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What is the ordo salutis?
Provide an example of the ordo in Scripture. CRC JAS PG |
order of salvation - a sequence of the various aspects of salvation: CRC JAS PG
Calling, Regeneration, Conversion, Justification, Adoption, Sanctification, Perseverance, Glorification. Rom 8:29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. -WCF 3.6 "As God has appointed the elect to glory; so has he, by the eternal and most free purpose of his will, foreordained all the means thereunto. Therefore, they who are elected, being fallen in Adam are redeemed by Christ, are effectually called unto faith in Christ by his Spirit working in due season, are justified, adopted, sanctified and kept by his power, through faith, unto salvation, Neither are any other redeemed by Christ, effectually called, justified, adopted, sanctified and saved, but the elect only. " |
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Define and defend the doctrine of "effectual calling.
Scripture & WSC (what is effectual calling) |
Best defined by Ezekiel
Ez. 36:26-28 - I will give you a new heart and a new spirit I will put in you....remove heart of stone & give you heart of flesh... put my Spirit within you... cause you to walk in my statues & obey... WSC 31 - Effectual calling Is the work of God’s Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he does persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel. |
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On what is God's decision to call a certain person based?
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Eph. 2:8,9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast.
Rom. 9:11&16 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad-- in order that God's purpose in election might stand. . . . 16 It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy. "This effectual call is of God's free and special grace alone, not from anything at all foreseen in man, who is altogether passive therein until, being quickened and renewed by the Holy Spirit, he is thereby enabled to answer this call, and to embrace the grace offered and conveyed in it. "-WCF 10.2 |
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How could infants be 'called' (elect)?
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Luke 18:15-16 Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
"Elect infants, dying in infancy, are regenerated and saved by Christ, through the Spirit, who works when, and where, and how he pleases: so also as all other elect persons who are incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the word. "-WCF 10.3 |
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Can anyone not called by the Spirit be saved? Explain and defend (include Scripture proofs).
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John 6:44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
Matthew 7:21-23 Not everyone who says to me Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven.... WCF 10.4 'Others, not elected, although they may be called by the ministry of the Word may have some common operations of the Spirit, yet they never truly come unto Christ, and therefore cannot be saved..." |
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How would you explain the plan of salvation to an unbeliever?
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Romans Road is the template - but will be modified based upon the situation... (3:23, 6:23, 5:8, 10:9, 5:1 & 8:1)
1. What’s Wrong? Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." – and What does sin look like? (Romans 3:10-18) 2. So What? Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 3. Why is this possible? Romans 5:8 declares, "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." 4. How does that work? Romans 10:9, "that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." How doesn’t it work? (Gal 3:10-11) 5. Now what? Romans 5:1 "Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." AND Romans 8:1 "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus |
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Is Jesus really the only way of salvation?
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John 14:6 I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Acts 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there in no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved. WCF 10.4 "... much less can men, not professing the Christian religion, be saved in any other way whatsoever, be they never ~ so diligent to fame their lives according to the light of nature, and the laws of that religion they do profess. And to assert and maintain the they may, is very pernicious, and to be detested. " |
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What about those who never had the chance to hear about Jesus?
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Ps. 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God...
Rom. 1:19,20 ... since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them... men are without excuse. " A person is condemned by his sinfulness - not ignorance or lack thereof WCF 10.4 Others, not elected, although they may be called by the ministry of the Word may have some common operation" of the Spirit. yet they never truly come unto Christ. and therefore cannot be saved: much less can men, not professing the Christian religion, be saved in any other way whatsoever, be they never so diligent to fame their lives according to the light of nature, and the laws of that religion they do profess. And to assert and maintain that they may is very pernicious, and to be detested. "-WCF 10.4 |
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Define and defend the doctrine of “justification”.
What is justification |
Rom 3:24 and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that comes by Christ Jesus.
Justification is an act of God 's free grace, where he pardons all our sins, and accepts us as righteous in his sight only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone. "-WSC 33 |
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What is the basis of justification?
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The finished work of Christ credited to our account by faith.
Rom 3:24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, Rom 8:30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. WCF 11.1 “Those whom God effectually calls, He also freely justifies; not by infusing righteousness into them, but by accounting and accepting their persons as righteous; not for anything wrought in them, or done by them, but for Christ's sake alone; nor by imputing faith itself, the act of believing or any other evangelical obedience to them, as their righteousness; but by imputing the obedience and satisfaction of Christ unto them, they receiving and resting on Him and His righteousness by faith; which faith they have not of themselves, it is the gift of God.” |
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Explain this statement: "Faith alone saves, but saving faith is never alone.”
