Unshakable Truth 6: Justification through Faith

HOW DO YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS (From The Unshakable Truth Study Guide)

In the interviews, people said that faith saves us. Does our faith actually justify us before God?“Yes, I believe my faith actually justifies me before God because…

No, I don’t believe faith itself justifies me before God because…

Read Ephesians 2:8. What does Scripture say you are saved by? ________________ Then if you are saved by the merciful and loving grace of God that you don’t merit, what does your faith do?

Ephesians 2:8 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%202:8&version=NIV)

⁸ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith —and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—

Romans 3:21 - 26 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%203&version=CEV)

²¹ But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. ²² This righteousness is given through faith in^[h] Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, ²³ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴ and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. ²⁵ God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,^[i] through the shedding of his blood —to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished — ²⁶ he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

Romans 3:27-28 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%203:27-28&version=CEV)

²⁷ What is left for us to brag about? Not a thing! Is it because we obeyed some law? No! It is because of faith. ²⁸ We see that people are acceptable to God because they have faith, and not because they obey the Law.

Romans 4:3-4 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%204:3-4&version=CEV)

³ The Scriptures say, “God accepted Abraham because Abraham had faith in him.”

⁴ Money paid to workers isn’t a gift. It is something they earn by working.

Luke 9:23-25 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%209:23-25&version=CEV)

²³ Then Jesus said to all the people:

If any of you want to be my followers, you must forget about yourself. You must take up your cross each day and follow me. ²⁴ If you want to save your life,^[a] you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me, you will save it. ²⁵ What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself or waste your life?

Also see Justification through Faith Index