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1
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In What 2 Ways does God Reveal Himself and why is only one of them sufficient for salvation? ***

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2 Ways - General Revelation -directed at all mankind through Natural light of creation leaves men without excuse but insufficient
SPecial Revelation - God revealed himself and his will in Scripture (Old and New Testament) which is necessary for salvation.

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On what does the authority of the scripture depend? and on what does not depend.

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Authority depends - On God Alone

Does not depend - testimony of church or man

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WHo is the only infallible interprepter of the Scripture

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Holy SPirit

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What must we believe concerning our responsibility and freedom?

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That God does not force his will (violence on any of his creatures and establishes the freedom of Second Causes, does not take it away.

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If God decreed to do something because he saw it beforehand what would happen, What effect would it have on His Sovreignty

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It takes away his Sovreignty or independence, because his decreeing is based on our choice.

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What has God decreed for all men? *****

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God has predestined some for everlasting life and has foreordained others for eternal punishment.

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What is predestined unto life?

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From the foundations of the World God predestined certain people for everlasting Glory not based on any foresight of faith or any good works in them but out of his Free Grace alone.

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What is God’s work of creation?

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That God made the world and everything in out of of nothing in the space of 6 days.

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Distinguishes the creation of man

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Man was created in Gods image in 
knowledge
righteousness
holiness
with immoral souls and the law of God written ont heir hearts
Given dominion over creation.
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4 Words describe God’s work of providence

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Upholds, Directs, Disposes and Governs

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Relationship of God’s Providence to the Fall

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His providence extends to the Fall and all other sins by governing them to his Holy ends. Still the sin proceeds from the creature and not from God

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What is the first sin and what was God’s relationship to it?

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Eating of the forbidden fruit, God used this sin for his Own glory

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What was the result of the first sin?

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Fell from righteousness and communion with God and Became totally dead in their sin body and soul.

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How does the Fall affect all others?

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All others have this sin imputed to them and are therefore made dead in sin.

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Why do we sin?

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We sin because we are spiritually corrupt through the original sin imputed to us.

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Why is it necessary that God come and save us?

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Becuase the distance is so great and mans inability to keep the law and satisfy its penalty - God must condescend to us.

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What was the covenant of works and with whom was it made

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God made with Adam and his seed required perfect and personal obedience

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What was the covenant of Grace and with whom was it made

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Made with Christ and his seed (the elect) where he freely offers life and salvation through Christ Alone.

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What did God send Jesus to be for us?

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Mediator as Prophet, priest and King

  • Head and Savior of His Church
  • Heir of all things
  • Judge of the World
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What are the distinct natures of Christ and how are they related to each other

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Christ 2 natures: Divine Nature and Human Nature. Inseparably joined without divison,conversion, composition or confusion.

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What was accomplished by Christ’s perfect obedience?

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Perfectly fulfilled the law
Full satisfaction of Gods Justice
Purchase of reconciliation
everlasting inheritance

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22
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Humiliation of Christ

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Was crucified, died, buried and remained under the power of death

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How does Christ serve as our mediator now?

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Makes intercession
Reveals the mysteries of salvation
Persuades by the Spirit to believe and obey
Governs hearts by Word and Spirit
Overcomes our enemies by his power and wisdom
(which resonate with his wonderful and unsearchable dispensation)

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Natural Liberty

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God has endued the will of man with Natural Liberty -
In the Garden: In Man’s Innocence he has the Freedom and power to do good and what is pleasing to God but also
Fall: By his fall into a state of sin has wholly lost his ability to do Good. Because he is dead in his sin has no ability to covert or change his ability to do good works.
As Christians: Freed from our bondage to sin He has by His grace alone enabled man to do good, but being still corrupted does both good and evil
Heaven: Liberty to do Good alone.

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Whom does God effectually Call and what changes occur in those he effectually calls?

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Those he has predestined unto life - new heart and restored will so that they may come freely.

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What part does man have in his effectual calling, what part does God have?

