1 Survey of Biblical Doctrine

Week 8Salvation:Justification,Adoption,Sanctification,PerseveranceSurvey of Biblical

DoctrineDiscipleship UniversityThe heights baptist churchChris Besser

2 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SAVED ?

Fall Doctrine

3 Order of Salvation God chooses us – election

God calls us – through the gospel messageGod gives us – new spiritual life through
regenerationConversion – we repent and believe in Christ (saving faith)Justification – our legal
declaration that we are forgiven and not guilty before GodFall Doctrine

4 Order of Salvation Adoption – we become members of God’s family

Sanctification – we become more holy and more like ChristPerseverance – we remain Christians for the
rest of our lifetimeDeath – our bodies die but our souls go to heavenGlorification – our bodies raised
from the dead and made perfect when Christ returnsFall Doctrine

5 JUSTIFICATION – Sola Fide

Fall Doctrine

6 Justification Saving Faith Sins Forgiven Imputed Righteous

Legal DeclarationRom. 5:1Rom. 8:1Rom. 5:19Rom. 8:33“Since we are justified by faith”“No
Condemnation in Christ Jesus”“Through one man Many will be made righteous”“God is the one who
justifies”Fall Doctrine

7 (We’re only neutral at this point)

JustificationPaul explains justification in Romans 4The Judge has declared us not-guiltyThe Judge has
forgiven all sin(We’re only neutral at this point)The Judge sees only the perfect life of ChristFall Doctrine

8 Justify – To Declare Righteous

Romans 4:5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is
credited as righteousnessFall Doctrine

9 Justify – To Forgive Sins

Romans 4:6-8 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing on the man to whom God credits righteousness
apart from works: 7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, And whose sins have
been covered. 8 “Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account.”Fall Doctrine

10 Justify – To Impute Righteousness

Romans 4:3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as
righteousness.” Romans 5:17 …the gift of righteousness…Fall Doctrine

11 ImputationTo attribute to a person vicariously; ascribe as derived from another.Adam’s guilt was
imputed to usOur sins were imputed to Christ on the crossChrist’s righteousness is imputed to usFall
Doctrine

12 Imputed God thinks of Christ’s righteousness as belonging to us.

Imputed vs. InfusedImputed God thinks of Christ’s righteousness as belonging to us.InfusedGod puts
righteousness into us and changes us internally.Fall Doctrine
13 ADOPTIONFall Doctrine

14 Romans 8:14-1714 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For you
have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as
sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” 16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are
children of God, 17 and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we
suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.All believers are related to each otherFall
Doctrine

15 Romans 9:7-87 nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants, but: “through
Isaac your descendants will be named.” 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of
God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants.We are partakers of one family even
with the believing Jews of the Old TestamentFall Doctrine

16 Some Privileges of Adoption

Ability to relate to God as a good and loving FatherBeing led by the Holy SpiritGod disciplines us as His
childrenSharing in Christ’s suffering and gloryMembers of one family2. Rom. 8:14 - For all who are being
led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God3. Prov. 3:12 - For whom the Lord loves He reproves, Even
as a father corrects the son in whom he delights4. Rom. 8:17 - and if children, heirs also, heirs of God
and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.Fall
Doctrine

17 SANCTIFICATIONFall Doctrine

18 DefinitionSanctification is a progressive work of God and man that makes us more and more free
from sin and like Christ in our actual lives.Grudem. Systematic Theology, p. 670Fall Doctrine

19 Justification vs. Sanctification

Justification Legal Standing Once for all time Entirely God’s work Perfect in this life Same in all
ChristiansSanctificationInternal ConditionContinuous thru lifeWe cooperateNot perfect in this
lifeGreater in someFall Doctrine

20 3 Stages of Sanctification
Begins at the moral change of regenerationTitus 3:5He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we
have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing
by the Holy SpiritFall Doctrine

21 3 Stages of Sanctification
Increase throughout life2 Corinthians 3:18But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the
glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord,
the Spirit.Fall Doctrine

22 3 Stages of Sanctification
Completed at deathHebrews 12:23…to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made
perfectFall Doctrine

23 God and Man Cooperate God’s Role Philippians 2:13

for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasureTrinity at workGod Heb.
13:21 - equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight,
through Jesus ChristChrist 1 Cor. 1:30 - But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us
wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemptionHS 1 Peter 1:2 - by the
sanctifying work of the SpiritFall Doctrine

24 God and Man Cooperate Our Role - Passive Romans 6:13

and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but
present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of
righteousness to God.Present = yieldFall Doctrine

25 God and Man Cooperate Our Role - Active Romans 8:13

for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the
deeds of the body, you will live. .Fall Doctrine

26 2 Corinthians 10:5We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the
knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of ChristFall Doctrine

27 The Road to Growth Bible reading and meditation Prayer Worship

WitnessingChristian fellowshipSelf-discipline/Self-controlFall Doctrine

28 PERSEVERANCEFall Doctrine

29 DefinitionThe perseverance of the saints means that all those who are truly born again will be kept by
God’s power and will persevere as Christians until the end of their lives, and that only those who
persevere until the end have been truly born again.Grudem. Systematic Theology, p. 788Fall Doctrine

30 DefinitionThe perseverance of the saints means that all those who are truly born again will be kept by
God’s power and will persevere as Christians until the end of their lives, and that only those who
persevere until the end have been truly born again.Fall Doctrine

31 John 6:39-4039 This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing,
but raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son
and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”Fall Doctrine

32 John 10:27-2927 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give
eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. 29 My
Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the
Father’s hand.And no, we can’t remove ourselves from God’s hand. “No one” means no one.Fall
Doctrine

33 It would be unjust for God to give eternal punishment to those that …

No CondemnationIt would be unjust for God to give eternal punishment to those that …Romans
8:1Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.Fall Doctrine

34 The Holy Spirit inside us acts as God’s guarantee.

We Have a SealThe Holy Spirit inside us acts as God’s guarantee.Ephesians 1:13-1413 In Him, you also,
after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were
sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view
to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.Fall Doctrine
35 God Finishes what He Starts
The work in us is not completed.Philippians 1:6For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a
good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.Fall Doctrine

36 DefinitionThe perseverance of the saints means that all those who are truly born again will be kept by
God’s power and will persevere as Christians until the end of their lives, and that only those who
persevere until the end have been truly born again.Fall Doctrine

37 John 8:31-3231 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My
word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you
free.”And no, we can’t remove ourselves from God’s hand. “No one” means no one.Fall Doctrine

38 Matthew 10:22You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the
end who will be saved.And no, we can’t remove ourselves from God’s hand. “No one” means no one.Fall
Doctrine

39 Hebrews 3:14For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance
firm until the end.And no, we can’t remove ourselves from God’s hand. “No one” means no one.Fall
Doctrine

40 Questions Geared Towards Assurance

Do I have a present trust in Christ for Salvation?John 3:16For God so loved the world, that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.Fall Doctrine

41 Questions Geared Towards Assurance

Is there evidence of a regenerating work of the Holy Spirit in my heart?Galatians 5:2222 But the fruit of
the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control;
against such things there is no law.Fall Doctrine

42 Questions Geared Towards Assurance

Do I see a long-term pattern of growth in my Christian life?2 Peter 1:5-85 Now for this very reason also,
applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, 6
and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance,
godliness, 7 and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if these
qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.Fall Doctrine