What do justification and sanctification mean? QUESTION #32 What do justification and sanctification mean?

What do justification and sanctification QUESTION #32 What do justification and sanctification mean? ANSWER Justification means our declared righteousness before God. Sanctification means our gradual, growing righteousness. SCRIPTURE 1 Peter 1:1-2

Should those who have faith in Christ seek QUESTION #33 Should those who have faith in Christ seek their salvation through their own works, or anywhere else?

Should those who have faith in Christ seek QUESTION #33 Should those who have faith in Christ seek their salvation through their own works, or anywhere else? ANSWER No, everything necessary to salvation is found in Christ. SCRIPTURE Galatians 2:16

QUESTION #34 Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God’s Word?

QUESTION #34 Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God’s Word? ANSWER Yes, so that our lives may show love and gratitude to God; and so that by our godly behavior others may be won to Christ. SCRIPTURE 1 Peter 2:9-12

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation. 1 Peter 2:9-12

“They [good works] are not the root, but the fruit of his salvation.” Charles Spurgeon

”Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possessions among all peoples…” Exodus 19:5

”And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.” Exodus 36:26-28

“I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts “I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” Jeremiah 31:33

“Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.” Philippians 2:12

“Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.” Hebrews 12:14

“For we know brothers, loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction.” 1 Thessalonians 1:4

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation. 1 Peter 2:10-12

QUESTION #35 Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through faith alone, where does this faith come from?

QUESTION #35 Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through faith alone, where does this faith come from? ANSWER From the Holy Spirit. SCRIPTURE Titus 3:4-6

”But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior.” Titus 3:4-6

“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked…But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved…For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Ephesians 2:1,4-5,8-9

And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.” Exodus 36:27-28