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08550 \\Chapter 4 - Concerning Redemption\\ 2) THE PERSON OF THE REDEEMER 2a) He is truly God. See texts on The Trinity 8502 2b) He is truly Man His human nature the same as that of other men, because he is of the stock of Abraham. 2b1) General references # Mt 12:8,13-37 16:13 25:31 Joh 3:14 8:28 13:31 Ga 4:4 # 1Ti 2:5 Heb 2:14 2b2) References to his human body # Mt 2:1 Mr 4:38 Lu 2:52 Joh 4:6-8 19:32-34 2b3) References to the intellectual and spiritual faculties which he had in common with men # Mt 4:1-11 26:38 Mr 10:14 11:13 Lu 2:52 4:16-22 # Joh 2:24 11:3-5,33 2c) He is truly God and Man These two natures, the divine and the human, combined in Christ as the God-man. 2c1) In many passages both natures are referred to. # Joh 1:14 Ro 1:3,4 8:3 9:5 Ga 4:4 Php 2:11 1Jo 4:3 2c2) Passages which speak of the human attributes and actions of Christ while the divine title is used. # Mt 1:23 Lu 1:31,32 Ac 20:28 Ro 8:32 1Co 2:8 Col 1:13-17 2c3) Passages which speak of the divine attributes and actions of Christ while he is designated by the human title. # Joh 3:13 6:62 Ro 9:5 Re 5:12,13 08551 \\Chapter 4 - Concerning Redemption\\ 3) THE WORK OF THE REDEEMER AS PROPHET, PRIEST, AND KING 3a) As prophet A prophet of God is one who has authority and who has the necessary qualifications to convey God's messages to men. He may also be an interpreter. 3a1) Christ executed the office of prophet, by his word and by his works. # Mt 5:24 3a2) Also through other agents: through his Spirit, by inspiration, by spiritual illumination, through the officers of the church inspired as apostles, prophets, and teachers. # Eph 4:11,12 1Jo 2:20 5:20 He continues to execute the office of prophet through eternity. # Re 7:17 21:23 3b) As priest A priest is one who is qualified and authorised to "draw near to the Lord for men." # Ex 19:22 Heb 5:1 3b1) Must be taken from among men to represent them. # Ex 28:9,12,21,29 Heb 5:12 3b2) Must be chosen by God # Ex 28:1 Nu 16:5 Heb 5:4 3b3) Must be holy--morally pure and consecrated to God # Ex 39:30,31 Le 21:6,8 Ps 106:16 3b4) Must have a right to draw near to Jehovah and to offer sacrifices and make intercession. # Ex 19:22 Le 16:3,7,12,15 Nu 16:5 3b5) The Old Testament declares Christ to be a priest # Ps 110:4 Heb 5:6 6:20 Zec 6:13 3b6) Priestly functions ascribed to him # Isa 53:10 Da 9:24,25 The temple and its services and all Old Testament sacrifices typical of Christ and his work. He superseded these. # Col 2:17 Heb 9:10-12 10:11,12 3b7) New Testament proof. Was taken from among men to stand for them for God. # Heb 2:16 4:15 Was chosen by God. # Heb 5:5,6 Was perfectly holy. # Lu 1:35 Heb 7:26 Has the right of the nearest access and the greatest influence with the Father. # Joh 11:42 16:28 Heb 1:3 9:11-24 3b7a) He "mediated" in the general sense of the term # Joh 14:6 1Ti 2:5 Heb 8:6 3b7b) He offered propitiation # Eph 5:25 Heb 9:26 10:12 1Jo 2:2 3b7c) He makes intercession # Ro 8:4 Heb 7:25 1Jo 2:1 3b8) Christ as priest made atonement for us, was made a substitute for us. A substitute is one appointed or accepted to act or to suffer in the stead of another, and his actions or sufferings are VICARIOUS. 