Federal Vision and justification by grace

Justification can be seen in at least two lights: definively and as a vindication. We cannot save ourselves thus our definitive justification is grounded in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. This sacrifice fulfilled all of the Law's demands. No further blood atonement for sin is required. God in other words is the active party in the salvific process. Now, even the faith I have to believe in Christ and what He did for me is the gift of God, so that none can boast (Eph 2:8-9 ). Dead sinners need new life in order to repent and believe. Thus the definitive justification of a person is all of God's grace and none of man's works. Man cannot pull himself up by his coat tails.On the other hand justification can be used in the sense of vindication. On the last day we will be judged and our works will come into that judgment. Not in the sense that they are the basis of our justification but rather that they vindicate or display the person's profession of faith. Thus we could sau that faith (the gift of God) justifies the person and works justifies the person's faith at the end of history. In other words good works display one's faith. Man does not commit anything to his salvation autonomously, man is saved by God's grace alone through faith alone.We are saved by grace through faith, from begining to end PLUS nothing. Even our good works are the gift of God. We do not begin by grace and then enter into a relationship of works. We are saved by grace, preserved by grace and end in grace.  Dim lights Embed Embed this video on your site