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22 Cards in this Set
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What is the ordo salutis? Support your answer from Scripture.
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(Election) Eph 1:4 just as he chose us in him before found of world
Effectual Calling Acts 16:14, John 6:37 Regeneration John 3:3 no one can see kingdom unless born again Conversion Eph 2:8 by grace through faith, Ac 3:19 repent therefore and turn again that your sins may be blotted out Justification Gal 2:16 Adoption Gal 4:4ff Sanctification Col 3:10, Gal 5 walk by Spirit, not flesh (Perseverance) Heb 3:14 Glorification 1 John 3:2-3 |
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Define and defend (include Scripture proofs) the doctrine of "effectual calling.
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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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Nothing in the person, simply God’s sovereign choice. Rom 9:11-12, Eph 2:4 because of his great love
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How can infants be 'called'?
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"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
Luke 18:15-16 Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. |
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Can anyone not called by the Spirit be saved? Explain and defend (include Scripture proofs).
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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..."
Matthew 7:21-23 Not everyone who says to me Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven.... 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. |
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How would you explain the plan of salvation to an unbeliever?
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• God is creator; we are accountable to him
• God has given commandments (maybe walk through 10 Comm, SOM) •We have all sinned and broken Gods commandments • promises his wrath against sin • has made a way to escape his wrath: Punished Christ instead of us •Repent and believe o Repent: confess you’re a sinner, deserving God’s punishment o Believe: trust in Christ as your sacrifice, one who died in your place •When we believe the Gosp we don’t go from sinner to neutral but sinner to beloved child •JC will come again, we will be with him forever |
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Is Jesus really the only way of salvation? Explain and defend (include Scripture proofs).
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Yes
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. |
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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 |
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What about the sincere Buddhist (or Moslem, or Unitarian)?
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There sincerity is commendable, but in the end we must declare that they are sincerely wrong.
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Define and defend (include Scripture proofs) the doctrine of “justification”.
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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
Rom 3:23ff "..for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that comes by Christ Jesus. Phil 3:5ff "I consider [all things] rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ-the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. |
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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. |
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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. |
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When is a Christian justified?
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Rom 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those that are in Christ Jesus.
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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... |
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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. " |
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Define and defend (include Scripture proofs) 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 What is adoption? |
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Define and defend (include Scripture proofs) the doctrine of “sanctification.”
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1 Thess 4:3 This is the will of God - your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality
2 Thess 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 What is Sanctification? |
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Can anyone become perfect (completely sanctified) in this life? Defend (include Scripture proofs).
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No
Rom 7:18 ... I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. Rom 7:23 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. |
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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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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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Reformed Sanctification
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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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Where does Westminster deal with Salvation Accomplished?
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WCF 10-13
WLC 57-60, 67-68, 70-71, 75-75, 77-78 WSC 29-36 |