3b8a) The Greek preposition HUPER with the genitive, sometimes signifies INSTEAD OF, and the construction is used to set forth the relation of Christ's work to us. # 2Co 5:14,15,20 Ga 3:13 Phm 1:13 1Pe 3:18 3b8b) The preposition ANTI definitely and always expressed substitution. # Mt 2:22 5:38 20:28 Mr 10:45 1Ti 2:6 3b8c) The same is true as to what the Scriptures teach as to our sins being laid upon Christ. # Le 7:18 Nu 18:27 Ps 106:31 Isa 53:12 Lu 22:36 # Ro 2:26 4:3-9 2Co 5:19-21 Ga 3:13 3b8d) The effects of Christ's action as priest are shown. a) As toward God, they are declared to be propitiatory. # Ro 3:25,26 Heb 2:17 1Jo 2:2 4:10 b) As respects the sinner, they are declared to be redemption, deliverance by ransom. # Isa 51:11 62:12 1Co 7:23 Ga 3:13,14 1Ti 2:6 # 1Pe 1:18,19 Re 5:9 3c) As King The kingdom of Christ a very prominent subject in Scripture. # Da 2:44 Mt 13:1-58 22:1-14 Lu 13:22-30 17:20,21 Ro 14:17 # Eph 1:10,20-22 1Pe 3:22 3c1) Christ's authority embraces the universe # Mt 28:18 Eph 1:17-23 Php 2:9-11 It is distinguished as -- 3c1a) HIS KINGDOM OF POWER, embracing the entire universe in his providential and judicial administration. # Joh 5:22-27 9:39 1Co 15:25 Heb 10:12,13 3c1b) HIS KINGDOM OF GRACE, spiritual alike as to its subjects, laws, modes of administration and instrumentalities. 3c1c) HIS KINGDOM OF GLORY, the consummation of his gracious administration, will continue forever. 3c2) The object of Christ's authority is to accomplish the salvation of his church. # Eph 1:22,23 3c2a) To cause all things to work together for the good of his people. # Ro 8:28 3c2b) To establish a kingdom for them. # Lu 22:29 Joh 14:2 3c2c) To subjugate all his enemies # 1Co 15:25 3c2d) That all should worship him # Heb 1:6 Re 5:9-13 3c3) The following are some of the titles to this kingdom, with the sense in which they are used. 3c3a) THE KINGDOM OF GOD # Lu 4:43 because of divine origin and the authority of God exercised in its administration. 3c3b) THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST # Mt 16:28 Col 1:13 because he is in person the immediate sovereign 3c3c) THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN # Mt 11:12 because its origin and characteristics are from heaven and its consummation is to be in heaven. 3c4) Christ's administration of his kingdom presents two aspects: 3c4a) As militant # Eph 6:11-17 3c4b) As glorified, or triumphant # Re 3:21 Accordingly Christ is represented as a great Captain, # Re 19:11,16 and as a Prince reigning upon his throne. # Re 21:5,22,23 The throne upon which Christ sits is represented as -- A throne of grace. # Heb 4:16 A throne of judgment. # Re 20:11-15 A throne of glory. # Re 4:3 5:6 3c5) The sense in which Christ's kingdom is spiritual. 3c5a) The king is a spiritual and not an earthly sovereign # Mt 20:28 Joh 18:36 3c5b) His throne is at the right hand of God # Heb 1:3 3c5c) His sceptre is spiritual # Ps 110:2 Isa 61:1-3 63:1 3c5d) The citizens of the kingdom are spiritual men # Joh 4:24 3c5e) The mode in which he administers his government is spiritual. # Zec 4:6,7 3c5f) His laws are spiritual # Joh 4:24 3c5g) The blessings and penalties of his kingdom are spiritual. # 1Co 3:4-11 2Co 10:4 Eph 1:3-8 2Ti 4:2 Tit 2:15 3c6) Christ as seated at the right hand of the Father. Some of the language may be figurative, but it sets forth the glorification of Christ in heaven. It presents him as the God-man exalted to supreme and universal glory and power. # Ps 110:1 Da 7:13,14 Mt 26:64 Mr 16:19 Joh 5:22 # Ro 8:34 