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" He does not say, ‘Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s’ servants? or of ‘God’s faithful ones?’ but ‘of God’s elect.’ . . . He does not say, it is God who forgave our sins, but what is much greater, ‘It is God that justifies.’ For when the Judge’s sentence declares us just, and a Judge such as that too, what signifies the accuser? . . . for He has both elected and justified us, and the wondrous thing is that it was also by the death of His Son that He did so. Who then is to condemn us, since God crowns us, and Christ was put to death for "
― Michael S. Horton , Justification, Volume 1 (New Studies in Dogmatics)
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" This is the wonderful exchange which, out of His measureless benevolence, Jesus Christ has made with us; that, becoming Son of man with us, He has made us sons of God with Him; that, by His descent to earth, He has prepared an ascent to heaven for us; that, by taking on our mortality, He has conferred His immortality upon us; that, accepting our weakness, He has strengthened us by His power; that, receiving our poverty unto Himself, He has transferred His wealth to us; that, taking the weight of our iniquity upon Himself, He has clothed us with His righteousness. "
― Michael S. Horton , Justification, Volume 1 (New Studies in Dogmatics)