Test 2 Flashcards
The work of God’s Spirit that gives new life to the one who believes.
Regeneration
Implications of Regeneration
- It is God’s work
- It gives the capacity to live for God
- It must be nourished
“The act of God that places the believer in His family as an adult” (Ryrie, 352)
Adoption
Implications of Adoption
- Adoption implies access
2. Adoption implies privilege
Liberation because of the payment of a ransom
Redemption
Implications of Redemption
- Salvation involves a payment
- God is the One who makes the payment, since it costs something greater than man could ever pay.
- Salvation means freedom-not freedom from all masters, but freedom from an evil master to a good One.
John Calvin called it “the main hinge on which religious turns.”
a legal declaration of righteousness
Justification
Implications of Justification
- God is the One who justifies
- All believers have equal standing before God
- God’s justice now requires our forgiveness
“A change of relationship from hostility to harmony and peace between two parties” (Ryrie, 336)
Reconciliation
Implications of reconciliation
- Before salvation, we were God’s enemies, hated by Him
- God took the initiative in reconciliation, demonstrating His love for us
- Salvation includes a cessation of conflict
The turning away of the wrath of God by an offering
Propitiation
Implications of Propitiation
- The division between God and man is caused not just by man’s sin, but by God’s anger over his sin.
- God is the One who provides for His wrath to be appeased.
Explain the acronym T.U.L.I.P
Total Depravity of Man Unconditional Election Limited Atonement Irresistible Grace Perseverance of the Saints
Explain Total Depravity
Sinfulness pervades all areas of life and human existence. Through the Fall of Man humanity is stained by sin in every aspect: heart, emotions will, mind, and body.
Explain Unconditional election
God chooses who will be saved. People are dead in their sins so they are unable to initiate a response to God.
Explain Limited Atonement
The purpose of God in the work of Christ was actually to save the elect
Explain Irresistible Grace
The belief that God brings his Elect to salvation through an internal call, which they are powerless to resist. The Holy Spirit supplies grace to them until they repent and are born again.
Explain Perseverance of the Saints
The view that the Elect cannot lose their salvation. None whom God has called will be lost, they are eternally secure.
Passages that are used for the limited atonement view
Luke 22:19, 1 Corinthians 11:24, Romans 8:32, Galatians 2:20 (many more)