Marrow Reformed Church of Avon

God has always justified by faith alone — not by circumcision, not by law-keeping, but by crediting righteousness to those who trust his promise — and the faith of Abraham models exactly the kind of trust in God’s word that receives what nohuman effo... more

The gospel does not overthrow the law — it is what the law has always witnessed to — and in it, God accomplishes what no system of works ever could: the genuine cancellation of the debt of the ungodly, on the basis of a payment that was actually made... more

At the cross, God publicly resolved the tension his own forbearance had created — punishing sin in the person of his Son so that he could be simultaneously just in his judgment and the justifier of everyone who has faith in Jesus.

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Because there is no distinction in the universal indictment—all have sinned—there is no distinction in the universal offer: all are justified by grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

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After three chapters of airtight indictment, God himself provides the righteousness no one could produce — manifested in Christ, witnessed by the whole Old Testament, and offered freely through faith to everyone who will believe.

The law closes every door and stops every mouth, leaving the whole world accountable to God with no plea remaining — which is exactly the posture in which the gospel finds us.

No external religious advantage — law, covenant sign, or theological credential — can produce the circumcision of the heart that God requires; only Christ has fulfilled that demand, and He offers the result freely to all who trust in Him.

The moralist who judges others stands under the same condemnation as everyone else — for God’s righteous standard exposes every form of self-justification — and the only ground that holds is the perfect obedience of Christ, offered freely to all who ... more