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Justification Summarized by Westminster Seminary California

Justification occurs when one comes to true faith, giving peace of conscience and assurance of eternal life in the present. God's final judgment is not the justification of his own, but their vindication and perfection. (Justification and Final Judgement - Click here for the full document).

Heidelberg Catechism

Q and A 59: "But what does it profit you now that you believe all this? That I am righteous in Christ before God, and an heir to eternal life."

Westminster Larger Catechism

Q and A 77: Justification "doth equally free all believers from the revenging wrath of God, and that perfectly in this life, that they never fall into condemnation…."
Q and A 90: "At the day of judgment, the righteous, being caught up to Christ in the clouds, shall be set on his right hand, and there openly acknowledged and acquitted…."

Belgic Confession

Art. 37: "…this judgment is…most desirable and comfortable to the righteous and elect; because then their full deliverance shall be perfected, and there they shall receive the fruits of their labor and trouble which they have borne.…the faithful and elect shall be crowned with glory and honor; and the Son of God will confess their names before God His Father…; all tears shall be wiped from their eyes; and their cause which is now condemned by many judges and magistrates as heretical and impious will then be known to be the cause of the Son of God. And for a gracious reward, the Lord will cause them to possess such a glory as never entered into the heart of man to conceive."

Westminster Confession of Faith

33,2:"The end of God’s appointing this day is for the manifestation of the glory of His mercy, in the eternal salvation of the elect; and of His justice, in the damnation of the reprobate, who are wicked and disobedient."

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