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65 Cards in this Set
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Common Grace
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The grace of God by which he gives people innumerable blessings that are not a part of salvation.
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Saving Grace
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The grace of God that brings people to salvation; also known as “special grace”.
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Fatalism
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A system in which human choices and human decisions make no real difference because things will turn out as they have previously been ordained. This is in contrast to the biblical doctrine s of providence and election, in which people make real choices that have real consequences and for which they will be held accountable.
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Fore-knowledge
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Relative to the doctrine of election, the personal, relational knowledge by which God thought of certain people in a saving relationship to himself before creation. This is to be distinguished from the mere knowledge of facts about a person.
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Predestination
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Sometimes used in another term for “election.” However, in Reformed theology generally, predestination is a broader term that indicates that includes not only election (for believers) but also reprobation (for nonbelievers).
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Effective Calling
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An act of God the father, speaking through the human proclamation of the gospel, in which he summons people to himself in such a way that they respond in saving faith.
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External Calling
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The general gospel invitation offered to all people that comes through human proclamation of the gospel. Also referred to as “general calling” or the “gospel call,” this call can be rejected by people.
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Internal Calling
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Another term for “effective calling.”
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The Gospel Call
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The general gospel invitation to all people that comes through human proclamation of the gospel. Also , referred to as “external calling.”
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Born Again
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Scriptural term ( John 3:3-8) referring to God’s work of regeneration by which he imparts new spiritual life to us.
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Born of the Spirit
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Another term for regeneration that indicates the special role played by the Holy Spirit in imparting new spiritual life to us.
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Born of Water
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Phrase used by Jesus in John 3:5 that refers to the spiritual cleansing from sin that accompanies God’s work of regeneration.
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Irresistible Grace
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The action of God whereby he effectively calls people and also gives them regeneration, both of which guarantee that we will respond in saving faith. This term is subject to misunderstanding since it seems to imply that people do not make a voluntary, willing choice in responding to the gospel.
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Regeneration
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A secret act of God in which he imparts new spiritual life to us, sometimes called “being born again.”
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Faith
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Trust or dependence on God based on the fact that we take him at his word and believe what he has said ( see also “saving faith”)
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Repentance
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A heart felt sorrow for sin, a renouncing of it, and a sincere commitment to forsake it and walk in obedience to Christ.
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Saving Faith
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Trust in Jesu Christ as a Living person for forgiveness of sins and for eternal life with God
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Trust
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An aspect of biblical faith or belief in which we not only know and agree with facts about Jesus but we also place trust in him as a living person.
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Impute
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To think of as belonging to someone and therefore causing it to belong to that person. God “thinks of” Adam‘s sin as belonging to us, and it therefore belongs to us. In justification God thinks of Christ’s righteousness as belonging to us, and on that basis he declares that it belongs to us and therefore it does.
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Justification
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An instantaneous legal act of God in which he (1) thinks of our sins as forgiven and Christ’s righteousness as belonging to us, and (2) declares us to be righteous in his sight.
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Sanctification
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A progressive work of God and man that makes us more and more free from sin and like Christ in our actual lives.
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Eternal Security
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Another term for “perseverance of the saints”. However, this term can be misunderstood to mean that all who have once made a profession of faith are “eternally secure” in their salvation when they may not have been genuinely converted at all.
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Perseverance of the Saints
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The doctrine that all those who are truly born again will be kept by God’s power and will persevere as Christians until the end of their lives and that only those who persevere until the end have been truly born again.
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Glorification
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The final step in the application of redemption. It will happen when Christ returns and raises from the dead the bodies of all believers for all time who have died, and reunites them with their souls, and changes the bodies of all believers who remain alive, thereby giving all believers at the same time perfect resurrection bodies like his own.
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Purgatory
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In the Roman Catholic doctrine , the place where souks of believers go to be further purified from until they are ready to be admitted into heaven.
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Ekklesia
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Greek term translated “church” in the New Testament. The word literally means “assembly” and in the Bible indicates the assembly or congregation of the people of God.
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Purity of the church
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The church’s degree of freedom from wrong doctrine and conduct, and its degree of conformity to God’s revealed will for the church.
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ex opera operato
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Latin phrase meaning “by the work performed.” In Roman Catholic teaching the phrase is used to indicate that the sacraments (such as baptism or the Eucharist) are effective because of the actual activity done, and this effectiveness does not depend on a subjective attitude of faith in the participants.
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Paedo Baptism
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The practice of baptizing infants (the prefix paido is derived from Gk. pais “child”).
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Communion
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Term commonly used to refer to the Lord’s Supper.
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Eucharist
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Another term for the Lord’s Supper (from Gk. eucharistia, “giving of thanks”).
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Spiritual Presence
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Phrase descriptive of the Reformed perspective of the Lord’s Supper, which views Christ as spiritually present in a special way as we partake of the bread and wine.
