Gospel Call
Name one of the parts of the gospel call:
1. man's sinfulness
2. Christ's death and resurrection
3. God's promise of forgiveness for sins
Regeneration is entirely a work of who?
God
Who revealed Himself to Saul to regenerate him?
Jesus
Without _______________, it is impossible to please God
faith
2 Cor. 5:21 states, "For our sake He made Him to be sin, who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become righteousness of God"
Q: Who is we in this verse?
followers of Christ/believers
Only personal conviction by the ___________ __________ leads to repentance and faith
Holy Spirit
Jesus tells Nicodemus he must be ___________ _______ to see the Kingdom of God
born again
Prior to Paul's regeneration, how did he treat Christians?
persecuted them
True saving faith involves knowing with the mind, agreeing with the heart and what else?
a commitment to obey God
Eph. 1:3 states, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places"
Name one of the spiritual blessings:
1. Christ's righteousness
2. eternal life
3. transformed life (sanctification)
Why is there a sense of urgency to give the gospel call to unbelievers?
people will only believe if they hear the gospel call and no one is promised to live another day
What is regeneration?
special work of Holy Spirit giving life to dead sinners
How do sinners repent?
turning to God and away from sin with whole heart
Which one of the original 12 disciples must have had head knowledge and maybe even heart agreement of who Jesus was, but did not commit to obeying Jesus?
Judas
Eph. 1:4 starts out, "Even as He chose us in Him..."
Q: Who is the He in this verse?
Q: Who is the Him in this verse?
He = God the Father
Him = God the Son/Jesus Christ
In Jesus parable of the wedding feast, one of the attendees was told to leave due to not wearing the proper clothing. Q: what was the proper clothing?
The righteousness of Christ
What persons of the God Head are involved in regeneration?
all three
Who was Esau's younger brother who received the birthright, that typically went to the older son?
Jacob
True saving faith involves a whole-hearted commitment and trust in Jesus plus what else for salvation?
nothing else
When did He choose us in Him?
before the foundation of the world
What is God's effectual call and how does it differ from the general gospel call?
God's effectual call is God's irresistible grace that brings spiritual life to God's chosen.
Truly saved people will begin to demonstrate their new life how?
obedience to God
Esau is a biblical example of false repentance. Explain:
he regretted his sin, but never repented of his sin
What bible character had such faith in God that he was willing to sacrifice his only son, knowing that God would either provide a substitute or bring his son back to life?
Abraham
This lesson is talking about what is known as the "great exchange". What was exchanged?
Christ took our sins on the cross and we received Christ's righteousness