Justification Part 1

Justification is Yahweh's imputation of that righteousness which His righteousness rightly requires Him to require of us. Imputation simply means that Yahweh credited us with Yahshua Messiah impeccable righteousness the moment we trusted Him as our Saviour.
Since justification is solely by faith alone in Yahshua Messiah alone and by grace alone, should we not expect it to be challenged historically; that is, again and again as time goes by? Let me state that another way: if there is only one way for a man to be just before Yahweh, would you not expect challenges to that truth?
The gospel of Yahshua Messiah is always at risk of distortion. It became distorted in the centuries leading up to the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century. It became distorted at countless other points of church history, and it is often distorted today. This is why Martin Luther said the gospel must be defended in every generation. It is the center point of attack by the forces of evil. They know that if they can get rid of the gospel, they can get rid of Christianity.
There are two sides to the gospel, the good news of the New Testament: an objective side (relies on factual evidence that can be proven right or wrong.) and a subjective side (information is based on personal feelings, tastes, or opinions). The objective content of the gospel is the person and work of Yahshua Messiah—who He is and what He accomplished in His life. The subjective side is the question of how the benefits of Yahshua Messiah’s work are appropriated to the believer. There the doctrine of justification comes to the front.
Many issues were involved in the Reformation, but the core matter, the material issue of the Reformation, was the gospel, especially the doctrine of justification. There was no great disagreement between the Roman Catholic Church authorities and the Protestant Reformers about the objective side. All the parties agreed that Yahshua Messiah was divine, the Son of Yahweh and of the Virgin Mary, and that He lived a life of perfect obedience, died on the cross in an atoning death, and was raised from the grave. The battle was over the second part of the gospel, the subjective side, the question of how the benefits of Yahshua Messiah are applied to the believer.
The Reformers believed and taught that we are justified by faith alone. Faith, they said, is the sole instrumental cause for our justification. By this they meant that we receive all the benefits of Yahshua Messiah’ work through putting our trust in Him alone.
The Old Testament clearly taught that salvation would come to the Gentiles (Isa.49:6; 42:1; 62:2; Jerm. 16:19) Yahshua Messiah reaffirmed this truth several times to His disciples (Luke 2:32; Matt. 8:10, 11; John 10:16), but they insisted on interpreting all this teaching through Jewish glasses that filtered and distorted its significance. Nowhere is their narrowness more apparent than in their understanding and application of what is called "The Great Commission."
The Great Commission…
was given twice: once in Galilee, Mt. 28:16-20; then a second time near Bethany, Acts 1:8;
was directed in both instances to the Apostles, the Eleven, Mt. 28:16; Acts 1:2-4;
was/is specific in its scope: that is, you are to "disciple all people/nations,” (ethne/ethnos) "you shall be witnesses unto me…unto the uttermost part of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) Not just to Jews, not just to one ethnic people, not just limited to the borders of the Jewish State, but to all!
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