Systematic Theology, by Louis Berkhof - New Leaven

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A. Historical Review. B. The Universality of Sin. C. The Connection of Adam’s Sin with that of the Race. IV. Sin in the Life of the Human Race .................................... 268 A. Original Sin. B. Actual Sin. V. The Punishment of Sin........................................................ 280 A. Natural and positive penalties. B. Nature and Purpose of Punishments. C. The actual penalty of sin. MAN IN THE COVENANT OF GRACE I. Name and Concept of the Covenant.................................... 288 A. The Name. B. The Concept. II. The Covenant of Redemption ............................................ 292 A. Separate Discussion of this Desirable. B. Scriptural Data for the Covenant of Redemption. C. The Son in the Covenant of Redemption. D. Requirements and Promises in the Covenant of Redemption. E. The Relation of this Covenant to the Covenant of Grace. III. Nature of the Covenant of Grace...................................... 300 A. Comparison of the Covenant of Grace and the Covenant of Works. B. The Contracting Parties. C. The Contents of the Covenant of Grace. D. The Characteristics of the Covenant of Grace. E. The Relation of Christ to the Covenant of Grace. IV. The Dual Aspect of the Covenant...................................... 313 6
A. An External and an Internal Covenant. B. The Essence and the Administration of the Covenant. C. A Conditional and an Absolute Covenant. D. The Covenant as a Purely Legal Relationship and as a Communion of Life. E. Membership in the Covenant as a Legal Relationship. V. The Different Dispensations of the Covenant ..................... 320 A. The Proper Conception of the Different Dispensations. B. The Old Testament Dispensation. C. The <strong>New</strong> Testament Dispensation. PART THREE: THE DOCTRINE OF THE PERSON and THE WORK OF CHRIST THE PERSON OF CHRIST I. The Doctrine of Christ in History........................................ 333 A. The Relation between Anthropology and Christology. B. The Doctrine of Christ before the Reformation. C. The Doctrine of Christ after the Reformation. II. The Names and Natures of Christ...................................... 342 A. The Names of Christ. B. The Natures of Christ. III. The Unipersonality of Christ ............................................ 352 A. Statement of the Church’s View Respecting the Person of Christ. B. Scriptural Proof for the Unipersonality of Christ. C. The Effects of the Union of the Two Natures in One Person. D. The Unipersonality of Christ a Mystery. E. The Lutheran Doctrine of the Communication of Attributes. F. The Kenosis Doctrine in Various Forms. 7
Page 2 and 3: Preface............................
Page 4 and 5: B. Scriptural Proof for the Doctrin
Page 8 and 9: G. The Theory of Gradual Incarnatio
Page 10 and 11: III. Common Grace .................
Page 12 and 13: C. The Biblical Idea of Holiness an
Page 14 and 15: F. The Number of the Sacraments. IV
Page 16 and 17: D. The Time of the Resurrection. IV
Page 18 and 19: PART ONE: THE DOCTRINE OF GOD THE B
Page 20 and 21: their works begin the discussion of
Page 22 and 23: God. The latter are, as a rule, of
Page 24 and 25: creation. Through Schleiermacher th
Page 26 and 27: D. THE SO-CALLED RATIONAL PROOFS FO
Page 28 and 29: eligious worship, this can only fin
Page 30 and 31: II. The Knowability of God A. GOD I
Page 32 and 33: phenomena, and is therefore necessa
Page 34 and 35: cannot be real knowledge, an assump
Page 36 and 37: seem most appropriate, but in theol
Page 38 and 39: providential government of the worl
Page 40 and 41: appears to be a conflict, there is
Page 42 and 43: sense that God continues to speak t
Page 44 and 45: told that God, personified as Wisdo
Page 46 and 47: inclusive. Apart from the revelatio
Page 48 and 49: when we rule out all distinctions i
Page 50 and 51: IV. The Names of God A. THE NAMES O
Page 52 and 53: following names point to the fact t
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in man, according to the principle
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The only proper way to obtain perfe
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He is related to His creatures, God
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emphasize the absolute Being of God
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Being or attributes. It implies tha
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dwell on earth as He does in heaven
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LITERATURE: Bavinck, Geref. Dogm. I
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of the effect. Since man is a perso
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a. Its nature. The knowledge of God
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Jesuit, Lutheran, and Arminian theo
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C. MORAL ATTRIBUTES The moral attri
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of man and his ability to help hims
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Hab. 1:13. Used in this sense, the
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established. (2) Retributive justic
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complacency or delight is always pr
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maintain both the decretive and the
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LITERATURE: Bavinck, Geref. Dogm. I
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was officially professed that the S
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God because of His trinal existence
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3:22, the Son communing with the Fa
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into tetratheism. The personal dist
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common nature or substance, they ar
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could be called the Son of God as M
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necessarily implied separation or d
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Sabellians reject the personality o
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d. The deity of the Holy Spirit. Th
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THE WORKS OF GOD I. The Divine Decr
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from zamam, to meditate, to have in
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4. THE DECREE TO ACT IS NOT THE ACT
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good or evil, Eph. 1:11. It include
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which are entirely dependent on the
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II. Predestination In passing from
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Since the days of Schleiermacher th
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a special relation to Himself. Some
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salvation. More briefly it may be s
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than Barth, but rejects the doctrin
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purposed to save some, then He ipso
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of the decrees. The question is, wh
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appears in the divine decree first
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. Objections to it. The following a
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QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY. Is a f
