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THE END TIMES\b0\fs22\par \pard\sb100\sa100 A. Jesus Christ will return from Heaven as He promised, the dead will be resurrected, and the whole world will be judged, all at God's appointed time. [\cf1\ul Psa_96:13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Dan_7:9-14\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Dan_12:1-2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_16:27\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_25:31-46\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mar_4:22\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mar_13:24-27\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_5:28-29\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Act_1:11\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Act_17:31\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Act_24:15\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_15:23-25\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Co_5:10\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Th_4:15-17\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Th_1:7-10\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Ti_4:1\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_9:27-28\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Pe_3:10-12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rev_1:7-8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rev_20:11-13\cf0\ulnone ]\par B. All for whom Jesus Christ did not die will live eternally in the pit of Hell and will be eternally tormented for their sins. Souls who are tormented in the next life will never suffer enough to even begin to pay for as much as one sin. Scripture rejects the lie that souls in Hell cease to exist or cease to be tormented, as this is a denial that offending the infinitely holy God is an infinite crime deserving of an infinite punishment. Scripture also rejects the lie of Purgatory as well as the lie that those who perish denying the doctrines of the gospel will finally accept them in heaven. [\cf1\ul Deu_32:22\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Deu_32:41\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_9:17\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Pro_27:20\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_33:14\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Dan_12:2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_3:12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_5:22\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_7:21-23\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_10:28\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_11:22-24\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_13:41-42\cf0\ulnone ;LVAL \cf1\ul Mat_25:30\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_25:46\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mar_9:42-48\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Luk_16:23-24\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Luk_16:26\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_3:36\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_10:11\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_10:26\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_12:48\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_2:5-9\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_6:23\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Gal_3:10\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Th_1:5-9\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_10:26-27\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Pe_3:7\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Jud_1:6-7\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rev_14:9-11\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rev_19:2-3\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rev_20:14-15\cf0\ulnone ]\par C. All for whom Jesus Christ died will live eternally in Heaven in perfect fellowship with God, as He promised them. The final state of the Church will be eternal glory with her King and Husband. He will wipe every tear from her eyes and will entirely remove all indwelling sin from her. She will worship Him in the presence of His visible glory for all eternity. [\cf1\ul Psa_49:15\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_116:8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_25:8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Dan_12:2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_19:29\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_25:34\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_25:46\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Luk_18:29-30\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_3:15-16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_3:36\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_4:14\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_6:40\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_6:47\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_6:54\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_10:28\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_14:2-3\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_17:2-3\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_2:7\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_6:22-23\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_8:30\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_15:53-54\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Gal_6:8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Phi_3:20-21\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Col_3:4\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Tit_1:2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Tit_2:13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Tit_3:7\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Pe_1:4\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Pe_3:13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_2:25\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_2:28\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_3:2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rev_14:1-5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rev_21:2-4\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rev_21:22-27\cfpLVAL0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rev_22:1-5\cf0\ulnone ]\par \cf2\par }   Q R Scripture Indexh<p[0$ Title Pagek>,  Preface"7`[$ I. Scripture5`[,  II. God ,`[" III. Man!)`[$ IV. Jesus the Christf"`[<0 V. SalvationF`[,  VI. The ChurchH!`[0$ VII. The End TimesL `[8,LVAL`[{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Georgia;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green128\blue0;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\sb100\sa100\qc\lang1033\b\f0\fs36 VI. THE CHURCH\fs22\par \pard\sb100\sa100\b0 A. The Church is an entity created by God by the power of the gospel with Jesus Christ as her Head and Husband, to the praise of the glory of His grace. Wherever the true Church is found, the true gospel is always found. [\cf1\ul Psa_2:6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_46:4-5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_48:1-2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_48:11-13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_50:2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_99:2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_102:13-21\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_111:1\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_118:22\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_2:3\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_28:16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_33:5-6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_35:8-10\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_52:7\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_62:12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_16:18\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Act_20:28\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_12:4-5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_12:24\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_12:27\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_1:6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_1:13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_2:20-22\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_5:23-32\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Col_1:18\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Th_1:1\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Th_1:1\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Ti_3:15\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Tit_1:9\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Tit_2:15\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Jam_1:21\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rev_21:12\cf0\ulnone ]\par B. It is the duty of believers to assemble for worship and fellowship. [\cf1\ul Mat_18:20\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Act_2:42\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_10:24-25\cf0\ulnone ]\par C. The worship in the assembly must be conducted decently and in order, in spirit and truth, according to the commands of Scripture. [\cf1\ul 