Eph 1:20-22 Php 2:9-11 Col 3:1 # Heb 1:3,4 2:9 10:12 1Pe 3:22 Re 5:6 08552 \\Chapter 4 - Concerning Redemption\\ 4) THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN REDEMPTION See Personality (4b) and Deity (4a) under topic of the Trinity 8502 4a) The Father and the Son work by, and through, the Holy Spirit He came upon men and clothed them with the power of God as worker, prophet or leader. # Ge 41:39 Ex 31:1-3 35:31 Nu 11:29 24:2 1Sa 10:10 # 2Ch 15:1 Isa 63:11 Eze 11:23,24 4b) His special individual work 4b1) To convict of sin # Joh 16:8 Ac 2:37 4b2) To regenerate # Joh 3:3-5 6:63 Tit 3:5-7 4b3) To witness concerning Jesus # Heb 10:15 1Jo 5:7 4b4) He is the author of assurance to us # Ro 8:14-16 1Jo 4:13 4b5) He is the inspirer of the scriptures and our personal teacher # Joh 14:26 16:13 1Co 2:9-13 12:3-8 1Th 1:5 2Ti 3:16 # Heb 3:7 2Pe 1:21 4b6) He dwells in the disciples of Jesus # 1Co 2:9-16 6:17 12:13 Ga 3:5 4:6 5:25 # Eph 2:22 3:16 5:18 1Pe 1:11 1Jo 3:24 4b7) He sheds abroad the love of God in our hearts # Ro 5:5 4b8) He gives hope, joy, peace, liberty # Ga 5:22 2Co 3:17 4b9) He is the Comforter # Joh 14:16,26 15:26 16:7 Ac 9:31 Ro 15:13 4b10) He sanctifies # Ro 8:6-11 1Co 6:11 Ga 5:22-26 2Th 2:13 4c) The Holy Spirit for Service 4c1) The gift (See texts under 4a) # Joh 14:17 1Co 3:16 6:19,20 Lu 4:17-21 Joh 3:34 # Ac 10:38 Isa 44:3 Ac 1:5,8 2:4,38,39 4:31 6:3 9:17 4c2) How given # Lu 11:13 24:49 Joh 20:22 Ac 1:4 2:38 5:32 8:17 19:6 # 1Jo 5:14,15 4c3) As to the renewal of the gift # Ac 4:31 10:44 11:15 13:52 08553 \\Chapter 4 - Concerning Redemption\\ 5) THE WORK OF REDEMPTION AS RELATED TO THE BELIEVER 5a) The Union between Christ and the Believer 5a1) As to its nature 5a1a) Christ as the second Adam # 1Co 15:22 assumes in the covenant of grace those broken obligations of the covenant of works which the first Adam failed to discharge, and fulfils them all in behalf of all his "sheep"--those whom the Father has given him. 5a1b) Its spiritual and vital character a. It is a SPIRITUAL union # 1Co 6:17 12:13 1Jo 3:24 4:13 b. It is a VITAL union # Joh 14:19 Ga 2:20 c. It embraces our entire persons # 1Co 6:15,19 d. It is an INDISSOLUBLE union # Joh 10:28 14:23 17:21,23 1Th 4:14,17 5a2) As to its consequences (in general) 5a2a) Believers have a community with Christ in his covenant standing and rights. # Ro 8:1 Eph 1:6,11,13 Php 3:8,9 Col 2:10 His mediatorial office embraces three principal functions: a. Prophet. In fellowship with him the believer is a prophet. # Joh 16:13 1Jo 2:27 b. Priest. The believer is also a priest in him. # Isa 61:6 1Pe 2:5 Re 20:6 c. King. In him the believer is also a king. # 1Pe 2:9 Re 3:21 5:10 5a2b) Believers have fellowship with him in the transforming, assimilating power of his life. a. As to their souls # Ro 8:9 Php 2:5 1Jo 3:2 b. As to their bodies # Ro 6:5 1Co 6:17,19 15:47,49 Php 3:21 Thus bearing fruit to Christ, both in their bodies and in their spirits which are his. # Joh 15:5 2Co 12:9 1Jo 1:6 5a2c) This leads to fellowship with Christ, in experience, labours, sufferings, temptation, death, and finally, in his glory. # Ga 6:17 Php 3:10 Heb 12:3 1Pe 4:13 5ac4) Also to Christ's rightful fellowship with them in all THEY possess. # Ro 14:8 1Co 6:19,20 5ac6) Also to the consequence that in the spiritual reception of the ordinances, they do really hold fellowship with him. They are baptised into Christ. # Joh 6:51,56 1Co 10:16 11:26 Ga 3:27 5b) Doctrines Connected with the Union of Christ with the Believer 5b1) Repentance 5b1a) Repentance includes a sense of personal guilt, pollution, and helplessness, an apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, grief, and hatred of sin, a resolute turning from it to God, and a persistent endeavour after a new life of holy obedience. 