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Unrighteous People Made Righteous
KEACH’S BAPTIST CATECHISMGOD MAKES UNRIGHTEOUS PEOPLE RIGHTEOUSSUMMARY: “Justification is one of the most central purposes of God in redeeming His elect. As an act of free grace, God pardons us of sin, and He accepts us as righteous, by giving us a righteous which is found in Christ— a righteousness that we receive by faith […]
Continue readingThe Gospel in Ezekiel, Part 6
THE GOSPEL IN EZEKIEL, PART 6TEXT: Ezekiel 36:16-28SUMMARY: The prophet Ezekiel foreshadowed the coming of the gospel and the new covenant in his message of doom for hardened sinners and hope for the penitent. I. MAN, THE DEFILER, defiling everything he touches (v. 17). II. MAN SINNING, by his own ways and deeds (v. 17).III. […]
Continue readingBaptist Catechism: Intro to the Benefits of Redemption
KEACH’S BAPTIST CATECHISMINTRO TO THE BENEFITS OF REDEMPTIONI. THE BENEFIT OF JUSTIFICATION.A. Imputed Righteousness — (of Christ Alone). B. Not Infused Righteousness — (Christ’s Righteousness and Ours Together). II. The benefit of Adoption.A. Man subconsciously makes a distinction between biological and adopted children.B. God makes no distinction between biological and adopted children..III. The benefit of […]
Continue readingThe Mortal Conflict
THE MORTAL CONFLICTTEXT: Matthew 16:13-28SUMMARY: Peter’s Great Confession, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God,” is the very heart of the great spiritual conflict that will dominate the ages until Christ returns: a conflict between truth and falsehood, between Christ and Anti-Christ, and ultimately, even between life and death.I. There is a […]
Continue readingBaptist Catechism, Q33-34: We Are Partakers, Part 2
BAPTIST CATECHISM, Q33-34: WE ARE PARTAKERS, Part 2THE APPLICATION OF REDEMPTION — THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRITQUESTION 33. How does the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ? ANSWER. The Spirit applies to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual […]
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