Is Justification by Faith Taught in the Old Testament?
Justification is the act of God declaring a sinner righteous before Him.
But first why is this question important:
This question is important if one believes in the continuity between the Old and the New Testament.
This question is also important if one believes that Christianity has its root in the Jewish Scripture.
Moreover if you love the truth that God has justified sinners by faith, you will appreciate that this was always God’s intention.
This is also helpful for Jewish evangelism and apologetics to the Jews.
It is useful for doctrinal apologetics of Christianity.
I have found Paul in Romans 4 to be quite insightful of his argument from the Old Testament in which he argues and defends the thesis that the doctrine of justification by faith has Old Testament roots.
For this post we will look at Abraham in Genesis. Specifically we will look at Paul’s argument concerning Abraham and you will notice in Romans 4 that Paul’s argument was faithful to the context of Genesis.
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