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Pilgrim said:
it cannot be said that we are justified by love. It is simply one of the "means" by which we are drawn to Christ
As John wrote, it is Christ's love that draws, not the saint's love. Because Christ loved the saint, the saint loves in return. Jesus said that love is a reaction to one's forgiven sins, and forgiveness indicates justification, so it is quite reasonable to say that one is justified by love. This in no way replaces the tenet of faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross as means of legal justification. Neither is it to say that responding love is meritorious; it a what can only be expected from anyone saved from sins and their consequences.