Doctrine 7&8 Flashcards
Doctrine 7
We believe that repentance toward
God, faith in our Lord Jesus Christ,
and regeneration by the Holy Spirit
are necessary to salvation.
Doctrine 8
We believe that we are justified by
grace, through faith in our Lord Jesus
Christ; and that he that believeth
hath the witness in himself.
An Initial Experience
Conversion. Definition and the 5 parts.
Trinitarian act involving human participation
1) God’s grace determines possibility of
salvation
2) Jesus’ death provides atonement
3) The Holy Spirit convicts of the need
4) The believer repents toward God
5) The believer accepts in faith the atoning
act of Christ
A continuing experience- Spiritual Growth (2)
1) Daily obedient faith of the believer
2) The guidance and strength of the Holy
Spirit
An Ultimate Experience-
Sanctification (3)
1) Work of the Holy Spirit by the will of
God and the sacrifice of Christ
2) Crisis – surrender of complete self
3) Process – growth in the likeness of
Christ
Stages of Repentance(8)
1) Conviction of sin
2) Hatred of sin
3) Sorrow for sin
4) Renunciation of sin
5) Confession of sin
6) Desire for forgiveness
7) Submission to God
8) Willingness to make restitution
- What are the conditions of salvation? (8)
1) Conviction of wrong
2) Hatred of Sin
3) Godly Sorrow
4) Renunciation – give up sin and wrong
doing
5) Confession – acknowledge where we have
wronged someone
6) Desire to be forgiven (Psalm 51:1)
7) Submission to God
8) Be willing to make restitution
List 5 different descriptions of regeneration
Include biblical support
1) ‘New creation’ – 2 Cor. 5:17
2) ‘New Birth’ – ‘Born Again’ – John 3:3-7
3) ‘Born of the Spirit’ – John 3:5-8
4) ‘Born of God’ – John 1:13;
5) ‘Passing from death to life’ – 1 John 3:14
Explain ‘justification” thoroughly as a legal term. (2)
1) Describing the sentence of the Judge in
favor of the condemned, clearing them of
all blame and freeing them of every
charge.
2) Justification does not make the sinner
righteous, but when God sees us “in
Christ,” He declares that we are righteous,
thereby pronouncing the verdict of “not
guilty.”
Explain “justification” biblically (O.T.) (3)
1) “Legal justification” embodied in the Law
2) You were justified by keeping the Law
3) Legal justification for the innocent
person
Explain “justification” biblically (N.T.) (2)
1) For the guilty – not the innocent
2) Accused admits their guilt, but is justified
not by works, but by faith alone.
Develop the process of justification including
a. The problem
(We need justification to be declared right
by God because) (3)
We need justification to be declared right
by God because…
1) There is no one righteous
2) No one can be right by doing their own
works
3) There is no way that we can be accepted
by God on our terms.
Develop the process of justification including
b. The process (2)
1) Recognize ourselves as sinners before God
(human element)
2) Restored to fellowship with God (divine element)
Develop the process of justification including
c. The provision
(There is righteousness that we can have) (5)
There is righteousness that we can have
1) From God
2) Apart from the Law
3) Through faith in Jesus
4) Available to all
5) Comes by his grace
Develop the process of justification including
d. The price (4)
1) God could only justify us – declare us to be
righteous by receiving the death of someone
else.
2) Jesus dies to satisfy the requirements of the
Law (I Cor. 5:2)
3) Through the substitutionary death of his son.
4) God’s love wants to forgive sins, but his
holiness says that he must punish sin and
uphold the Law.
