Romans 3:24 KJT
"Being justified freely by his grace
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:"
God, by His grace, freely [that means, even
faith is EXCLUDED] justifying the elect when in their native state of
condemnation and death IS THE CAUSE.
They, the justified ones, receiving and
resting on Christ and His righteousness by faith, IS THE EFFECT.
The CAUSE is distinct, separate, and PRIOR to
the EFFECT.
Unless and until one gets these basic and
fundamental points into his head, he remains in error.
It is kind of weird... You hear people
declaring their justification by the FREE grace of God alone... but in the same
breath, they also say that their justification (in the same sense as before) is
ALSO by their faith alone.
Their idea of 'free' is obviously not free,
as the Scriptures intended it; theirs is free, but it is ALSO conditioned on
their faith alone... and they are talking about the one and the same thing!
What nonsense and confusion.