5b1b) True repentance brings the believer to see the holiness of God as revealed alike in the law and the gospel, and in that light to see and feel the exceeding sinfulness of all sin as well as the sinfulness of his own nature. # Job 42:6 Ps 51:4-9 Ro 3:20 5b1c) The awakened conscience echoes God's law, and can be appeased by no less a propitiation than that demanded by divine justice itself. 5b1d) The evidence of genuine repentance a. To be determined by prayerful study of the Scriptures in connection with self-examination. b. By the hatred and forsaking of secret as well as of open sins, the choice of God's service as both right and desirable, public confession, and practical consecration. 5b1e) Scripture examples of repentance a. True # 2Sa 12:13 Ps 51:4 2Sa 24:10 Lu 15:18,21 18:13 b. False # Ex 9:27,34 10:16,20 1Sa 15:24 Mt 27:4,5 5b2) Faith 5b2a) New Testament usage a. That state of mind which is induced by persuasion # Ro 14:22 b. Good faith, fidelity, sincerity # Ro 3:3 Tit 2:10 c. Assent to the truth # Php 1:27 2Th 2:13 d. Faith toward, on, or in God. # Mr 11:22 1Th 1:8 Heb 6:1 1Pe 1:21 In Christ # Ac 24:24 Rom 3:25 Ga 2:16-20 e. The object of faith; viz., the revelation of the gospel # Ro 1:5 10:8 1Ti 4:1 Jude 1:3,20 5b2b) Knowledge is the apprehension of an object as true, and faith is an assent to its truth. In this general sense every exercise of faith includes the knowledge of the object assented to. 5b2c) Religious faith rests, first, upon the faithfulness of God as pledged in his supernatural revelation, # Joh 3:33 second, upon the evidence of spiritual illumination, personal experience of the power of the truth, and the witness of the Holy Spirit. Thus it rests not in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. # 1Co 2:5-12 5b2d) The two kinds of evidence by which we know that God has revealed certain truths as objects of faith. a. The evidence in the truth itself--moral, spiritual, experimental, rational. # Jer 23:29 Joh 6:33 14:7,26 b. The accrediting evidence of the presence and power of God accompanying the promulgation of the truth, and proving that it is from him. These are miracles, providential periods, and the fulfilment of prophecy. # Joh 5:36 Heb 2:4 5b2e) That saving faith includes trust is proved from the uniform and single condition of salvation as presented in the Scriptures, expressed in the words "believe in, or on, Christ." # Joh 7:38 Ac 9:42 16:31 Ga 2:16 To believe in, or on, a person, necessarily implies trust as well as credit. # Ac 26:18 Ga 3:26 2Ti 3:15 Heb 11:1 5b2f) The same proved from expressions used in the Scriptures as equivalent to the phrase "believing in Christ." Such expressions are: Receiving Christ # Joh 1:12 Looking to Christ # Isa 45:22 Nu 21:19 Joh 3:14,15 Fleeing for refuge # Heb 6:18 Coming to Christ # Mt 11:28 Joh 6:35,37 Committing to Christ # 2Ti 1:12 5b2g) The object of faith is the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ as mediator. a. We