Quotes about Justification

I fear the personality of our Lord is sadly lost sight of by many professors in the present day. Their talk is more about salvation than about the Saviour--more about redemption than about the Redeemer--more about justification than about Jesus--more about Christ's work than about Christ's person. This a great fault, and one that fully accounts for the dry and sapless character of the religion of many professors.

In justification, our own works have no place at all, and simple faith in Christ is the one thing needful. In sanctification, our own works are of great importance, and God instructs us to fight, watch, pray, strive, try, and work.

Justification is the act of God about us and is not easily discerned by others. Sanctification is the work of God within us and cannot be hid.

Think for a moment how much is involved in those few words, "none of His." You are not washed in Christ's blood! You are not clothed in His righteousness! You are not justified! You are not interceded for! Your sins are yet upon you! The devil claims you for his own! The pit opens her mouth for you! The torments of hell wait for you!

Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.

A sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.

Faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is not alone.

A man is saved only by faith ... only by faith.

Faith is the means by which the righteousness of Christ is given to us.

It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone.

It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone, though one is justified by faith alone, the faith which justifies is never in fact alone.

No man that ever lived, not John Calvin himself, ever asserted either original sin, or justification by faith, in more strong, more clear and express terms, than Arminius has done.