justification | Theology and Ethics https://www.theologyethics.com Resources and reflections on theology and ethics Wed, 14 Mar 2018 21:20:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Excerpt from Knowing Jesus, regarding “justification by faith” (Alison, 1993) https://www.theologyethics.com/2014/03/11/excerpt-from-knowing-jesus-regarding-justification-by-faith-alison-1993/ https://www.theologyethics.com/2014/03/11/excerpt-from-knowing-jesus-regarding-justification-by-faith-alison-1993/#respond Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:28:26 +0000 http://www.theologyethics.com/?p=4728 There is one further dimension to the presence of the crucified and risen Jesus I would like to bring out, and that is a dimension which cannot be separated from the dimension with which we have just been dealing. At the same time as the crucified and risen Lord is the foundation of the new Israel, so it is his crucified and risen presence that is the basis of the holiness of this new people. What is traditionally called 'justification by faith,' is inseparable from the universality of the new community, or society, that the victim founds. There is no grace, no faith, that is not by that very fact immediately related to the new reconciled community. The new Israel is not tacked on to the making of humans holy, as an additional extra. Making us holy is identical with making us part of the new Israel of God.

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