Soteriology What Does It Mean to Be Saved

“He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so

Question Outline • • • What is salvation? What is the process of salvation? How do various Christian traditions view salvation differently? What is predestination/election? Is predestination unconditional? Is predestination fair? Does God predestine people to Hell? Why did Christ die on the Cross? What did Christ’s death accomplish? For whom did Christ die? Can we say “no” to the Gospel? Copyright © 2003 -2006 Reclaiming the Mind Ministries. • • • What does it mean to be born again? Does regeneration precede faith? What does it mean to have faith? What does it mean to repent? What does one have to do to be saved? How is the atonement appropriated? How is a person justified before God? How does one become a better Christian? Can a person lose his salvation? What about those who have never heard about Christ?

Course Outline I. Ordo Salutis II. Conditional Election III. Unconditional Election IV. Atonement: Historical Survey V. Atonement: Substitution Theory VI. Calling and Regeneration VII. Conversion: Faith and Repentance VIII. The Doctrine of Justification IX. The Doctrine of Sanctification X. The Doctrine of Perseverance Copyright © 2003 -2006 Reclaiming the Mind Ministries.

Ordo Salutis “Order of Salvation” Copyright © 2003 -2006 Reclaiming the Mind Ministries.

Questions What is salvation? What is the process of salvation? Copyright © 2003 -2006

Perseverance Propitiation Sanctification New Birth Justification Salvation Regeneration Expiation Predestination Foreloved Repentance Glorification Forgiveness Faith Conversion Reconciliation Copyright © 2003 -2006 Reclaiming the Mind Ministries. Atonement Adoption Imputation

What is Salvation? Salvation is an event and a process in which people are

What is Salvation? Salvation Sanctification Glorification Past Present Future Eph. 2: 8 1 Cor.

What is Salvation? Ephesians 2: 8 “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of Salvation God. ” Sanctification Glorification Past Present Future Eph. 2: 8 1 Cor. 1: 18 Rom. 5: 9 Copyright © 2003 -2006 Reclaiming the Mind Ministries.

What is Salvation? 1 Corinthians 1: 18 “For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of Salvation Sanctification Glorification God. ” Past Present Future Eph. 2: 8 1 Cor. 1: 18 Rom. 5: 9 Copyright © 2003 -2006 Reclaiming the Mind Ministries.

What is Salvation? Romans 5: 9 “Much more then, because we have now been declared righteous by his blood, we will be saved through him from. Glorification Salvation Sanctification God’s wrath. ” Past Present Future Eph. 2: 8 Copyright © 2003 -2006 Reclaiming the Mind Ministries. 1 Cor. 1: 18 Rom. 5: 9

Ordo Salutis How do we take the doctrine of salvation and all of its

Ordo Salutis Lat. “Order of Salvation. ” The logical order in which the process

What is Salvation? Salvation Sanctification Glorification Past Present Future Eph. 2: 8 2 Cor.

God the Father • Foreknowledg e • Predestination / Election • Reconciliation • Adoption God the Son • • Atonement Propitiation Redemption Justification God/Man • • Copyright © 2003 -2006 Reclaiming the Mind Ministries. Faith Repentance Sanctification Perseverance God the Holy Spirit • Calling • Regeneration • Security

Salvation Before Time • Foreknowledge • Predestination/Election Salvation in Time • • • Copyright © 2003 -2006 Reclaiming the Mind Ministries. Calling Regeneration Justification Faith Repentance Perseverance

Objective • • • What God Does Alone Election Atonement Monogism Calling Regeneration Justification Subjective What God Does Through Us Copyright © 2003 -2006 Reclaiming the Mind Ministries. • • Faith Repentance Synergism Sanctification Perseverance

Ordo Salutis Rom. 8: 29– 30 “For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified. ” Copyright © 2003 -2006 Reclaiming the Mind Ministries.

Ordo Salutis How do the various Christian traditions view salvation differently? Copyright © 2003

Different Traditions 1. 2. 3. 4. Pelagian/Liberal Roman Catholicism Arminianism Reformed Copyright © 2003

Pelagian/Liberal Ordo Salutis Good Works (man) Bad works Confession and good works Innocence Process Justification (man) Bad Works (man) Copyright © 2003 -2006 Reclaiming the Mind Ministries. Glorification (God) Saved Unsaved Eternal Damnation

Roman Catholic Ordo Salutis Glorification (God) Process Justification (God-man) Confirmation/ Faith (Man) ssio Con fe sin n an d. P e n a nce Mortal Saved Unsaved l Sin Morta Confession and Penance Atonement (God) Conditional Election/ Baptism/ Predestination Regeneration (Man) (God-man) Purgatory Purging of venial sins Fall From Grace (Man) Copyright © 2003 -2006 Reclaiming the Mind Ministries. Eternal Damnation

Arminian Ordo Salutis Glorification (God) Conditional Justification (God-man) Calling (Man) s of Faith (Man) Los Conditional Election/ Predestination (God-man) Prevenient Grace Atonement (God) Fait h Regeneration (God) Saved Unsaved Rejection (Man) Rejection Granted/ Free Will Allowed Copyright © 2003 -2006 Reclaiming the Mind Ministries. Eternal Damnation

Reformed/Calvinistic Ordo Salutis Atonement (God) Election (God) Calling (God) Regeneration (God) Elect (God) Conversion (God-man) Faith Repentance Reprobate (man) Justification (God) Sanctification (God-man) Believers (God) Non-believers (man) Atonement (God) Conditional Damnation (Man) General Call (Man) Copyright © 2003 -2006 Reclaiming the Mind Ministries. Glorification (God) Rejection (Man) Eternal Damnation

Ordo Salutis You are here Atonement (God) Election (God) Calling (God) Regeneration (God) Conversion (God-man) Justification (God) Sanctification (God-man) Glorification (God) Faith Repentance Past Copyright © 2003 -2006 Reclaiming the Mind Ministries. Present Future