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Symbolic Presence
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The common Protestant view that the bread and wine of the Lord’s Supper symbolize the body and blood of Christ, rather than change into or somehow contain the body and blood of Christ.
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Transubstantiation
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The Roman Catholic teaching that the bread and wine of the Lord’s Supper (often referred to as the Eucharist) actually become the body and blood of Christ.
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Apostle
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A recognized office of the early church. Apostles were the New Testament counterparts to the Old Testament prophets and as such had the authority to write words of Scripture.
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Cessationist
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Someone who thinks that certain miraculous spiritual gifts (such as healing, prophecy, tongues, and interpretation of tongues) ceased when the apostles died and Scripture was complete.
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Gifts of the Holy Spirit
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All abilities that empowered by the Holy Spirit and used in any ministry of the church.
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Healing
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A gift of the Holy Spirit that functions to bring restoration to health as a foretaste of the complete freedom from physical weakness and infirmity that Christ purchased for us by his death and resurrection.
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Interpretation of Tongues
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The gift of the Holy Spirit by which the general meaning of something spoken in tongues is reported to the church.
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Office
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A publically recognized position of a person who has the right and responsibility to perform certain functions for the benefit of the whole church.
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Prophecy
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In the New Testament, a gift of the Holy Spirit that involves telling someting that God has spontaneously brought to mind.
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Speaking in tongues
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Prayer or praise spoken in syllables not understood by the speaker.
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Teaching
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In the New Testament, the ability to explain Scripture and apply it to people’s lives.
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Eschatology
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The study of “the last things, ” or future events (from Gk. eschatos, “last”).
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General Eschatology
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The study of the future events that will affect the entire universe, such as the second coming of Christ, the millennium, and the final judgment.
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Imminent
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Refers to the fact that Christ could return and might return at any time, and that we are to be prepared for him to come at any day.
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Maranatha
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Aramaic term used in 1 Corinthians 16:22 meaning “Our Lord, come,” expressing eager longing for Christ’s return.
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A millennialism
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The view that there will be no literal thousand year-bodily reign of Christ on Earth prior to the final judgment and the eternal state. In this view, scriptural references to the millennium in Revelation 20 are understood to describe the present church age.
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Dispensational PreMillennialism
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Another term for “pretributional premillennialism.” The term dispensational is used to because most proponents of this view wish to maintain a clear distinction between the church and Israel, with whom God deals under different arrangements, or “dispensations.”
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Great Tribulation
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Expression from Matthew 24:21 referring to a period of great hardship and suffering prior to the return of Christ.
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Historic PreMillennialism
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The view that Christ will return to the earth after a period of great tribulation and establish a millennial kingdom. At this time, believers who have died will be raised from the dead and believers who are alive will receive glorified resurrection bodies and both will reign with Christ on earth for a thousand years.
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Millennium
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The period of one thousand years (mentioned in Rev. 20:4-5) when Christ will be physically present and reign in perfect peace and justice over the earth (from Latin millennium, “thousand years”).
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Post-Millennialism
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The view that Christ will return to the earth after the millennium. In this view the millennium is an age of peace and righteousness on the earth that is brought about by the progress of the gospel and the growth of the church but not by Christ’s physical presence on earth.
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Post-Tribulation Rapture
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The taking up of believers after the great tribulation to meet with Christ in the air just a few moments prior to his coming to earth with them to reign during the millennial kingdom (or, on the amillennial view, during the eternal state.)
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Post-Tribulational PreMillennialism
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Another term for historic premillenialism (or “classic premillenialism”). This position is distinguished from other premillenial views by the idea that Christ will return after the great tribulation.
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Pre-Millennialism
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Includes a variety of views that have in common the belief that Christ will return to the earth before the millennium.
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Pre-Tribulation Rapture
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The taking up of believers into heaven when (according to this view) Christ returns secretly, prior to the great tribulation.
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Pre-Tribulational - Premillennialism
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The view that Christ will return secretly before the great tribulation to call believers to himself, and then again after the tribulation reign on earth for a thousand years.
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Rapture
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The taking up or snatching up of believers to be with Christ when he returns to the earth (from Lat. rapio, “seize, snatch, carry away).
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Annihilationism
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The teaching that after death unbelievers suffer the penalty of God’s wrath for a time and then are “annihilated,” or destroyed, so that they no longer exist. Some forms of this teaching hold that annihilation occurs immediately upon death.
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Eternal Conscious Punishment
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Description of the nature of punishment in hell which will be unending and of which the wicked will be aware.
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Final Judgment
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The last and ultimate proclamation by Jesus Christ of the eternal destinies of all people, which will take place after the millennium and the rebellion that, occurs at the end of it.
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Hell
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A place of eternal conscious punishment for the wicked.
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Heaven
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The place where God most fully makes known his presence to bless. It is in heaven where God most fully reveals his glory and where angels, other heavenly creatures, and redeemed saints all worship him.
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New Heavens and New Earth
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A description of the entirely renewed creation in which believers will dwell after the final judgment.
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