2Ch_29:30\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_22:22\cf0\ulnone ;\cf1\ul Psa_35:18\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_89:7\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_107:31-32\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_149:1\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_4:23-24\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_11:1-34\cf0\ulnoneLVAL ; \cf1\ul 1Co_12:1-31\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_14:33-40\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_5:19\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Col_3:16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Ti_2:1-2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Ti_2:8-12\cf0\ulnone ]\par D. It is the duty of the assembly to excommunicate anyone in the assembly who confesses belief in a false gospel or who confesses that at least some who believe in a false gospel are regenerate (including anyone who considers at least some universal atonement advocates to be regenerate), as such persons are clearly unbelievers. [\cf1\ul Deu_13:1-5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_26:4-5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_101:4\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_101:7\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_7:15-20\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mar_16:16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_6:43-45\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_7:24\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_10:3\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_16:17\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_10:21\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_16:22\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Co_6:14-15\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Gal_6:14-16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_5:6-12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Ti_6:3-5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Ti_3:5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_2:22-23\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_4:2-3\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Jo_1:9-11\cf0\ulnone ]\par E. It is the duty of the assembly to rebuke and call to repentance anyone in the assembly who is openly disobedient to God's law, including anyone who has sinned against another in the assembly. If the person persists in this sin without repentance, it is the duty of the assembly to excommunicate this person, as no such person will inherit the kingdom of heaven. [\cf1\ul Psa_101:7-8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_18:15-18\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_5:7\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_5:11-13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_6:9-10\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Co_13:1\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Th_3:11-12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Ti_5:20\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Ti_3:2-7\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_2:15-16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rev_21:8\cf0\ulnone ]\par F. If anyone in the assembly who has been rebuked (but not excommunicated) repents of sinning against a brother or of any other open disobedience to God'tLVALs law, the assembly is to forgive him and restore him to fellowship. [\cf1\ul Mat_18:20-21\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Co_2:5-8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Gal_6:1\cf0\ulnone ]\par \pard\cf2\par } LVAL`[{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Georgia;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green128\blue0;\red255\green0\blue0;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\sb100\sa100\qc\lang1033\b\f0\fs36 V. SALVATION\b0\fs22\par \b A. The Law\b0\par \pard\sb100\sa100 The function of God's law is to show forth God's perfect standard of righteousness that His people may: \par 1. Learn their natural inability to meet that standard, [\cf1\ul Deu_9:4-6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_130:3\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_64:6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Dan_9:5-11\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_3:19-20\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_5:13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_5:20\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_7:7-13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Gal_3:10-12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Gal_4:24-25\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Jam_2:10-11\cf0\ulnone ] \par 2. Rest in a Substitute who would and did meet that standard on their behalf, [\cf1\ul Psa_32:1-2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_34:19-20\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_130:4\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_53:11\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_8:56\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_3:21-22\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_7:24-25\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Co_5:21\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Gal_3:19\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_7:25-27\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_11:24-28\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Pe_2:21-24\cf0\ulnone ]\par 3. And strive to obey Him out of love, thankfulness, and a desire to glorify Him. [\cf1\ul Exo_20:20\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Deu_6:1-9\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Deu_6:10-19\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Deu_6:20-25\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Deu_8:1-10\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Deu_8:11-18\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Deu_10:12-13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Deu_13:4\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Jos_1:8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Jos_23:6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Sa_15:22\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_1:2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_119:2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_119:4-6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_119:10-11\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_119:16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_119:55\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_119:60\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_119:72\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_119:77\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_119:97\cf0\ulnLVALone ; \cf1\ul Psa_119:109\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_119:112\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_119:129\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_119:166-168\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Ecc_12:13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_22:37-40\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_14:15\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_14:21\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_6:1-2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_6:11-13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_6:20\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_5:15-21\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_12:28-29\cf0\ulnone ] \par \pard\sb100\sa100\qc\b B. The Gospel \b0\par \pard\sb100\sa100 1. The gospel is God's promise to save His people, giving them all the blessings of salvation from regeneration to final glory, conditioned exclusively on the atoning blood and imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ, totally apart from the sinner's works and efforts. It reveals the righteousness of God - how God is just to justify the ungodly based on the work of Jesus Christ alone. The gospel is not merely the fact that Jesus lived, died, and rose again, considered apart from the purpose of these truths, which were accomplished to establish a righteousness for all whom Jesus represented.