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Augustine suggested a somewhat diff
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under the providential guidance of
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teaching that the world had a begin
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things (Pantheism). In opposition t
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5. CREATION GIVES THE WORLD A DISTI
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that was necessary for a full and e
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inherent glory in the works of His
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vivo.” (b) Other evolutionists ad
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disappearing under the influence of
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it is quite evident that philosophy
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confirmed in their position, and ar
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The name Michael (lit., “who as G
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epeatedly “the prince of this (no
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Babylonian story. Both speak of a p
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scholars, such as Harris, Miley, Be
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ut this view would seem to involve
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should be borne in mind that both s
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description of the history of man,
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times, was found to be unreliable.
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evolutionists have not been able to
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thus creates very much as the artis
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VI. Providence Christian theism is
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manner in which God preserves and g
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and the latter, His care for each p
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exercise of divine power. The power
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will”; and Ezra 6:22, that Jehova
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c. It is, finally, an immediate con
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. It is a government adapted to the
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3. THE PURPOSE OF THE MIRACLES OF S
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PART TWO: THE DOCTRINE OF MAN IN RE
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creators with God, and that man is
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a. From the point of view of the th
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explained on the same principle. Mo
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who does.” 5 Fleming says: “All
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capacities, and above all the same
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occasionally seems to waver, and Be
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“body and soul,” Matt. 6:25; 10
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ody are dependent on the conscious
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3. TRADUCIANISM. According to Tradu
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all Christians, is clearly recogniz
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218
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of God extends to everything in whi
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4. Another element usually included
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essential to man’s nature, for th
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the body. Spirituality, freedom, an
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Adam was before he was endowed with
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IV. Man in the Covenant of Works Th
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etter. Hugh Martin already wrote in
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4. THE PARALLEL BETWEEN ADAM AND CH
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and becoming subject to the power o
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militate against this view: (a) Man
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Church finally culminated in Pelagi
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ing a clean thing out of an unclean
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asserts that by eating from the tre
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Propagation of Sin 34 gave a rather
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Theol., pp. 117-129; Dabney, Syst.
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A. PHILOSOPHIC THEORIES RESPECTING
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transgression of the law of God, an
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speaks of sin, there can be no doub
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contention that repeated sinful dee
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all moral value. It is only as an e
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III. The Transmission of Sin Script
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“immediate” imputation of his g
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under condemnation and therefore ne
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guilty in Adam merely in virtue of
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IV. Sin in the Life of the Human Ra
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Christ, and much less by mere pardo
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God. The distinction under consider
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human race fell away from God; but
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does not merely denote those extern
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Heb. 6:4-6. But this is an un-Scrip
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V. The Punishment of Sin Sin is a v
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Himself as the Holy One and necessa
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Gen. 42:21; Num. 21:7; I Sam. 15:24
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3. PHYSICAL DEATH. The separation o
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MAN IN THE COVENANT OF GRACE I. Nam
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B. THE CONCEPT. The covenant idea d
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II. The Covenant of Redemption A. S
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4. There are two Old Testament pass
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the suretyship of Christ the ground
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e. That He would give unto Him a nu
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III. Nature of the Covenant of Grac
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nevertheless felt that it was a sub
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ewustzijn de zekerheid aangaande de
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spiritual kind; (b) the promise of
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of the new covenant, Jer. 31:33; He
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exactly to those who ignore the con
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econcile them, namely, I Tim. 2:5.
