Key Definitions

ATONEMENT- AMENDS; THE RECONCILIATION OF GOD AND MAN.

DOCTRINE- n. PRINCIPLE OF BELIEF; INSTRUCTION :

ELECT -n. THOSE PREDESTINED TO ETERNAL LIFE.

ETERNAL LIFE- TO KNOW THE ONLY TRUE GOD AND JESUS CHRIST (JOHN 17:3)

EVANGELICAL- APPLIED TO THOSE FORMS OF CHRISTIANITY WHICH REGARD THE ATONEMENT of CHRIST AS THE GROUND AND CENTRAL PRINCIPLE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

EVANGELISM- A RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT TO SPREAD ACTIVELY THE TENETS OF THE GOSPEL.

FOREKNOWLEDGE- TO KNOW OR SENSE BEFOREHAND .

GLORIFICATION - TO EXALT TO A STATE OF GLORY, BEAUTIFY.

GOSPEL- GLAD TIDINGS; THE REVELATION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH; THE STORY OF CHRIST'S LIFE AS FOUND IN THE FOUR GOSPELS.

JUSTIFICATION- VINDICATE.. DEFEND.. TO MAKE JUST AND RIGHT: TO DECLARE GUILTLESS OR BLAMELESS.

PREDESTINATION - THE FORE ORDINATION OF ALL THINGS BY GOD INCLUDING THE FUTURE BLISS OR SORROW OF MEN.

" BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD"

PROPITIATION- BREAKING AWAY... REMOVING THE ENMITY WITH GOD

RECONCILIATION- TO RENDER NO LONGER AT WAR ... NOT POTENTIAL RECONCILIATION OR MERE PROVISION FOR RECONCILIATION RATHER HE PROMISES IT.

REDEMPTION- TO REGAIN POSSESSION OF BY PAYING A PRICE: TO RECOVER AS PROPERTY, TO BUY BACK,

( JESUS' BLOOD PAID FOR IT.)

REPROBATE- v. TO DISAPPROVE WITH SIGNS OF EXTREME DISLIKE; TO EXCLUDE FROM HOPES OF SALVATION

a. DEPRAVED, CAST OFF BY GOD: n. HARDENED SINNER, SCOUNDREL

REPROBATION- CONDEMNATION; REJECTION

SANCTIFICATION- TO MAKE HOLY, PURIFY , AS FROM SIN.. TO SET APART AS HOLY ..OR FOR HOLY PURPOSES, CONSECRATE , TO GIVE A SACRED CHARACTER

SOVEREIGN- CHIEF ; SUPREME IN POWER

SUBSTITUTION- JESUS TOOK OUR PLACE. Not everyones. TO PUT IN THE PLACE OF ANOTHER PERSON OR THING:

TO EXCHANGE OR REPLACE.

TRUTH- HONESTY; CONFORMITY TO FACT OR REALITY;

HAVING NO SHRED OF FALSEHOOD.
GOLDEN CHAINOFSALVATION CHOSEN, ELECT , FOREKNOWN, PREDESTINED , REGENERATED, CALLED, CONSCIOUS FAITH and CONVERSION, JUSTIFIED, SANCTIFIED, GLORIFIED!

THE CHRISTIAN JOURNEY includes...

START BY BEING

"DEAD IN YOUR SINS" :

CHOSEN, ELECT , FOREKNOWN,

PREDESTINED , CALLED,

REGENERATED (BORN AGAIN) = QUICKENED (MADE ALIVE),

EYES OPENED, FAITH GIVEN, BELIEF IN THE GOSPEL,

being JUSTIFIED, CONVICTION OF , REPENTANCE, BAPTISM,

SANCTIFICATION, COMMUNION, TRIALS, TESTING, GOOD WORKS,

TEMPTATION, EVANGELISM, PREACHING, TEACHING, CORRECTING,

REBUKING, TRAINING IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, SUFFERING,

PERSERVERANCE,

CHARACTER, HOPE, GLORIFICATION, THE CROWN OF LIFE ,.......

What is Election all about?
Want to know more about Predestination

Covenant Baptism: A Contemporary Reformed Defense of Infant Baptism R. Scott Clark

Meanings of the word 'World' ( Kos'-mos) in the Bible

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