"Some scholars maintain that 'justification' and 'pardon' are synonymous ... But surely this cannot be so. Pardon is negative, the remission of a penalty or debt; justification is positive, the bestowal of a righteous status, the sinner's reinstatement in the favour and fellowship of God".
John R W Stott - "BST Series - The Message of Romans" - IVP, Leicester (1994) - (p110).
Monday, 9 June 2008
John Stott on Justification and Pardon Terminology
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