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They are not really in the covenant
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Scripture. There is the condition o
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elievers grow up and come to years
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V. The Different Dispensations of t
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of the Plan of Redemption as there
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On the basis of all that has been s
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covenant with Noah the general char
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4. THE SINAITIC COVENANT. The coven
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social and civil relations in which
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covenant of grace will continue unt
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directs attention to the gracious p
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him, Eutychus and his followers cer
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knowledge; can be regarded as omnip
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epresentations may vary greatly, bu
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II. The Names and Natures of Christ
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ore it.” 5 The supposed proof for
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is an authority and ownership resti
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c. In the Synoptics. Some maintain
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should thus descend to the depths o
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III. The Unipersonality of Christ I
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B. SCRIPTURAL PROOF FOR THE UNIPERS
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natures works with its own special
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2. OBJECTIONS TO THIS LUTHERAN DOCT
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properties were retained, but were
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measure to the unique and represent
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THE STATES OF CHRIST I. The State o
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death. On the basis of the passage
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nor, on the other hand, merely that
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is born of flesh is flesh. In all p
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special sufferings of the Saviour m
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as the Lord says, “He was cut off
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flesh, but live according to God in
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II. The State of Exaltation A. GENE
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doctrine was excogitated, but that
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the fundamental tenet that miracles
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Christian religion. Barth and Brunn
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Christ, it also included a local mo
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convey His blessings to the saints,
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teachings respecting them are merel
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discriminate the one function clear
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to protest against mere formalism,
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exactly an atonement of the second
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high priest, clearly pre-figured a
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the invisible God, and especially o
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of the coming reality. Speaking of
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III. The Cause and Necessity of the
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the satisfaction due, which God was
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of God and is not, as Socinus would
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at least in part, to blame who spea
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a. The fundamental character of the
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2. IT IS A VICARIOUS ATONEMENT. a.
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as transgression of the law, I John
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an objective atonement, for they ar
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had given Him. (2) God demands, or
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3. SUCH AN ATONEMENT ASSUMES AN IMP
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V. Divergent Theories of the Atonem
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atonement, and in many respects his
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pardoning whom He will without dema
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5. Like the moral influence and the
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on the fact that He vicariously end
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c. The gift of the Holy Spirit for
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3. PROOF FOR THE DOCTRINE OF A LIMI
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as contrasted with all who are in A
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not die, in some other than a savin
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VII. The Intercessory Work of Chris
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of Christ, carrying it to completio
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4. And in and through it all there
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those prayers are effective. They w
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elation between the two may be indi
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“kingdom of God” is used in var
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B. THE KINGSHIP OF CHRIST OVER THE
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of the Atonement; Cunningham, Histo
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studied theologically rather than a
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Word of God, I Pet. 1:23. These and
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as kings. In connection with the fi
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3. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC VIEW. In Roma
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This is the type of Arminianism wit
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identity” and makes them in all r
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done in connection with the constru
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2. THE GRACE OF GOD IN THE WORK OF
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enabled will, to do the good. In hi
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of modern liberal theology, with it
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the mind but also acts directly on
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namely, to the elect. In course of
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than the non-elect. It is a matter
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material blessings are generally of
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operation at once after the fall. L
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4. DIVINE PUNISHMENTS AND REWARDS.
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men are conceived in sin, and are b
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indiscriminately, Matt. 22:2-14; 28
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spiritual good? Is the good which t
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1. THE FEDERAL UNION OF CHRIST WITH
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understanding. Says Dr. Hodge: “T
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2. MYSTICAL ERROR. Another dangerou
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that in the moral sphere? How shoul
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1:23, in which the apostle speaks o
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Experience taught them that many ga
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etween the two and to avoid both th
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y faith. But, in order that this co
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gospel to every creature. He that b
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sentence of death, and blesses them
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clear distinction was made between
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etween regeneration and conversion.