\cf2 \cf0 [\cf1\ul Gen_15:5-6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_103:2-12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_130:3-4\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_1:18\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_45:21-25\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Jer_33:14-16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_1:21\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_3:16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Act_13:32-39\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_1:16-17\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_3:21-26\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_4:5-8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_4:13-25\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_10:4\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_10:15\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_15:1-8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Co_1:20\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Co_5:21\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_1:3-23\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_2:1-22\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_3:6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Col_1:5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Ti_1:1\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Ti_1:9-10\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_10:4-17\cf0\ulnone ]\par 2. Immediately upon the first sin of Adam and Eve, God gave out this gospel as a promise to the serpent (for the benefit of the Church)LVAL that He would cause one of Eve's descendants to destroy the work of the devil. From the first giving of this promise until its consummation in Jesus Christ, God has given no new gospel. All the saints from the beginning of creation have believed this gospel. [\cf1\ul Gen_3:15\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_32:1-2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_53:1-9\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_53:10-12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Luk_24:44-46\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_8:56\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Act_13:32-33\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_4:1-7\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Ti_3:14-15\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_11:24-26\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_11:39-40\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Pe_1:10-12\cf0\ulnone ] \par 3. The gospel, which is clearly revealed within the Scriptures, is the power of God to salvation to everyone believing. No man ever has, or ever can be, saved apart from the knowledge of this gospel, for it is this gospel and this alone that glorifies God in all His redemptive attributes. Scripture rejects the lie that a regenerate person may be ignorant of the gospel or that the people of God were saved by various other means under various other dispensations (such as the keeping of the law in the time of Moses, etc.). [\cf1\ul Deu_4:34-35\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_36:9\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_119:98-100\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_45:20\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_13:23\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mar_16:16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Luk_24:44-46\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_6:40\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_6:45-47\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_8:32\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_8:56\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_17:3\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Act_4:12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Act_26:26\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_1:16-17\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_4:1-8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_4:23-24\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_6:17-18\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_10:2-3\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_4:8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_2:10-12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_10:9-11\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Co_4:3-6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Gal_3:10-13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_1:13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Phi_3:8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Th_2:13-14\cf0\ulnone LVAL; \cf1\ul 2Ti_3:15\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_11:27\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_5:20\cf0\ulnone ]\par \pard\sb100\sa100\qc\b C. Regeneration and Conversion\b0\par \pard\sb100\sa100 1. Regeneration (also known as the new birth) is that grace in which the Holy Spirit brings a sinner from spiritual death to spiritual life, takes away his old heart and old spirit, implants within him a new heart and a new spirit, and indwells him. He is made a new creation, dead to sin and alive to God in Jesus Christ, so that he is no longer totally depraved and no longer serves sin. God's grace in regeneration is irresistible; that is, no man is able to resist the motions of the Holy Spirit to regenerate him. Regeneration is never preceded by any condition the sinner meets, can meet, or is enabled to meet. [\cf1\ul Deu_30:6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Jer_24:7\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eze_11:19-20\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eze_36:25-27\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Zec_4:6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_1:13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_3:3-8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_6:37\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_6:44\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_6:63\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_10:3-5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_10:27\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_17:2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_5:5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_6:1-14\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_6:15-22\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_7:6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_8:2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_8:5-16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_8:30\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_15:45\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_2:5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_4:22-24\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Col_2:11-13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Tit_3:5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_9:13-15\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Pe_1:23\cf0\ulnone ]\par 2. At the same time a sinner is regenerated, he is adopted into God's family and set apart from the world. He is counted to be as holy and acceptable before God as Jesus Christ Himself, is made to be at peace with God, and enters into fellowship with God based on the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ alone. [\cf1\ul Job_29:14\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_85:8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_26:3\cf0\ulnonLVALe ; \cf1\ul Isa_32:17\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_61:10\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_1:12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_17:21-23\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_3:22\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_4:6-8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_5:1-2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_5:19\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_8:14-17\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_8:33-39\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_1:30\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_6:11\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Co_5:21\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Gal_3:26\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Gal_4:5-7\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_1:4-5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_2:14-19\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_3:11-12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_5:25-27\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Col_1:20-22\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Th_2:13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Tit_3:7\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_2:10-11\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_1:3\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_3:1\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rev_21:7\cf0\ulnone ]\par 3. Conversion is that grace in which the Holy Spirit causes the sinner to repent and believe the gospel. The regenerate person is given a knowledge and understanding of the true gospel of salvation conditioned on the work of Jesus Christ alone and the realization that he was unregenerate when he believed a false gospel of salvation conditioned on the sinner. He counts all of his former life and deeds, whether religious or irreligious, as dead works, evil deeds, and fruit unto death. Conversion is the immediate and inevitable fruit of regeneration; therefore, a person may not be regenerated without being converted. There has never existed and will never exist a regenerate person who is ignorant of the gospel. Scripture rejects the lie that an unregenerate person can be under the conviction of the Holy Spirit, since the Holy Spirit only leads people to Jesus Christ and His righteousness as the only ground of salvation. [\cf1\ul