Justification

1.What is the meaning of the word "justification"? Ans. "A showing to be just, or conformable to law;" making or declaring righteous.
2.Who are the just before God? .
3.Then how shall we understand ? Ans. Thus: No flesh can be justified by the deeds of the law, because all have violated it (), and it is impossible for any flesh to keep the law. .
4.How, then, can we be made righteous? .
5.In what condition are men before they are justified by grace? .
6.How does God regard sin? .
7.Yet how does he regard men even while they are sinners? ; .
8.By what is it, then, that we are justified? .
9.Since there is no good thing in man by nature, what may be said of one who trusts in himself? .
10.For whose benefit did Christ once speak a parable? .
11.What two men went into the temple to pray? .
12.How did the Pharisee pray? .
13.What was the prayer of the publican? .
14.What were the two features of his prayer? Ans. Confession of sin, and asking for mercy.
15.Which of the two went home justified? .
16.If one asks mercy from God, what will he receive? .
17.What is mercy? Ans. "Disposition to overlook injuries, or to treat an offender better than he deserves."
18.How great is God's mercy? .
19.For whose sake does the Lord pardon sin? .

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