Reasonable Christian: Charismatics and Pentecostals Jump on Board the New Perspectives Bandwagon: A New Wind of False Doctrine

This is an old post. However, it demonstrates the tendency of sinful men to confuse law with Gospel, justification with sanctification. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that justification is one thing. Justification is both a forensic declaration of "not guilty" and justification is infused into the heart so that the sinner's gas tank is filled up and the sinner is made sinless at the point of baptism. After that point every sin must be confessed to a priest and an appropriate penance assigned. Also, purgatory or punishment is necessary prior to entering heaven. John Piper and others teach that justification by faith is an imputed righteousness. Unfortunately, Piper also undermines assurance because he thinks that our faith must be confirmed at the final judgment. The doctrine of a future vindication is essentially the idea that good works contribute something to our standing before God in the last judgment. The Bible, however, teaches that at the moment of conversion the elect believer is fully justified and therefore fully saved. Everything after that point is a process but the process or the journey is in no way the focus of Christian faith. The cross alone is our objective confidence that God will keep His promises to save His people. (Galatians 6:14; 2 Corinthians 1:20; Romans 4:13, 14)

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