Questions 70 and 71

Dr. Noell teaches on justification from WLC 70-71, reading extensively from Romans 3:19-4:8. He explains the forensic nature of justification as a legal declaration distinguished from Rome's conflation of justification and sanctification. The lesson covers the twofold nature of justification (pardon of sins and acceptance as righteous), its eschatological dimension from John 5:24, and Owen and Bavinck on why justification by faith alone is counter-intuitive to the natural mind.