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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Sunday's Hymn: Reader's Choice

It was Melanie of Motherhood Apologia who suggested this week’s hymn. She likes it

because it IS well with my soul. This song is the first that I long to sing when life’s circumstances are overwhelming and full of sorrows. It is a great reminder that we are never without hope!

 It Is Well With My Soul

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Refrain

It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

But, Lord, ‘tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh trump of the angel! Oh voice of the Lord!
Blessèd hope, blessèd rest of my soul!

And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.

—-Horatio Spafford (Listen.) 

Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:

• Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting at Above the Clouds
• Give Me the Bible at joythruChrist
• The Collect for the Eighth Sunday after Trinity at Magic Statistics
• Lead Me to Calvary at The Happy Wonderer
• Fountain of Never Ceasing Grace  at Thoughts from the Teahouse
  
• My Song is Love Unknown at John Dekker’s Journal
• There is a Redeemer at Reflections of the Times
• Lord’s Day 30, 2007 at The Thirsty Theologian
  

Have you posted a hymn this Sunday and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by emailing me at the address in the sidebar and I’ll add your post to the list. If you’d like to see your favorite hymn featured as a Reader’s Choice hymn, go here and leave a comment. Just tell me your favorite hymn and a little bit about why you like it and I’ll feature your hymn when your turn comes.

Quiz Key: Justification, Questions 2 and 3

Moving on with the answers to the quiz on justification. (You’ll find the answer to question 1 here.)

Question 2

2. Justification includes

• a. the forgiveness of our sin.
  
• b. the imputation of Christ’s righteousness to us.
  
• c. the declaration that we are righteous in God’s sight.
• d. a and c.
• e. all of the above.

The correct answer is e: Justification includes the forgiveness of our sin, the imputation of Christ’s righteousness to us, and the declaration that we are righteous in God’s sight.

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