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It is by God’s grace alone, Man is passive until made alive by the spirit and enabled to answer the call.

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27
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What does the Confession say about those who cannot hear the gospel, such as “elect infants, dying in infancy)

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Elect infants and those who cannot hear are regenerated and saved by Christ through the Holy Spirit

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28
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What are the principle acts of Saving Faith?

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accepting receiving and resting on Christ alone for justification, sanctification and eternal life.

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29
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How are faith and assurance related?**

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Assurance is the fruit of faith not the essence of faith. ***

30
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Why is repentance necessary?

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It is necessary because we cannot expect forgiveness without it.

31
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The Faith that justifies

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reveives and rests on Christ and His righeouness alone but it is not alone but is accompanied with all other saving graves and is no dead faith. Faith that works….

32
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Extent of christ’s payment for our justificatioin

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Fully discharged the debt for all the elect.

33
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When was our justification decreed accomplished and applied

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Decreed - in all eternity
Accoplished - In the fullness of time (Cross)
Applied - When the Holy Spirit Applies the Right of Christ.

34
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Privelages of those adopted

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His name, Spirit of adoption, access to throne of Grace, inheritance, salvation

35
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What changes take place in the life of those who are sanctified and by whos power do they take place

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Sin’s power is weakened and put to death, strengthened in the practice of holiness- THrough the virtue of XP’s death and resurrection and power of the Spirit and the Word

36
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What is, and what is not a ‘good work’?

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Are - Only what God commanded in his Word

Are Not - Anything Man has devised

37
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“Works done by unregenerate man”

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Even though they may be what God commands and of good use - They are sinful and cannot please God.

38
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What does God’s effectual calling and santification accomplish in us?

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Accomplishes the certainty of our perseverance to the end and to be eternally saved.

39
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On what does our perseverance depend?

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Upon the unchangeability God’s decree in election,
the merit and intercession of Christ,
the Holy SPirit

40
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On what is the certainty of our faith founded?

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Founded on God’s promise,
inward evidence of Grace
SPirits witnessing with our spirits that we are children of God.

41
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Describe the Law which God gave to Adam as a Covenant of Works?

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Law required perfect obedience that promised life for fulfilling it and death upon the breaking it.

42
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How are the 10 Commandments divided

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The first 4 pertaining our duty to God, the 2nd 6 pertaining to our duty to each other.

43
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What is the Moral Law and what are meant by the ceremonial Laws

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Moral Law: The 10 commandments delivered to Moses
Ceremonial Laws: Laws given as cermonial ordinances that prefigure Christ,
his grace,
his actions
his suffering
his benefits and
partly holding diverse moral duties.

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What other laws did God give to his people under Moses and what is meant by the phrase “further than the general equity thereof might require”?***

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He gave them judicial laws and they have expired with the state of that people. Except for the general equity thereof might require. Means that even though that our obligation to the specific laws have expired we are still bound to the judicial essence of equality and fairness they require.

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How binding is the moral law?

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It is forever binds all, the justified and the unregenerate to the obedience of it. Bound to the what is contained in it and to the authority of God who gave it. Christ nor the gospel disolves it.

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What is meant by Christian Liberty?

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Liberty that Christ has purchased for believers.
Freedom from guilt of sin,
wrath of God,
the curse of the moral law,
from bondage to Satan
dominion of sin,
sting of death,
victory of the grave from everlasting damnation.
Free Access to God,
freedom from the yoke of the ceremonial law.

47
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Where must I learn how to worship God

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From the Word of God

48
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How are we to pray?

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with thanksgiving in Jesus name with the spirits help in a known language if out loud.

49
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On what day is the Christian Sabbath and why must we continue to remember it? How must we keep the Sabbath?

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Sabbath - Sunday(Frist day of the week)
Because we are commanded to keep it in the Moral Law. Observe a holy rest all the day from their own works, words and thoughts about their worldly work and recreation. Taken up also, the whole time, in public and private exercises of His worship and in duties of necessity and mercy.

