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[Download PDF Transcript] Marc Roby: Well then, we are resuming our study of systematic theology today by continuing to examine soteriology, the doctrine of salvation. More specifically, we are discussing the ordo salutis, or order…
[Download PDF Transcript] Marc Roby: We are resuming our study of systematic theology today by continuing to examine soteriology, the doctrine of salvation. More specifically, we are discussing the ordo salutis, or order of salvation….
[Download PDF Transcript] Marc Roby: We are resuming our study of systematic theology today by continuing to examine soteriology, the doctrine of salvation. More specifically, we are discussing the ordo salutis, or order of salvation….
[Download PDF Transcript] Marc Roby: We are resuming our study of systematic theology today by continuing to examine soteriology, the doctrine of salvation. More specifically, we are discussing the ordo salutis, or the order of…
Saving faith is penitent faith, which unites us to Jesus Christ so that his sacrifice atoned for our sins and we receive his righteousness. No other faith will save us.
We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. The Roman Catholic church misunderstands the proper role of faith and adds the requirement of works and the mediation of the church, which is unbiblical.
True saving faith requires that we agree with the facts as presented in the Bible, including miracles, and that we place our trust in Jesus Christ as our Savior.
We cannot give a list of doctrines that must be believed, but saving faith requires knowledge of the truth and trust in Jesus Christ.
We are not saved because of the extent of our knowledge about Christ but a trusting response to the true knowledge we have.
Saving faith is trust in Jesus Christ based on the truth of who he is and what he has done. We believe because we are born again and then accept the truth presented to us in the gospel.
Saving faith is trusting in Jesus Christ as Lord, which is fides specialis or special faith. This necessarily includes trusting in the Bible as his infallible Word, which is fides generalis or general faith.
Christians are to function as salt and light, influencing culture for the good. To do that requires that we have a biblical worldview.
Christians must participate in democracy using self-consciously biblical thinking in order to influence the culture for the good.
Many modern movements, including the Black Lives Matter organization, are based on Marxist ideology, which is clearly anti-Christian.
Marx thought that he had discovered “the law of development of human history”, but because of his materialist worldview he was wrong and over 150 years of history have proven him wrong. Capitalism has arguably increased the wealth of more people far more than any other development in human history. The Bible unequivocally asserts the right to private property.
