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    Key Doctrines of the Christian Gospel
    Key Doctrines of the Christian Gospel
    Key Doctrines of the Christian Gospel
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    Key Doctrines of the Christian Gospel

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    What do Bible words like justification, atonement, sanctification, redemption and election mean? This overview of the main features of the Christian good news of salvation is designed to give Christians a better understanding from the Bible of all that God did the moment they became a Christian, what he is doing and will do in the future!

    CHAPTER ONE: THE GOSPEL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
    CHAPTER TWO: SIN AND THE PROMISE OF SALVATION
    CHAPTER THREE: THE ATONEMENT – BEING COVERED
    CHAPTER FOUR: REPENTANCE AND FAITH – BEING TURNED AROUND
    CHAPTER FIVE: REGENERATION – BEING BORN AGAIN
    CHAPTER SIX: REDEMPTION – BEING BOUGHT BACK
    CHAPTER SEVEN: JUSTIFICATION – BEING MADE RIGHT
    CHAPTER EIGHT: SANCTIFICATION – BEING SET APART (PART ONE)
    CHAPTER NINE: SANCTIFICATION – BEING SET APART (PART TWO)
    CHAPTER TEN: ELECTION – BEING CHOSEN
    CHAPTER ELEVEN: GLORIFICATION – BEING PERFECTED
    CHAPTER TWELVE: THE GOSPEL – ITS MINISTRY TODAY

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHayes Press
    Release dateDec 16, 2016
    ISBN9781386643296
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      Key Doctrines of the Christian Gospel - Hayes Press

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      CHAPTER ONE: THE GOSPEL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

      CHAPTER TWO: SIN AND THE PROMISE OF SALVATION

      CHAPTER THREE: THE ATONEMENT – BEING COVERED

      CHAPTER FOUR: REPENTANCE AND FAITH – BEING TURNED AROUND

      CHAPTER FIVE: REGENERATION – BEING BORN AGAIN

      CHAPTER SIX: REDEMPTION – BEING BOUGHT BACK

      CHAPTER SEVEN: JUSTIFICATION – BEING MADE RIGHT

      CHAPTER EIGHT: SANCTIFICATION – BEING SET APART (PART ONE)

      CHAPTER NINE: SANCTIFICATION – BEING SET APART (PART TWO)

      CHAPTER TEN: ELECTION – BEING CHOSEN

      CHAPTER ELEVEN: GLORIFICATION – BEING PERFECTED

      CHAPTER TWELVE: THE GOSPEL – ITS MINISTRY TODAY

      ABOUT THE AUTHORS

      CHAPTER ONE: THE GOSPEL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

      The Problem and the Plan

      WHEN SIN ENTERED THE world through Adam’s disobedience the consequences were catastrophic. The apostle Paul, in the early chapters of Romans, investigates man’s predicament as the result of that fateful act. The diagnosis is thorough and the conclusion irrefutable. The charge laid against both Jews and Greeks is, they are all under sin (Romans 3:9). All mankind without distinction are in bondage to sin and death. That indictment is basic in the Christian message and inseparable from it. All Biblical treatment of man’s sorry plight is founded on the account of his creation and fall as given in the early chapters of Genesis.

      But although marred by sin and in bondage to it, man was not abandoned by his Creator. The challenge laid down by the serpent was accepted by God and His great rescue act was at once set in motion:

      "Soon as the reign of sin began

      The light of mercy dawned on man,

      When God announced the early news,

      The woman’s Seed thy head shall bruise.

      The tragedy of Eden was met by a divine initiative of stupendous proportions. The recovery and perfecting of fallen man now became the quest of the Triune God. He would retrieve men from the bondage of sin and death, and fashion them anew for service in a new heaven and a new earth. In the process there would be divine choice and divine judgement consistent with God’s sovereignty. The central Figure in the glorious project would be the Son of God Himself. In due course He would become incarnate by a human mother, submit to death, and by resurrection triumph over it.

      The Spirit of God would then dispense to the redeemed the merits of the Son’s atoning sacrifice. Thus, fallen beings would be re-born, justified, and finally, raised and glorified. Conformed to the image of the Son of God, they would bear the image of the heavenly (1 Corinthians 15:49). The plan here reaches full circle; a groaning creation eagerly awaits its consummation (Romans 8:18-23). This, briefly and imperfectly stated, was the divine answer to the ruin of Eden. The plan is progressively unfolded in Scripture, and its fulfilment plotted step by step through various ages and epochs.

      Throughout this book, we shall have occasion to refer again and again to Paul’s wide-ranging coverage of the scheme of redemption in his epistle to the Romans. At this point it seems appropriate to reflect on the grandeur of our theme, and on the wisdom and love that devised it. When the apostle had traced the wonderful story, from guilt through grace to glory, he pauses, as it were, to view in retrospect such amazing grace and enquires, What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? (8:31). Then, in a series of rhetorical questions, he brings into focus the many perils and uncertainties that beset the redeemed during their earthly life. He faces all these adverse powers not merely with calm resignation but with joyous confidence.

      Triumphantly, he proclaims, We are more than conquerors through Him that loved us (8:37). Victory is fixed and certain. Paul’s reasoning here, though superbly eloquent, is thoroughly rational. It is the language of the exultant faith that sustained him in all his tribulations on to eventual martyrdom. As the next three chapters of Romans show, there is mystery and wonder in the ways of God which even a Paul could neither fathom nor explain. He can but worship, and does so with a sublime doxology:

      O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgements, and His ways past tracing out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been His counsellor? ... For of Him, and through Him, and unto Him, are all things. To Him be the glory for ever. Amen (Romans 11:33-36).

      May that lofty tribute to the Author of redeeming grace echo in our hearts as we pursue our studies in this book.

      According to the Scriptures

      We have already alluded to the gradual unfolding of God’s saving purpose throughout various ages and epochs. Behind the Christian message is a detailed, consistent build up of prophetic witness. It began with the initial announcement in Eden and continued until the Old Testament canon was completed with Malachi’s prophecy. This unique feature of the Christian gospel is frequently emphasized in the apostles’ teaching. We refer to it again because of its great importance. The gospel which I preached, wrote Paul, is according to the Scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:1,2). It is the gospel of God, which He promised afore by His prophets in the Holy Scriptures (Romans 1:1,2).

      Similarly, the apostle Peter refers to the Holy Spirit’s use of the Old Testament prophets in foretelling the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them (1 Peter 1:10-12). And throughout the four Gospel narratives there are numerous references to events which, as they occurred, are identified as fulfilled prophesy. In John’s account of the crucifixion the phrase that the scripture might be fulfilled is prominent (John 19:24,36; see also vv.28,37). God’s plan of salvation was no sudden crisis measure. The coming of the Redeemer has been the burden of prophetic utterance since the world began (Luke 1:70). The plan was conceived before times eternal (Titus 1:2). All would be executed in its appointed season.

      The Old Testament fore gleam of the gospel was a lamp shining in the darkness, awaiting the dawn of the full revelation. And what a glorious dawn it was when the Dayspring from on high shone in all its splendour on those that sat in darkness and the shadow of death (Luke 1:78,79)! The Sun of righteousness, Himself the embodiment of the gospel, endorsed and fulfilled all that the prophets had foreshadowed. Then He sent His chosen apostles to carry the good news to the uttermost part of the earth. "The whole revelation is a circle, and Jesus Christ

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