Sermons

The dictionary definition of jargon includes “the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group”. Within Christianity we have a lot of terms that we throw around that truly qualify as jargon in that they have meaning to those “in the know”, but often are confusing or unintelligible to those who haven’t learned them. Even within the Christian community many people don’t really know exactly what some of those terms mean, and that’s unfortunate, because language is the means by which we convey ideas and our understanding of the truths of God is to some measure limited by our ability to understand the language and jargon used to explain those truths. One term that shows up in this passage is “justify”, which describes a vitally important part of salvation but which is also one many people couldn’t precisely define. So we are going to take some time to define and discuss the all-important subject of justification.