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What is a lawful oath? How is a vow like an oath?

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Part of worship where a person solemnly calls God to witness what he asserts or promises and to judge him according to what he has promised. Vow is like an oath in its nature and made with great religious care and performed with like faithfulness - Made to God alone.

51
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How many wives or husbands may one have?

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one at a time

52
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Grounds for divorce? Circumstances for remarriage

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Grounds: Adultery and desertion Remarriage: The innocent party may remarry as if the offending party were dead.

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Invisible church - Visible church and her importance **

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invisible church - All elect throughout history
visible church - all who profess the true religion and their children.
It is the Kingdom of Christ,
the house and family of God
Out of which there is no ordinary possibility of salvation.

54
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What did Christ give to the ‘visible’ church? and for what purpose?

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Ministry, oracles and ordinances of God for the gathering and perfecting of saints, in this life and for all time.

55
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Who is the head of the Church

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The Lord Jesus Christ

56
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Not meant by communion of Saints

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Not meant that they are wise partakers of the substance of his Godhead or equal with Christ in any respect. Also does not infringe on the property each man has in their possession

57
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What are the sacraments ordained by Christ? How are the sacrements related to the sacraments of the O.T.

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Baptism and the Lord’s Supper - Baptism - Circumcison/ Lord’s Supper - Passover

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For what purposes did Christ ordain the sacrament of baptism? Of what is baptism a sign and seal? To whom is the sacrament to be adminstered to?

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Admisasion into the visible church and as a sign and seal of the Covenant of Grace.’
Ingrafting into Christ
Regeneration
Remission of Sins
Giving up unto God through Jesus to walk in newness of life.
Administered once to believers and their children

59
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Purpose of Lord’s Supper? What is its sign and seal? Who may not receive it?

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Purpose: Perpetual remembrance of the sacrifice of himself in his death,
the sealing of all benefits to true believers,
spiritual nourishment andgrowth in him
further engagement in and to duties they owe him
to be a bond and pledge of their communion with him and with each other.
It is a sign and seal of the new covenant in his blood?
People who are ignorant and ungodly are unfit and unworthy to receive it.

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By whom is the Govt. of the church established? And to whom is it entrusted?

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Government of the church Appointed by Christ and it is entrusted to the officers of the church.

61
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Meant by the Keys of the Kingdom of Haven in relation to the Governement of the church

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Retain and remit sins, Discipline, Censures protecting the of the Sacraments

62
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What are the purposes of the church censures?

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Vindicating the honor of Christ
profession of the Gospel
preventing of the wrath of God

63
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Whom were civil governments ordained? and for what purpose?

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Ordained by God: To defend good an punish evil

64
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By whom and for what purposes are synods and councils to be called?

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Overseerers and rulers of particular churches for the purpose of better governement and further edification of the church

65
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What happens to the bodies and souls of mean after death?

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Bodies return to dust

Souls either go to heaven to await redemption of the body or to Hell for torment to await the day of Judgment

66
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What will happen “at the last day’?

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Those alive will be changed and those who died will be raised with the same bodies with different qualities, united to their souls forever.

67
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Bodies of just and unjust at the resurrection?

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Unjust will be raised to dishonor, the just to honor.

68
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At the Last Judgment who will Judge? Who will be judged? And what will be taken into account in the judgment

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Judge: Jesus will Judge
Judged: Humans and apostate angels
Account: THeir thoughts, words and deeds and receive according to what they have done.

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Purpose of the last judgment? What will happen to the righteouss and the wicked?

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PUrpose to display God’s mercy in the salvation of the elect and damnation of the reprobate. Righeouss to Everlasting Life - Wicked - Eternal destruction

70
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Why is it important that we know that there is a Last Judgment while not knowing the time it will take place?

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Deter from sin and comfort those who suffer.

71
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Murray’s Ordo Salutis

A 
calling
regeneration
faith & repentance, 
justification, 
adoption, 
sanctification, 
perseverance, 
glorification

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