D. JUSTIFICATION.
I. ITS MEANING.
1. RELATIVELY. 2. SCRIPTURALLY. 3. PARDON—RIGHTEOUSNESS.
II. ITS METHOD.
1. NOT BY LAW. 2. BY GOD'S FREE GRACE. 3. THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. 4. FAITH.
D. JUSTIFICATION.
I. THE MEANING OF JUSTIFICATION.
1. RELATIVELY.
It is a change in a man's relation or standing before God. It has to do with relations that have been disturbed by sin, and these relations are personal. It is a change from guilt and condemnation to acquittal and acceptance. Regeneration has to do with the change of the believer's nature; Justification, with the change of his standing before God. Regeneration is subjective; Justification is objective. The former has to do with man's state; the latter, with his standing.