are justified by that faith of which Christ is the object. # Ro 3:22,25 Ga 2:16 Php 3:9 b. Saved by faith in Christ # Joh 1:12 3:16,36 6:35 Ac 10:43 16:31 c. The rejection of Christ, or refusal to submit to the righteousness of God declared to be the ground of reprobation. # Joh 3:18,19 8:24 5b2h) Assurance of salvation attainable through faith. Directly asserted. # Ro 8:16 2Pe 1:10 1Jo 2:3 3:14 5:13 Scriptural examples: # 2Ti 1:12 4:7,8 Begets unfeigned humility # 1Co 15:10 Ga 6:14 Leads to ever increasing diligence in practical religion # Ps 51:12,13,19 Also to candid self-examination and a desire to be searched and corrected by God. # Ps 139:23,24 Also to constant aspirations after nearer conformity to, and more intimate communion with God. # 1Jo 3:2,3 5b2i) Living faith leads to good works # Ac 15:9 26:18 Ga 5:6 Jas 2:14-26 1Jo 5:4 5b3) Regeneration 5b3a) Scripture terms by which this work of God is designated: Creating # Eph 4:24 Begetting # 1Jo 4:7 Quickening # Joh 5:21 Eph 2:5 Calling out of darkness into marvellous light # 1Pe 2:9 The subjects of it are said-- To be alive from the dead # Ro 6:13 To be new creatures # 2Co 5:17 To be born again, or anew # Joh 3:3,7 To be God's workmanship # Eph 2:10 5b3b) Proof that there is such a thing as is commonly called regeneration. a. The Scriptures declare that such a change is necessary # 2Co 5:17 Ga 6:15 b. The change is described # Eph 2:5 4:23 Jas 1:18 1Pe 1:23 c. It is necessary for the most moral as well as the most profligate # 1Co 15:10 Ga 1:13-16 d. That this change is not a mere reformation is proved by its being referred to the Holy Spirit. # Tit 3:5 e. In the comparison of man's state in grace with his state by nature. # Ro 6:13 8:6-10 Eph 5:8 f. In the experience of all Christians and the testimony of their lives. 5b3c) Proofs that believers are subjects of supernatural, or spiritual illumination. a. This is necessary. # Joh 16:3 1Co 2:14 2Co 3:14 4:3 b. The Scriptures expressly affirm it. # Ps 19:7,8 43:3,4 Joh 17:3 1Co 2:12,13 2Co 4:6 # Eph 1:18 Php 1:19 Col 3:10 1Jo 4:7 5:20 The first effect of regeneration is to open the eyes of our understanding to the excellency of divine truth. The second effect is the going forth of the renewed affections toward that excellency perceived. 5b3d) Proof of the absolute necessity of regeneration a. The Scriptures assert it. # Joh 3:3 Ro 8:6,7 Eph 2:10 4:21-24 b. It is proved from the nature of man as a sinner # Ro 7:18 8:7-9 1Co 2:14 Eph 2:1 c. Also from the nature of heaven # Isa 35:8 52:1 Mt 5:8 13:41 Heb 12:14 Re 21:27 d. The restoration of holiness is the grand end of the whole plan of salvation. # Ro 8:28,29 Eph 1:4 5:5,26,27 5b4) Justification 5b4a) Its fundamental idea is that of perfect conformity to all of moral law 5b4b) The usage of "to justify." It means to declare a person to be just. a. Because personally conformed to the law as to moral character. # Lu 7:29 Ro 3:4 b. Because, forensically, the demands of the law as a condition of life have been fully satisfied in regard to him. # Ac 13:39 Ro 5:1,9 8:30,33 1Co 6:11 Ga 2:16 3:11 5b4c) a. The ungodly are said to be justified without the deeds of of the law, by the blood of Christ, by faith, freely, and of grace, by means of a satisfaction and of imputed righteousness. # Ro 3:20-28 4:5-7 5:1 Ga 2:16 3:11 5:4 1Jo 2:2 b. The opposite of condemnation # Ro 8:33,34 