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Doctrine of Salvation
1. Definition- Salvation is the total work of God delivering man from the condemnation of sin to justification; from death to eternal life and the positional eternal state of fellowship with Him. [Jn. 3:18]. 2. Etymology- so-zo- verb for salvation to deliver so-te-ria salvation deliverance so-te-r Savior yashac verb meaning to save yeshucah Savior 3. The physical meaning of deliverance Acts 7:25; 27:34; Heb. 11:7. 4. Man's need of salvation- Eph. 2:14 The barrier between God and man. a. The Essence of God Is. 46:9; Rom. 3:23; 8:8; 1 Tim. 6:16 which is propitiated (satisfied) Rom. 3:22-2; 1 Jn. 2:2. b. Sin in man from Adam's sin Ps. 51:5; Jer. 17:9; Rom. 5:12; 3:23 is solved by Redemption (purchased out of the slave market of sin) Ps. 34:22; John 8:31-36; Gal. 3:13; Eph. 1:7; 1 Pet. 1:18,19; and Unlimited Atonement 2 Cor. 5:14,15,19; 1 Tim. 2:6; 4:10; Tit. 2:11; Heb. 2:9; 2 Pet. 2:1; 1 Jn. 2:2. c. The Penalty for Sin Gen. 2:17; Rom. 6:23 resolved by Expiation (payment for the penalty-spiritual death) Is. 53:5,6; Eph. 2:15,16; Col. 2:14; 1 Pet. 2:24. d. The Physical Birth of man Jn. 3:6; Rom. 5:12; Eph. 2:1 is resolved by Regeneration Jn. 3:6,18. e. Man's Relative Righteousness (human efforts toward pleasing God) Is. 64:6; Rom. 3:10-12; 9:30-33 is resolved by Imputation of God's Perfect Righteousness (Rom. 3:22; 1 Cor. 1:30; 2 Cor. 5:21; Phil. 3:9 and therefore Justification (declaring the believer righteous) Gen. 15:6; Rom. 4:1-5,25; 5:1,9; 8:30; Gal. 2:16; 3:11; Tit. 3:7. f. Man's Position in Adam 1 Cor. 15:22a is changed to a Position in Christ 1 Cor. 15:22b; 2 Cor. 5:17; Eph. 1:3-6; 2:13. 5. Salvation is exclusively a work of God Jn. 1:12,13; 2 Tim. 1:8-10; Eph. 2:8-10. Salvation begins and ends with God. Man can do nothing. Election is the sovereign expression of God made in Eternity Past whereby God read the printout from omniscience, having foreknown every person, which is foreknowledge on who would be saved. Common Grace- man is born spiritually dead, so at God consciousness and gospel hearing, the Holy Spirit makes the information perspicuous 1 Cor. 2:12-14. a. Mechanics and content of Common Grace- Jn. 16:8-11 Holy Spirit will convince of Sin- rejection of Christ Jn. 3:36; righteousness- human type Is. 64:6 Tit. 3:5; and judgment Heb. 9:27; Tit. 2:11. b. There is a general calling Jn. 12:32; cf. Jn. 6:44; Rom. 8:30. c. At the point of God consciousness, God reveals sufficient knowledge about Himself for man to accept or reject Rom. 1:18-23.

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At the point of gospel hearing the believer must make a decision to believe or reject Eph. 1:12-13. e. Many also consider rain, food, etc. as common grace Matt. 5:45. f. The Holy Spirit makes that truth sufficiently clear to make a decision. It is not clear except by the work of God the Holy Spirit. 5. Efficacious Grace is that work of Holy Spirit taking the positive volition of the believer after gospel hearing and converting it to effective faith. Man supplies non-meritorious Volition, God takes it from there. I chose my rebirth, but not my birth or death. a. The believer is responsible for witnessing Rom. 10:14-17 v. 14 How shall they believe unless they hear. v. 17 Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word; God takes that spark of volition and converts it. b. Faith is essential for peace with God Rom. 5:1. 6. The Holy Spirit regenerates the believer giving spiritual life where before there existed spiritual death Tit. 3:5; Jn. 3:7,8. The believer is then justified, declared righteous (not just as if I had never sinned). It is a judicial act whereby the sinner is declared righteous, or justly free from obligation to penalty, and fully restored to divine favor. a. The unbeliever cannot be justified by the Law Rom. 3:20. b. Justification comes through redemption which is in Christ Rom. 3:24. c. Man is justified by faith apart from the law Rom. 3:28. d. Justification results in peace with God- Reconciliation Rom. 5:1. Every believer is entered into Union with Christ at salvation by the Baptism of the Holy Spirit 1 Cor. 12:13; Rom. 6:3; Ga. 3:27; Eph. 4:5.

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Supralapsarianism -- Hyper Calvinism a. decree to elect some to salvation and leave others to condemnation. b. decree to create all men. c. decree to permit the fall. d. decree to provide salvation for elect. e. decree to apply salvation to elect. Sublapsarianism -- Limited Atonement a. decree to create all men. b. decree to permit the fall. c. decree to elect some from the actual fallen multitude. d. decree to provide salvation for the elect. e. decree to save the elect through Christ. Infralapsarianism -- Unlimited Atonement a. Decree to create all men. b. decree to permit the fall. c. decree to provide salvation sufficient for all men. d. decree to elect (apply salvation to) some from among fallen mankind and to leave the others in their sin. e. decree to save the elect through faith in Christ. 9. Order of the Decree (RBT)

a. Decree to create all man to bring honor and glory to God Heb. 2:10. b. Decree to permit the fall of man as an extension of the Angelic Conflict. c. God the Father as a means of glorifying Himself, as grantor deposits in escrow greater blessing for the elect Eph. 1:3. d. Decree to provide salvation for all man with a view to save the elect Rom. 8:28-30; Eph. 1:4. e. Simultaneous decrees of election and predestination Eph. 1:4,5. f. Decree to apply salvation to elect through the function of common grace. g. Decree to save those in Christ through the effectual call by the work of the Holy Spirit.

10. Order of Salvation (Ordu Salutis) a. Election b. General Call c. Effectual Call d. Conversion; Regeneration; Justification; Union with Christ e. Adoption as Adult Sons 11. God's motives in man's salvation. a. That He might express His infinite love for the lost world Jn. 3:16; Rom. 5:8; 1 Jn. 4:9-10. b. To resolve the Angelic Conflict Job 1:6; 2:1-3; Luke 15:7,10; 1 Cor. 4:9; 11:10; Eph. 3:10; 1 tim. 3:16; 5:21. c. That He might display the riches of His grace in the ages to come Eph. 2:4-7. d. That His glory might be praised forever Eph. 1:6,12,14._