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Essay on Paul's Doctrine Of Justification
Paul's doctrine of justification implies that how I "judge myself" should conform, in faith, to Another's gracious judgment of me. Inanimate objects too are what they are by interactions with other things and with human beings. When I carve a bowl out of a block of wood, it changes "ontologically," becoming something other than what it was before. It is not a block of wood cleverly disguised as a bowl: it is a bowl.
As Ernst Kasemann (1980) has exposited Rom. 2:1-11, Paul's doctrine of justification, “is not a refutation of the Jewish view of justification in judgment. Instead it is its radical confirmation.all historical destiny presses not merely toward its consummation (Dodd) but also toward the disclosure of its meaning, or, better, of the will at work in it. The doctrines of justification and judgment are inseparably linked in Paul because the concern in both is the Creator's right as Lord of creation as this works itself out in the creature . A doctrine of justification which avoids the concept of judgment loses its character as proclamation of the lordship of God .
In his merciful claim upon helpless sinners for God's reign, Jesus realized in his cross and resurrection the justice of the reign of God that he had proclaimed. In his life and death for others, Jesus fulfilled the law of love in loving even the lawless.....
