QUESTION #27 Are all people, just as they were lost through Adam, saved through Christ?

No, only those who are elected by God and united to Christ by faith. QUESTION #27 Are all people, just as they were lost through Adam, saved through Christ? ANSWER No, only those who are elected by God and united to Christ by faith. SCRIPTURE Romans 5:17

“For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:17

What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith? QUESTION #28 What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith?

What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith QUESTION #28 What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith ANSWER They will be case out from the presence of God, into hell, to be justly punished, forever. SCRIPTURE John 3:16-18;36

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son…Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him.” John 3:16-18;36

QUESTION #29 How can we be saved?

QUESTION #29 How can we be saved? ANSWER Only by faith in Jesus Christ and in his substitutionary atoning death on the cross. SCRIPTURE Ephesians 2:8-9

“For by grace you have been saved through faith “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 2:8-9

“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1

“By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of righteousness that comes by faith.” Hebrews 11:7

“My hope does not live because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died; my trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, he is my righteousness. My faith does not rest upon what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is now doing for me.” Charles Spurgeon

What is faith in Jesus Christ? QUESTION #30 What is faith in Jesus Christ?

What is faith in Jesus Christ? QUESTION #30 What is faith in Jesus Christ? ANSWER Faith in Jesus Christ is acknowledging the truth of everything that God has revealed in his Word, trusting in him, and also receiving and resting on him alone for salvation as he is offered to us in the Gospel. SCRIPTURE Galatians 2:20

“I have been crucified with Christ “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20

“It [faith] is the whole soul according and assenting to the truth, and embracing of it. There is an entire yielding of the mind and heart to the revelation, and a closing with it, and adhering to it, with the belief, and with the inclination and affection.” Jonathan Edwards

“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

What do we believe by true faith? QUESTION #31 What do we believe by true faith?

ANSWER We believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

“I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.” Jude 3