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Baptist Faith and Message (V. God's Purpose of Grace)

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Tuesday, 19 August 2008 05:41

V. God's Purpose of Grace Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners. It is consistent with the free agency of man and comprehends all the means in connection with the end. It is a glorious display of God's sovereign goodness, and is infinitely wise, holy, and unchangeable. It excludes boasting and promotes humility. All true believers endure to the end. Those whom God has accepted in Christ, and sanctified by His Spirit, will never fall away from the state of grace, but shall persevere to the end. Believers may fall into sin through neglect and temptation, whereby they grieve the Spirit, impair their graces and comforts, bring reproach on the cause of Christ, and temporal judgments on themselves, yet they shall be kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation. Gen. 12:1-3; Ex. 19:5-8; 1 Sam. 8:4-7,19-22 ; Isa. 5:1-7 ; Jer. 31: 31ff.; Matt. 16:18-19 ; 21:28-45; 24:22,31; 25:34; Luke 1:68-79 ; 2:29-32; 19:41-44; 24:44-48; John 1:12-14 ; 3:16; 5:24; 6:44-45,65; 10:27-29; 15:16; 17:6,12,17-18; Acts 20:32 ; Rom. 5:9-10 ; 8:28-39; 10:12-15; 11:5-7,26-36; 1 Cor. 1:1-2 ; 15:24-28; Ephes. 1:4-23; 2:1-10; 3:1-11; Col. 1:12-14 ; 2 Thess. 2:13-14; 2 Tim. 1:12 ; 2:10,19; Heb. 11:39-12:2 ; 1 Peter 1:2-5,13 ; 2:4-10; 1 John 1:7-9 ; 2:19; 3:2. Other sections of this document: Baptist Faith and Message Introduction I. The Scriptures II. God III. Man IV. Salvation V. God's Purpose of Grace VI. The Church VII. Baptism and The Lord's Supper VIII. The Lord's Day IX. The Kingdom X. Last Things XI. Evangelism and Missions XII. Education XIII. Stewardship XIV. Cooperation XV. The Christian and the Social Order XVI. Peace and War XVII. Religious Liberty XVIII. The Family (1998 ammendment to 1963 publication)

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