Christ. This motif of “righteousness by incorporation” has also found support in studies by Timo Laato and Kevin Vanhoozer.38 A final point of contention is the relationship between faith, works, and the final judgment. While I might exegete several texts differently, I concur with Piper that our works at the final judgment are evidential rather than the basis of our final and public justification.39 I constantly grind my teeth whenever I read Wright’s phrasing that
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