Venema’s work is Worth the Read – Accepted and Renewed in Christ
“Justification must always be based only upon the perfect righteousness of Christ that is imputed to believers, otherwise believers will have no sure basis for confidence…
“Justification must always be based only upon the perfect righteousness of Christ that is imputed to believers, otherwise believers will have no sure basis for confidence…
“I therefore want to address this question, what role, what part if you would like, does justification play in sanctification? And answer it on the following…
“Justification precedes and is basic to sanctification in the covenant of grace.” -Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology
“We have seen that the Christian life is grounded in the redemptive work of Christ, which issues in a transformation of the believer himself. Initially there…