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Salvation is by faith alone, but true saving faith unites you to Christ and thus his Spirit conforms you after his image producing works of obedience. All saving faith will produce good fruit.
James 2:24 You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone. WCF 11.2 Faith, thus receiving and resting on Christ and his righteousness, is the alone instrument of justification: yet is not alone in the person justified, but is ever accompanied with all other saving graces, and is no dead faith, but works by love. |
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When is a Christian justified?
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Rom 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation ...
WCF 11.4 When the Holy Spirit applies the work of Christ to you by faith. (We mark this phenomenologically when he/she trusts in Christ)" God did, from all eternity decree to justify all the elect, and Christ did, in the fullness of time, die for their sins, and rise again for their justification: nevertheless, they are not justified, until the Holy Spirit does in due lime, actually apply Christ to them |
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What happens when a Christian sins after being justified?
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They may fall under fatherly discipline and need to humble themselves asking for forgiveness.
1 John 1:9 "Confess, he is faithful and just to forgive, cleanse... WCF 11.5 God does continue to forgive the sins of those that are justified; and, although they can never fall from the slate of justification, yet they may, by their sins, fall under God's fatherly displeasure, and not have the light of His countenance restored unto them, until they humble themselves, confess their sins, beg pardon, and renew their faith and repentance. |
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How were believers justified under the old covenant?
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They looked forward, in faith, by grace, for a Messiah to take away sin and restore God’s favor - just as we look back in faith by grace.
Rom 4:3 Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness. " Hebrews 11 WCF 11.6 The justification of believers under the old testament was, in all these respects, one and the same with the justification of believers under the new testament. |
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Define (WSC) and defend (scripture) the doctrine of “adoption”.
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John 3:1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us that we should be called children of God...
Rom 8:17-18 Spirit testifies with our spirit that we are God's children... heirs-heirs of God and coheirs with Christ... WSC 34 Adoption is an act of God' s free grace where we are received into the number, and have a , right to all the privileges, of the sons of God. |
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Define (WSC) and defend (scripture) the doctrine of “sanctification.”
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1Th 4:3, 2 Th 2:13
1 Th 4:3 This is the will of God - your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality 2 Th 2:13 ...from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through the belief in the truth. WSC 35 Sanctification is the work of God's free grace, where we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God; and are enabled more and more to die to sin, and live to righteousness. |
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Can anyone become perfect (completely sanctified) in this life?
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Rom 7:18 ... I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out... 23 but I see in my members another law waging war ... making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.
1 John 1:10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. WCF 13.2 “This sanctification is throughout the whole man; yet imperfect in this life, there abiding still some remnants of corruption in every part; whence arises the continual and irreconcilable war, the flesh lusting against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. ” |
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What is regeneration?
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The act of God alone, in which He renews the human heart, making it alive when it was dead.
Regeneration is the gift of God’s grace. It is the immediate, supernatural work of the Holy Spirit created in us 1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, |
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What is Faith and Repentance (Conversion):
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Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, where by we receive and rest in Christ alone for salvation as he is offered to us in the gospel.
Saving Faith – “a certain conviction, wrought in the heart by the HS, as to the truth of the gospel, and a heart reliance (trust) on the promises of God in Christ” (Berkhof, Systematic Theology pg. 503) Rom 10:9 Believe and Confession (rooted in regeneration by the HS) |
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Wesleyan Sanctification
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the ultimate goal of sanctification was "to renew men's and women's hearts in (God's) image."
True Christian maturity was primarily evidenced by "'a faith that works by divine love in the crucible of everyday life." |
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Reformed Sanctification
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A work of God's free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God and are made more and more able to die unto sin and to live unto righteousness.
The gracious operation of the Holy Spirit, involving our responsible participation, by which he delivers us as justified sinners from the pollution of sin, renews our entire nature according to the image of God, and enables us to live lives that are pleasing to Him. - Hoekema |
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Pentecostal Sanctification
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Justification and initial sanctification occur at the same moment, justification giving a new standing before God, sanctification putting one into a new state.
A believer’s dependence on the Holy Spirit for his sanctification does not dissolve the believer’s own responsibility. |
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Keswick Sanctification
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The normal Christian life should be one of progress and victory: victory over temptation, growth in obedience, improving in self-control, and increasing in joy.
Unfortunately, the average Christian experience is far from normal. Church-goers are adept at moving through the routines of the Christian life, yet they show no excitement or evidence that anything supernatural is going on. |
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Augustinian - Dispensational Sanctification
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1) The Holy Spirit plays an indispensable role
2) involves both sovereign grace and human responsibility 3) must be progressive 4) believer cannot attain sinless perfection in this present life (only in the life to come) |
