Doctrines & Proofs Flashcards
TULIP: Total Depravity
Genesis 6:5 “The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
Romans 3:10-12 “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
TULIP: Unconditional Election
John 6:37 “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.”
Romans 9:9-13 ‘For this is what the promise said: “about this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son”. And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad - in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls - she was told, “the older will serve the younger.” As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”’
TULIP: Limited Atonement
John 6:44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent him draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day”.
Romans 8:29-30 “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.”
TULIP: Irresistible Grace
John 10:16 “And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd”
Philippians 2:11-13 “Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.”
TULIP: Perseverance of the Saints
John 6:44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day”
Romans 8:29-30
The Ordo Salutis
Election, Effectual Calling, Faith, Justification, Adoption, Sanctification, Perseverance, Glorification
The Ordo Salutis: Election
Ephesians 1:4 “Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world”
The Ordo Salutis: Effectual Calling
1 Peter 5:10 “And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.”
The Ordo Salutis: Faith
Ephesians 3:16-17a “that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith”
The Ordo Salutis: Justification
Romans 8:1 “There is now therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
The Ordo Salutis: Adoption
Galatians 4:5 “to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons”
The Ordo Salutis: Sanctification
John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
The Ordo Salutis: Perseverance
John 15:6 “If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.”
The Ordo Salutis: Glorification
2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
3 Uses of the Law
1st Use: Mirror (Romans 3)
2nd Use: Civil, to restrain evil (Romans 13)
3rd Use: guide for the Christian life (Ephesians 2)
