Exam Flashcards
(32 cards)
• Continuance in salvation includes:
Faith (in Christ) (what I believe) and Fruit of obedience (how I live)
• Relationship + Faithfulness =
Fruitfulness
• Process of faithfulness
Obedience; action
• Motivation of faithfulness
love
• Expression of obedience
love
• The 3 P’s of Fruit
o Personal – fruit of spirit
o Public – winning souls
o Permanent – lasting
What is God’s part in continuance?
Regeneration and justification
• What is our park in continuance
faith and obedience
• Means and Methods of continuation
o Prayer o Bible Study o Self-Denial o Spiritual Service o Spiritual Disciplines
• Apostasy:
Rejection of Christ
Complete Rebellion
Final State
• Backsliding:
o Turning away after salvation
o Deliberate act of the will
o Continual rebellion, not a one-time sin
• Heresy
o False doctrine/belief
o Denial of Christian doctrine
• Orthodoxy
o True/Right belief
• Syncretism
o Combining faiths
o Adulteration of faith
• Election
o God chooses to save some and not others
• Foreknowledge
o Knowing beforehand who will choose God
• Perseverance of the saints
o Continuing in faith after conversion
• Predestination
o Certain people are chosen to be saved
• Double Predestination
o Some chosen for eternal separation from God
• Universal salvation
o Christ’s expiation is for all
• Free Will
o God gives us the option to choose to serve Him
• Prevenient Grace
o Grace before salvation through the Holy Spirit
• Failure in Obedience =
Disobedience
• Disobedience is:
o Deliberate
o Continual