Sounds FV | Blog and Mablog

Blog & Mablog
Aug 19, 2024
Sounds FV | Blog and Mablog
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Justifying faith does not evaporate once the moment of justification has passed. The justification itself is over and done because the declaration of “not guilty” has been made. But the faith that did nothing other than rest in and receive the imputation of Christ’s righteousness does not, at that moment, go out of existence. That faith, which was given by God, remains alive. It is living faith, and moreover, it is still alive. It is still alive, and ready to do other things. The other things that it does are in the realm of sanctification—not justification—but they are done by the same faith. Smith changes the oil in his car on Monday and takes his wife to dinner on Tuesday, and changing oil and dinner dates are completely different things. But Smith is the same man who does them both.