| 1. |
Repentance – turning from sin |
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Matt.9:13;
Acts 17:30; 26:20 |
| 2. |
Faith – turning to the Savior |
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Acts 20:21; Eph.2:8,9; Heb.11:6 |
| 3. |
Substitution – Christ dying on the cross in
our stead |
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I Peter 3:18; John 10:1 |
| 4. |
Reconciliation – bringing together, through
a third party, two opposing parties |
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II Cor.5:18,20 |
| 5 |
Regeneration – receiving a new nature through
the second birth |
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John 1:12-13; 3:3
I John 5:1 |
| 6. |
Adoption – wherein the believing sinner enjoys
all the privileges and responsibilities of adult sonhood |
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Gal. 4:4-5;
Rom. 8; 15-23;
Eph. 1:5 |
| 7. |
Justification – God declaring a repentant sinner
righteous |
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Rom. 5:1; 8:33 |
