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Originally Posted by Antipas
To me justification and forgiveness are similar, but different.
To justify is to declare one just... even if undeserved. It's more of a legal standing.
To be forgiven, that is more intimate and cleansing. It is more of a relationship standing.
To be "justified" allows the sinner to approach. You can't just approach the King on your own time and terms. You must be both drawn and granted access to His holy presence. Justification is what grants us access to the King, though we're still wearing the filth of sin beneath the cover of justification.
Once in God's presence, you can have your sin officially forgiven, record cleansed, and receive the regeneration of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. In either order.
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Now, demonstrate where the Bible itself makes those distinctions. For example, show where the Bible speaks of being forgiven but not justified, or of being forgiven but not "officially forgiven".
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