c. The same idea conveyed in many equivalent and interchangeable expressions. # Joh 3:18 5:24 Ro 4:6,7 2Co 5:19 5b4d) The terms "righteousness" and "righteousness of God" in the New Testament signify: -- a. Holiness of character # Mt 5:6 Ro 6:13 10:3-5 Php 3:9 Tit 3:5 b. The vicarious obedience and sufferings of Christ our substitute, which become our righteousness, received and appropriated by us through faith. # Ro 3:22 4:6,11 10:4-10 1Co 1:30 The phrase "righteousness of God" means that perfect righteousness or satisfaction to the whole law, precept and penalty alike, which God provides, and which God will accept. # Mt 6:33 Ro 1:17 2Co 5:21 Jas 1:20 5b4e) The term "justification," occurs only in # Ro 4:25 5:16,18 It signifies that relation to the law into which we are brought in consequence of the righteousness of Christ being made legally ours. We are absolved from all liability to the penalty, and the rewards promised to obedience are declared to belong to us. 5b4f) The requirement of the law in order to the justification of a sinner. The law consists of a rule of duty and a penalty to take effect in case of disobedience. In the case of the sinner, therefore, who has already incurred guilt, the law demands that, besides the rendering of perfect obedience, the penalty also should be suffered. # Ro 10:5 Ga 3:10-13 5b4g) Proof that works cannot be the ground of a sinner's justification. a. Paul repeatedly asserts this # Ga 2:16 Php 3:9 b. The law demands perfect obedience. No act of obedience at one time can atone for disobedience at another. # Ga 2:10,21 5:3 c. If we are justified by works, then Christ is dead in vain # Ga 2:21 5:4 d. If it were of works it would not be of grace. # Ro 11:6 Eph 2:8,9 e. It would afford cause for boasting # Ro 3:27 4:2 f. Paul also quotes the Old Testament to prove that all men are sinners # Ro 3:9,10 and that consequently they cannot be justified by works. # Ps 143:2 Ro 3:20 He quotes # Hab 2:4 to prove that the just shall live by faith, and cites the example of Abraham. # Ga 3:6 5b4h) The ground of justification is the righteousness of Christ. # Ro 10:4 1Co 1:30 Faith is the essential prerequisite and instrument of receiving that righteousness. # Eph 2:8 Justification is a declaration on the part of God that the law is satisfied because of the righteousness of Christ, which is imputed to believers, and the merits of which are received by them through faith. 5b4i) The sense in which Christ's righteousness is imputed. Imputation is an act of God as sovereign judge, whereby a. He makes the guilt and legal responsibilities of our sins really Christ's # Isa 53:5,11 Joh 1:29 2Co 5:21 Ga 3:13 and whereby b. He makes the righteousness of Christ ours (that is, the legal right to reward, by the gracious covenant conditioned on righteousness), and then treats us as persons legally invested with those rights. # Ro 4:6 10:4 1Co 1:30 2Co 5:21 Php 3:9 Imputation is the charging or crediting to one's account as the ground of judicial treatment. As Christ is not made a sinner by the imputation to him of our sins, so we are not made holy by the imputation to us of his righteousness. The transfer is only of guilt from us to him, and of merit from him to us. # Ro 5:12-21 4:6 3:21 5:19 5b4j) The nature of the peace which flows from justification a. Peace with God, his justice being completely satisfied