Condensed Theology Lecture 34

8/6/2019 Condensed Theology Lecture 34

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Condensed Theology

A Primer in Systematic Theology


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Soteriology:

The Doctrine of Salvation

What does the Bible teach about

salvation?


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Review


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Review

The ordo salutis

Salvation is union with Christ

Primordial union with Christ Temporal union with Christ


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Review:

The Ordo Salutis

The Order of Salvation


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The Ordo Salutis

The New Testament suggests the following order of theaspects of the application of redemption (how Christswork gets from him to us): Election

Predestination (Effectual/Effective) Calling

Regeneration

Repentance

Faith

Justification Adoption

Sanctification

Glorification


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Review:

Salvation Is Union with Christ


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Review: Union with Christ

This is the central and organizing motif ofthe biblical understanding of theapplication of redemption.


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It is in Christthat we have been elected andpredestined for salvation.

It is in Christthat we are called and regenerated.

It is in Christthat we receive the gifts of faith andrepentance.

It is in Christthat we are justified.

It is in Christthat we have received the adoption

as sons. It is in Christthat we are sanctified.

And it is in Christthat we are glorified.


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In other words, all of the aspects of theordo salutisbelong to us only throughunion with Christ.

They are his and through our union withhim by the Holy Spirit all of them areoursfrom eternity past to eternity

futurewe have been blessed with everyspiritual blessing in Christ(Eph 1:3).


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We must understand that as long as

Christ remains outside of us, and we areseparated from him, all that he has

suffered and done for the salvation of thehuman race remains useless and of no

value for us (John Calvin, Institutes

3.1.1).


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Review:

Primordial Union with Christ

Union before Time


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Review:

Primordial Union with Christ

Election and Predestination

Can anyone define these terms?

Eph 1:4: [The Father] chose us in Him [=in Christ] before the foundation of theworld, that we should be holy andblameless before Him.

What part do we play in election and

predestination?


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Review:

Temporal Union with Christ

The Initiating Acts of God


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Review: Temporal Union with

Christ: Gods Initiating Acts

(Effective) Calling

Can anyone define this term?

1 Cor 1:9: God is faithful, through whomyou were called into fellowship with HisSon, Jesus Christ our Lord.

What part do we play in effective calling?


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Christ: Gods Initiating Acts

Regeneration


1 Pet 1:3: Blessed be the God and Fatherof our Lord Jesus Christ, who according toHis great mercy has caused us to be bornagain to a living hope through theresurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

What part do we play in regeneration?


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Review:

Temporal Union with ChristMans Response to Divine Activity


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Christ: Mans Response Repentance


1 Thess 1:9: For they themselves report about us whatkind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned

to God from idols to serve a living and true God. 2 Tim 2:25: with gentleness correcting those who are

in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentanceleading to the knowledge of the truth.

What part do we play in repentance? What part does God play in repentance?


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Christ: Mans Response

Faith


Acts 16:31: They said, Believe in the Lord

Jesus, and you will be saved. Eph 2:8-9: For by grace you have been saved

through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is thegift of God; not as a result of works, so that no

one may boast. What part do we play in faith?

What part does God play in faith?


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Review:

Temporal Union with ChristGods Responsive Activity


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Christ: Gods Responsive Acts Justification Can anyone define this term? Rom 3:24-26: being justified as a gift by His grace

through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; whom

God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His bloodthrough faith. This was to demonstrate Hisrighteousness, because in the forbearance of God Hepassed over the sins previously committed; for thedemonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the presenttime, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one

who has faith in Jesus. What role do we play in justification? What role does God play in justification?


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Christ: Gods Responsive Acts

Adoption


Gal 4:4-5: But when the fullness of the time

came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman,born under the Law, so that He might redeemthose who were under the Law, that we mightreceive the adoption as sons.

What role do we play in adoption?

What role does God play in adoption?


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Temporal Union with Christ

Sanctification


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Sanctification

Toward a Definition


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Sanctification: Toward a Definition

To be sanctified means to be set apart for holyuse.

In the context of the Old Testament sacrificial

system, bowls and cups and lavers and priests,etc. were sanctified by God.

They were set apart for use in theTabernacle/Temple through some symbolic rite

involving blood and/or oil and/or water. Old Testament terms include: sanctify,consecrate, set apart, and make holy.


