have your own blog, please consider promoting the upcoming Recipe Round Up. And if you have a good grilling recipe, but no blog, I’m willing to post your recipe on my blog if you email it to me at the address under Contact in the sidebar. The more recipes, the better, right?

[More info on the Recipe Round Up can be found here.] 

Quiz Key: Justification, Question 4

Continuing with the answers to the quiz on justification. You will find the previous answers here and here.

Question 4

4. Included in the grounds for our justification is/are

• a. The good works produced by the Spirit within us.
• b. Our faith.
• c. Christ’s righteous life and obedient death.
  
• d. b and c.
  
• e. all of the above.

The correct answer is c: The grounds for our justification is Christ’s righteous life and obedient death.

 

It may help for me to explain what grounds are before I launch into a more thorough explanation of this answer. When theologians speak of grounds in regards to justification, they are using the word in the legal sense. Grounds comprise the basis upon which something is due, the basis upon which one is entitled to something. For instance, the grounds for a wage is the work that earns it, the work that entitles the worker to a paycheck. The grounds for a criminal charge is the criminal activity that is the reason for the charge. With that background information, we’re all set to proceed with the reasons for the correct answer.

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