"Does Faith Include Obedience in Calvin's Theology?"

Pastor Martin addresses the complex question of whether justifying faith includes evangelical obedience in John Calvin's theology. He argues that Calvin neither separates nor identifies faith and obedience, but rather distinguishes them while affirming their inseparability. Martin uses the analogy of an oval mirror to clarify that while faith is obedience, it does not justify *as* obedience, but as resting on Christ. He grounds this distinction in Calvin's definition of justification, the relationship between faith and sanctification, and the dichotomy between law and grace, concluding that contemporary tendencies to conflate or separate them deviate from the Reformation's balanced view.

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