What Baptists Believe about Salvation

Introduction

Last Sunday night we talked about what Baptists believe about man. God created man, gave to him everything, and yet man rebelled against God. God, however, graced man by promising and ultimately providing a Redeemer in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Tonight we want to begin to focus on that promise and provision of Jesus who was given as the sacrifice for our sin and raised for our justification. In other words, we want to begin to focus on what Baptists believe about salvation. In order to do that, we need to focus on...

…God’s decree.

…God’s providence.

what Baptists believe about salvation but in order to do that

…God’s covenant.

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…God’s Son (the Mediator).

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…Man’s free will.

…effectual calling.

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…justification.

…adoption.

…sanctification.

…saving faith.

…repentance to life and salvation

Obviously, we aren’t going to be able to get to all of that tonight. So tonight we will just focus on...

…repentance.

....God’s decree.

…God’s providence.

…God’s covenant.

…God’s Son (the Mediator).

Major Ideas

created with free will

freely rebelled against God

born dead in sin

God’s decrees the elect be saved

God decrees others be left to just condemnation

The Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms (Second Edition) God, Sovereignty Of

God, sovereignty of God’s ultimate lordship and rule over the universe so that the divine will is supreme over all else (Eph. 1:11; Rev. 4:11). This will is known most fully in Jesus Christ, who expressed God’s ways in self-giving service (Phil. 2:5–8).

#1: Regeneration

#2: Justification

#3: Sanctification

#4: Glorification

Conclusion