Today, we're pleased to share with you an audio essay written and read by Kevin McFadden entitled

Ten Things You Should Know About Justification by Faith. Kevin's book is Faith in the Son of God,

the place of Christ-oriented faith within Pauline theology from Crossway.

Ten Things You Should Know. Pauline Theology from Crossway. Ten things you should know about justification by faith, written and read by Kevin McFadden.

Number one, justification by faith is a whole Bible doctrine.

Some Christians may be surprised to learn that the doctrine of justification by faith is not only found in the New Testament, but in the Old Testament.

Genesis tells us that Abraham, in response to God's promise, believe the Lord, and it was counted to him as righteousness.

Genesis 156. Job sought to justify himself before God, and in the end renounced his own righteousness.

David was a man after God's own heart, and yet he speaks of the blessing of justification apart

from works. Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Psalm 32, 1.

Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you, Psalm 143, 2.

Isaiah prophesies that the servant of the Lord will make many to be accounted righteous,

and he shall bear their iniquities, Isaiah 5311.

And Habakkuk teaches us that the righteous shall live by his faith.

Habakkuk 2.4.

This is a truth he also exemplified in his own life, Habakkuk 3, 16 to 19.

Finally, Jesus himself teaches us this doctrine in his parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector,

a parable he told to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and treated

others with contempt, Luke 189. Thus, justification by faith is a doctrine taught by the whole Bible,

but it is most clearly taught in Paul's letters, which leads to my second point. Number two,

justification by faith is articulated most clearly by the Apostle Paul.

Most agree that the doctrine of justification by faith is seen most clearly in Paul's letters,

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