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Exod 40:9: "Then you shall take the anointingoil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it,and shall consecrate it and all its furnishings;

and it shall be holy. 1 Chron 23:13: The sons of Amram were Aaron

and Moses. And Aaron was set apart to sanctifyhim as most holy, he and his sons forever, to

burn incense before the LORD, to minister toHim and to bless in His name forever.


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Because the sanctification of individualsand objects of the Old Covenant set themapart for holy use, for service to the holy

God, and ethical idea developed from theceremonial one.

To be sanctified in this sense is to behave

as one set apart for service to the holyGod; i.e., to behave obediently.


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Ps 15:1-5: O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Whomay dwell on Your holy hill? He who walks with integrity,and works righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart.He does not slander with his tongue, Nor does evil to his

neighbor, Nor takes up a reproach against his friend; Inwhose eyes a reprobate is despised, But who honorsthose who fear the LORD; He swears to his own hurtand does not change; He does not put out his money atinterest, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things will never be shaken. Lev 19:2: Speak to all the congregation of the sons of

Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I theLORD your God am holy.


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The New Testament builds on both theceremonial and ethical aspects of sanctification,emphasizing the latter (ethical sanctification).

2 Tim 2:21:

Therefore, if anyone cleanseshimself from these things, he will be a vessel forhonor, sanctified, useful to the Master, preparedfor every good work.

1 Pet 1:15-16: but like the Holy One whocalled you, be holy yourselves also in all yourbehavior; because it is written, "YOU SHALL BEHOLY, FOR I AM HOLY."


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Sanctification refers to the believers

holiness of life and conductset apart byGod and behaving likeGod.


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When Is the Believer

Sanctified?


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Sanctification: When Are We

Sanctified?

This may seem like a strange question,but we will not understand the doctrine ofsanctification without it.

For added help, lets put it differently


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Sanctified?

Is sanctification a responsive act of God,or not?

That is, can a person be sanctified beforeexercising saving repentance and faith?

Or is sanctification Gods response to our

exercise of repentance and faith?

Answer:

It is both.


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Sanctified?

To explain, let uscomparesanctification with

justification.


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Sanctified?


justification.

Justification


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Sanctified?


justification.

Justification Sanctification


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Sanctified?


justification.


Only receivedfollowing faith,

notcontinuously

justified


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Sanctified?


justification.



notcontinuously

justified

Obtainedbefore faith

and continuesafter faith


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Sanctified?


justification.



notcontinuously

justified



Yet a gift ofGods grace


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Sanctified?


justification.



notcontinuously

justified



Yet a gift ofGods grace

In both cases(before andafter faith), agift of Gods

grace


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Sanctification before Faith


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Sanctified? Sanctified before faith

Rom 1:7: to all who are beloved of God inRome, called as saints: Grace to you and peacefrom God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Cor 1:2, 9: To the church of God which is atCorinth, to those who have been sanctified inChrist Jesus, saints by calling, with all who inevery place call on the name of our Lord JesusChrist, their Lord and ours.9God is faithful,through whom you were called into fellowshipwith His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.


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Sanctified after Faith

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Sanctified?

Sanctified after faith

1 Thess 4:3: For this is the will of God,your sanctification; that is, that you abstain

from sexual immorality. 1 Thess 5:23: Now may the God of peace

Himself sanctify you entirely; and may

your spirit and soul and body be preservedcomplete, without blame at the coming ofour Lord Jesus Christ.

S ifi i Wh A W


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Sanctified?

Because of the before faith/after faithparadigm, it is helpful to understandsanctification both as definitive and

progressive.

Christians by definition are sanctified.

Christians over time are being sanctified.

S ifi i Wh A W


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Sanctified?

Remember our original elaborativequestions:

Is sanctification a responsive act of God,or not?

That is, can a person be sanctified beforeexercising saving repentance and faith?

Or is sanctification Gods response to our

exercise of repentance and faith?

S ifi i Wh A W


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Sanctified?

The categories of

Definitive sanctification and

Progressive sanctification

Allow us to answer, It is both.

S tifi ti Wh A W


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Sanctified?

Definitive sanctification is a unilateral actof God that is performed upon usirrespective of faith and

Progressive sanctification is a responsiveact of God that is performed upon us notonly once we repent and believe, but as

we repent and believe throughout ourChristian lives.

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