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Originally Posted by Aquila
I was deeply moved when I began a study on Prevenient Grace and how they very grace of God is active in the life of the individual long before the actualization of their salvation.
Grace is a very hard concept to define. And while the realities of Grace are predicated upon unmerited favor, Grace itself is far more than just unmerited favor. I believe that there are multiple doctrines of Grace:
1. Corporate Election (God's choice to save whosoever will enter into the body of Christ)
2. Predestination (God's predetermined glory for the church)
3. Atonement (Christ's work of satisfying the Laws condemnation for His church)
4. Propitiation (Christ's satisfying God's wrath against sin for His church)
5. Prevenient Grace (the Holy Spirit's drawing of the lost to Christ Jesus through both an inner and an outer calling)
6. Conversion (repentance & water baptism)
7. Justification (imputed righteousness received by faith as part of Conversion)
8. Regeneration (being born of the Spirit as a result of the baptism of the Holy Spirit)
9. Adoption (membership in God's family through the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit)
10. Sanctification (growing into Christ's likeness by taking part in the divine nature through the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit)
11. Death (the cessation of physical life after which one enters the intermediate state wherein the soul is present with the Lord in Heaven awaiting resurrection & glorification)
12. Resurrection & Glorification (receiving a resurrected and glorified spiritual body fashioned perfectly after the image of Christ Glorified) Grace is the foundation and the very basis upon which every one of these doctrines are established, provided, and experienced. |
Amaaaaazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like meeeeee!
Indeed, there are many facets of God's grace, and by His grace "I am what I am"