Deu_4:34-35\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_45:6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_45:20-25\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_13:23\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mar_16:16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_6:40\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_8:32\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_16:8-11\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_17:3\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\LVALul Act_16:14-15\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_1:16-17\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_3:26\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_6:17\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_6:21\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_7:6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Co_2:10-12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Co_4:2-6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_1:13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Phi_3:7-8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Th_2:13-14\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_9:14\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_5:20\cf0\ulnone ]\par 4. Faith is not a condition of or prerequisite to salvation; instead, faith believes that Jesus Christ alone met all the conditions for salvation. Faith is the instrument through which a believer receives the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ and is justified. No man is justified before God by works. Salvation by grace alone through faith alone is diametrically opposed to salvation by works. Scripture rejects the lie that man is able to keep the law of God or even a mere summary of the law as a means of gaining God's favor, let alone that he is able to obey the law beyond what God requires. [\cf1\ul Isa_45:24-25\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_51:5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Luk_17:10\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_1:12-13\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_5:24\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_6:29\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Act_13:39\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_3:20-28\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_4:1-5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_4:14-25\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_5:1\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_9:16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_9:30-33\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_11:6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Gal_2:16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Gal_3:6-12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Gal_5:2-6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_2:8-9\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Phi_3:9\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_11:4\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_11:7\cf0\ulnone ]\par 5. When God regenerates and converts a sinner, indwelling sin is not totally removed from a believer. A believer continues to sin against God all the days of his life, and he continues to be ashamed of and to repent of his sin. But a believer's sin in no way forfeits his interest in Jesus Christ nor annuls God's covenant with him. Scripture rejects the lie that man may bLVALe freed from indwelling sin in this life; anyone who says he has no sin is an unbeliever. [\cf1\ul 1Ki_8:46\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_32:5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_37:24\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_38:18\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_41:4\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_69:5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_130:3\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_7:14-25\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Jam_5:16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_1:8-10\cf0\ulnone ]\par 6. God gives every believer assurance of salvation. The believer's assurance does not lie in his obedience to the law, his continued repentance, or anything else but in the sure and certain promise of God through the work of Jesus Christ alone received by faith. [\cf1\ul 2Sa_23:5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_5:11\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_9:10\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_32:10\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_34:22\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_62:1-2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_62:5-7\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_64:10\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_125:1\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_130:7-8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_147:11\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_26:3\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Isa_32:17\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Jer_17:7-8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Nah_1:7\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_5:1\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_8:15-16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_8:33-39\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_9:33\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Co_1:18-22\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_3:12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Phi_1:6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Col_2:2\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Th_1:5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Ti_1:12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_6:11\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_6:16-19\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_10:22\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_11:1\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rev_5:9\cf0\ulnone ]\par \pard\sb100\sa100\qc\b D. Preservation \b0\par \pard\sb100\sa100 1. When God saves a person, He preserves that person from ever returning to a state of lostness and from ever being punished in hell. [\cf1\ul Psa_31:23\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_37:24\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_37:28\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_55:22\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_66:9\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_121:3-8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Pro_2:7-8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Jer_32:39-40\LVAL cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_6:40\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_10:28-29\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_8:30-39\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Eph_1:13-14\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Phi_1:6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Th_3:3\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Ti_1:12\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Ti_4:18\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Pe_1:3-5\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Jud_1:24\cf0\ulnone ]\par 2. There are sins that God, in His sovereign preserving grace, keeps His people from committing. Any sin that God says proves lostness is, by definition, a sin that a believer cannot commit, even temporarily. These include believing in a false gospel, confessing belief in a false gospel, and speaking peace to one who brings a false gospel. [\cf1\ul Jer_8:11\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_7:18\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mat_24:24\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Mar_16:16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Luk_6:45\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Rom_10:3\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Gal_1:8-10\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_1:8\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_1:10\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_2:22-23\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 2Jo_1:9-11\cf0\ulnone ]\par 3. Those who have professed belief in the gospel but later show themselves to be unregenerate did not lose their salvation. Instead, they show that they were never saved. [\cf1\ul Joh_6:64-65\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Heb_6:4-6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_2:19\cf0\ulnone ]\par \pard\sb100\sa100\qc\b E. Judging \b0\par \pard\sb100\sa100 1. God requires of His people that they love and fellowship with each other. Love of the brothers in Jesus Christ is an inevitable fruit of salvation. [\cf1\ul Psa_101:6\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Psa_133:1\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_13:34-35\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Joh_17:20-21\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Gal_6:10\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Phi_1:27\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Phi_2:2-4\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul Phi_3:16\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_1:7\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_2:9-11\cf0\ulnone ; \cf1\ul 1Jo_3:11\cf0\ulnone