through the righteousness of Christ. # Ro 5:1 2Co 5:19 Col 1:21 Eph 2:14 In witness of this his Holy Spirit is given to us. # Ro 8:15,16 Heb 10:15,17 His love is shed abroad in our hearts # Ro 5:5 and our fellowship with his is established. b. Inward peace of conscience, through the apprehension of the righteousness by which we are justified. # Heb 9:15 10:2,22 5b5) Adoption 5b5a) Classes of persons to whom the term "sons" or "children of God" is applied in the Scriptures. a. In the singular, the term is applied in a supreme sense to the Second Person of the Trinity alone. b. In the plural, to angels, because they are God's favoured creatures. # Job 1:6 38:7 c. To human magistrates, because the possess authority delegated from God. # Ps 82:6 d. To good men as the subjects of a divine adoption. The sonship which this adoption confers is twofold 1. General and external # Ex 4:11 9:4 2. Special, spiritual, and immortal # Ga 4:5 Eph 1:4-6 5b5b) That which is represented in Scripture as involved in being a child of God by adoption. a. Derivation of nature from God. # Joh 1:13 Jas 1:18 1Jo 5:18 b. Being born again in the image of God, bearing his likeness # Ro 8:29 2Co 3:18 Col 3:10 2Pe 1:4 c. Bearing his name # 1Jo 3:1 Re 2:17 3:12 d. Being the object of his peculiar love. # Joh 17:23 Ro 5:5-8 Tit 3:4 1Jo 4:7-11 e. The indwelling Spirit of his Son # Ga 4:5,6 forms in us a spirit becoming the children of God: Obedient # 1Pe 1:14 2Jo 1:6 free from sense of guilt, legal bondage, and fear of death # Ro 8:15 Ga 5:1 Heb 2:15 and elevated with a holy boldness and royal dignity # Heb 10:19,22 1Pe 2:9 4:14 f. Present protection, consolations, and abundant provisions # Ps 125:2 Isa 66:13 Lu 12:27-32 Joh 14:18 # 1Co 3:21-23 2Co 1:4 g. Present fatherly chastisements for our good # Ps 51:11,12 Heb 12:5-11 h. The certain inheritance of the riches of our Father's glory as heirs with God and joint-heirs with Christ # Ro 8:17 Jas 2:5 1Pe 1:4 3:7 including the exaltation of our bodies to the fellowship with him. # Ro 8:23 Php 3:21 5b5c) Adoption proceeds from the Father, upon the merits of the Son, by the agency of the Holy Spirit. # Joh 1:12,13 Ga 4:5,6 Tit 3:5,6 Ro 8:17,29 # Heb 2:17 4:15 All believers being subjects of the same adoption, are brethren. # Eph 3:6 1Jo 3:14 5:1 5b6) Sanctification 5b6a) To make clean physically or morally a. Of ceremonial purification # Heb 9:13 b. To render clean in a moral sense # 1Co 6:11 Heb 13:12 c. To set apart from a common to a sacred use, to devote. # Mt 23:17 Joh 10:36 Mt 6:9 1Pe 3:15 5b6b) Regeneration is the creative act of the Holy Spirit, implanting a new principle of spiritual life in the soul. Sanctification is the sustaining and developing work of the Holy Spirit, bringing all the faculties of the soul more and more perfectly under the purifying and regulating principle of spiritual life. 5b6c) The sense in which the body is sanctified. As being the temple of the Holy Spirit. # 1Co 6:19 As being a member of Christ # 1Co 6:15 It will be make like Christ's glorified body. # 1Co 15:44 Php 3:21 5b6d) To who the work of sanctification is referred. a. To the Father # 1Th 5:23 Heb 13:21 b. To the Son # Eph 5:25,26 Tit 2:14 c. To the Holy Spirit # 1Co 6:11 2Th 2:13 5b6e) The agency of the truth in the work of sanctification # Ps 119:9-11 Joh 17:19 Jas 1:18 1Pe 1:22 2:2 2Pe 1:4 08554 next 8600 08599 next 8553