Repentance and faith
Explain turning from sin and trusting Christ as inseparable responses produced by God’s saving grace.
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Explain turning from sin and trusting Christ as inseparable responses produced by God’s saving grace.
Explain the Spirit’s sovereign work of new birth and its relationship to faith, repentance, and changed life.
Distinguish the outward proclamation of Christ from the Spirit’s effective inward calling while preserving the sincerity of the gospel invitation and the necessity of faith.
Present unconditional election in Christ, distinguishing God’s saving initiative from fatalism and speculation about hidden decrees.
Explain undeserved favor, God’s initiative in salvation, and grace that produces grateful obedience.
Present the saving message of Christ’s person and work, repentance and faith, and the resulting life of discipleship.
Explain the bodily resurrection, Christ’s continuing priestly ministry, and the believer’s access to God through Him.
Explain Christ’s once-for-all substitutionary sacrifice, propitiation, and effective redemption of His people.
Confess Jesus as the eternal Son incarnate, fully God and fully man, the promised Messiah and only Savior.
Trace the covenants through Scripture and explain their unity in God’s saving purpose and their fulfillment in Christ.