
Defenders: Doctrine of Christ (Part 11): The Work of Christ (4) - Divine Justice
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The Different Views of Justification
In contrast to the reformers view that justification is a forensic or judicial declaration, the traditional Catholic view is that God actually infuses into you the moral property of righteousness. So this is not simply a legal act. It is something that God actuallyinfuses into you and thereby transforms you. The reformers of course have a doctrine of the transformation of the life, but that's called sanctification. They would say that justification was a legal forensic act whereby you are declared righteous before God's bar of justice. But then through the work of the Holy Spirit, as you walk in the spirit and are conformed in the image of Christ, you are sanctified and become more and more like what
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