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1. ITS INSEPARABLE CONNECTION WITH
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eference to it. Calling, on the oth
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God, for they are foolishness unto
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a. Regeneration is a creative act,
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that we need not be in doubt respec
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divine-human life of Christ came in
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VII. Conversion From the discussion
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idea of repentance in its sacrament
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Spirit of God; a change of thoughts
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conscious life of the Christian the
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nevertheless to have agreed with Ca
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These are but different names for t
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conversion is quite evident from su
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conversion always preceded by ‘co
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and in his testimony, which as such
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something is wanting, are conscious
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despiser of God may receive what is
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Even in the period of the law faith
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characteristic of faith in the less
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genuine, but evanescent in characte
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give the believer some idea of the
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articles of faith, but it does clai
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say this, and there are reasons to
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is never a believer or a Christian,
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8:33,34; (c) equivalent and interch
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pardons our sins and accepts us as
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The pardon granted in justification
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eceived Him, to them gave He the ri
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a. Grounds for the doctrine of just
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true that, when Christ rendered ful
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asis of their good works, he would
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1:30; 6:11; II Cor. 5:21; Phil. 3:9
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ighteousness, that faith, namely, a
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X. Sanctification A. THE SCRIPTURAL
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purification, it includes the idea
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connection between the former, in w
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nigh a hundred times. The conceptio
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ational being, by requiring of him
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without it, and are therefore alway
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justification, the degree of sancti
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perfection. Even the most notable s
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without this no one can have the di
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of believers remain imperfect in th
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XI. Perseverance of the Saints A. T
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though He repented of it. This is a
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e an incentive for sin. It would se
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PART FIVE: THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHUR
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I. Scriptural Names of the Church a
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namely, the churches of Judea, Gali
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universal Church. The increasing wo
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The invisible Church becomes visibl
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II. Nature of the Church A. THE ESS
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Christians formed into distinct org
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2. THAT BETWEEN A VISIBLE AND AN IN
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Church as an institution (also call
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of some Premillenarian writers as t
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foreigners could enter it by being
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controlled by one Head, Jesus Chris
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in religion. Unless it changes colo
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1. THE MARKS OF THE CHURCH IN GENER
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central truths of the gospel will n
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III. The Government of the Church A
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declarative, and are not binding on
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the Head primarily, though not excl
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5. THE POWER OF THE CHURCH RESIDES
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entrusted to their care. They had t
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office, but allowed the people to t
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(1) That every local church is a co
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c. The matters that fall under thei
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IV. The Power of the Church A. THE
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Matt. 28:18. It must be exercised i
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in order that all this work may be
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authority, but maintain the right t
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subject to disciplinary action by t
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of a communion of goods the early C
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THE MEANS OF GRACE I. The Means of
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partakers of Christ and all His ben
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Reformation and of later times, vir
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II. The Word as a Means of Grace A.
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deposit, which is now so inseparabl
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say that there is no gospel in the
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and that the law awakens the consci
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litigation. After the decision of t
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necessary only in the sense that th
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orders in I Tim. 4:14; II Tim. 1:6;
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or parents, were accounted as clean
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2. THE BAPTISMAL FORMULA. The apost
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second century on the idea graduall
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in something that has no cleansing
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that, according to Greek usage, bap
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F. THE PROPER SUBJECTS OF BAPTISM.
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clearly an organic concept, and its
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and youths, and old men.” 51 This
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were baptized, though it does appri
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is in duty bound to regard them as
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The great Reformer answered this ob
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e. The extension of baptism to chil
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V. The Lord’s Supper A. ANALOGIES
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not exclude the possibility of His
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from the fact that the third cup, g
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synecdoche. The Lord simply meant t
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certainly ours as if we ourselves h
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Unworthy communicants also receive
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passages as John 6:48-58 (irrespect
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are truly displeased with themselve
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Litton, Introd. to Dogm. Theol., pp
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as Haering says, “Pantheism of al
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dead, and of indulgences. As a prot
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i.e. man and the cosmos.” 3 If es
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eturn of Jesus Christ and the end o
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not opposed to each other as existe
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emoved the penalty of sin. But if t
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II. The Immortality of the Soul In
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parts. But the soul as a spiritual
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eal core of the Old Testament hope
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immortality in which only a few wil
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III. The Intermediate State A. THE
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not equal to their future heaven an
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into the place of eternal punishmen
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This representation would seem to b
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There are also several passages in
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deliverance. The Church has never d
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intended to stress the fact that in
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e. Arguments against this doctrine.
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to them. Other passages, such as Ma
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GENERAL ESCHATOLOGY I. The Second C
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maintained that there are no predic
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emnant of Israel. 15 This preaching
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overtakes the inhabitants of the ea
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Historically, there have been diffe
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1. THE TIME OF THE SECOND COMING. T
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coming on the day of Pentecost, and
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QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY: Why ca
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1. THE PREMILLENNIALISM OF THE PAST
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did not establish the Kingdom, but
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occasion for a critical considerati
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c. This theory is also in flagrant
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B. POSTMILLENNIALISM. The position
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sudden annihilation.” 26 These qu
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Milligan, Is the Kingdom Age at Han
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ighteous and that of the wicked, an
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Scripture makes it perfectly eviden
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the day of the Lord, and with the e
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which will occur only after some ti
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IV. The Final Judgment Another one
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the present, Matt. 25:31-46; John 5
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hand, His grace and mercy. Moreover
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exactly twenty-four hours, since th
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V. The Final State The last judgmen
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B. THE FINAL STATE OF THE RIGHTEOUS
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BIBLIOGRAPHY DOGMATICS IN GENERAL R
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Pieper, Christliche Dogmatik, St. L
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Rimmer, The Theory of Evolution and
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CHRISTOLOGY Berkhof, Christ in the
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SOTERIOLOGY Ames, The Psychology of
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Barth, The Church and the Churches,
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Berkhoff, De Wederkomst van Christu
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