Christian Beliefs, Wayne A Grudem - Units 13 - 16
A) What is our role in sanctification? U15 B) What is God's role in sanctification? C) What are some specific ways in which you could contribute more to your sanctification in the coming week?
A) Our role is that we continue to grow both in our passive trust in God to sanctify us and in our active striving for holiness and obedience in our lives B) God 's role is to equip His children with the Holy Spirit, producing holiness in us. C) by praying, reading God's word, trusting God to be in control everyday
A) What will happen to the bodies of Christians when Jesus returns to the earth? U16 B) What specific aspects of our resurrection bodies are you especially hopeful about?
A) The bodies of Christians will be made perfect when Christ returns B) I'm most hopeful about them being imperishable.
A) Why do Christians die? U16 B) How does that affect the way you think about your own death someday?
A) because God decided it was best that Christians not experience all of the benefits of salvation at once. B) Nothing on this earth can compare to the wonders that God has planned.
A) How does it make you feel to be part of God's family? U14 B) Can you name some of the specific blessings that come from adoption?
A) loved & cared for; because I know once saved is always saved. B) As children of God we have the privilege of an ultimate relationship with God; we also do not have to live our lives in fear
What does it mean to be justified? U14
God thinks of our sins as forgiven and He thinks of Jesus' righteousness as belonging to us because of Jesus' death.
List some passages of Scripture that support the doctrine of perseverance. U15
Mark 9:24; Colossians 1:22-23; Hebrews 3:14
How is sanctification different from justification? U15
Sanctification is progressive work between God and man that makes Christians more free from sin; it is not complete until Christ returns Justification is a legal declaration by God that we are forgiven and righteous through Jesus. Justification is received instantly when we respond to God's call with repentance & faith.
What happens to the bodies and what happens to the souls of Christians when they die? U16
The bodies of Christians stay in the ground while their sous go to heaven.
How does someone become a Christian? U13
To become a Christian, a person is called by God and responds to His call with repentance and faith.
What does it mean to truly repent of sins? U13
To make a conscious decision to truly turn away from your sins
Can you explain what it means to truly believe in Jesus? U13
Truly believing in Jesus is admitting that you cannot save yourself, and at the same time, Believing that Christ can.
How are Christians justified? U14
by faith
In what ways can Christians give evidence of their belief in Jesus? U13
by trusting Jesus to save them, by repenting & by having true faith in Him
