Sermon Tone Analysis
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Opening:
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How is life in Christ different from outside of Christ?
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How is life in Christ different from outside of Christ?
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2. Why is an explicit recognition of Christ and His work necessary for salvation versus a mere implicit or vague recognition of Him?
Moreover, why must faith manifest itself in “the fear of the Lord” in order to be called faith?
3. Calvin addresses the problem of assurance of salvation.
What is his analysis of doubting faith and what solutions does he propose?
4. How does David’s life confirm Calvin’s point?
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Why is assurance so essential to faith?
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Why is assurance so essential to faith?
5. Calvin maintains that people will not turn to God in repentance unless they are persuaded that He will receive them in mercy.
Explain Calvin’s remark that faith must begin with God’s promise in the gospel, rest in it, and end with it.
Why is this so important?
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If faith is a gift from God, does that negate “the call to faith”?
Why or why not?
7. (a) How does repentance as transformation challenge the common notion that one can have Jesus as Savior without surrendering to Him as Lord?
7. (a) How does repentance as transformation challenge the common notion that one can have Jesus as Savior without surrendering to Him as Lord?
(b) How does a lack of “earnest fear” affect the health of the church today?
(c) Why is it important to see “knowledge of sin” as a perpetual part of the Christian life?
8. May a believer declare without qualification, “I’m not a sinner, I’m a saint”?
Defend your answer.
9. What might be instances or examples of the unpardonable sin today?
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