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How does God’s grace continue its work in us through the Word and the Spirit?
How does God’s grace continue its work in us through the Word and the Spirit? | God’s sanctifying grace cleanses us from sin
in our thoughts, words, and acts, and enables us to live in accordance with God’s will.

Can we have faith without works?
Can we have faith without works? | No. We believe good works are the necessary fruits of faith and follow regeneration,
but they do not remove our sins or allow us to avert divine judgment.

Are those who have fallen from grace forever condemned?
Are those who have fallen from grace forever condemned? | No. They may even then, by the grace of God, be renewed in righteousness.

Can we lose our salvation?
Can we lose our salvation? | Yes. We believe, although we have experienced regeneration, it is possible to depart from grace and fall into sin.

Born-Again Christians: The Theology Behind the Second Birth
Listen in on this Seven Minute Seminary with Marshall Daigre as he expounds on the meaning of Jesus’s words in John 3:1–21.

How does regeneration allow us to live as children of God?
How does regeneration allow us to live as children of God? | By this new birth the believer becomes reconciled to God and is enabled to serve him with the will and the affections.

How are we changed in regeneration?
How are we changed in regeneration? | We are made partakers of the divine nature and experience newness of life.

Is salvation only pardon and assurance?
Is salvation only pardon and assurance? | No. By regeneration, God renews us in righteousness through Jesus Christ, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Free Will: What Scripture and the Church Teaches
In this Seven Minute Seminary episode, Dr. Chris Lohrstorfer of Wesley Biblical Seminary looks to the Bible as interpreted by Augustine, Pelagius, and the Council of Orange to reveal what our position on free will should be.

How can we be assured of this pardon?
How can we be assured of this pardon? | God’s Spirit witnesses with our spirit that we are children of God.

End Times: Are We Living in the Last Days? (Part II)
Watch this Seven Minute Seminary with Dr. Matt O’Reilly as he exposits the biblical background needed to understand the end times and our place in salvation history.

What does this justification do?
What does this justification do? | It grants us pardon for sin.

Does God require any other sacrifice?
Does God require any other sacrifice? | No. Christ’s offering redeems us from all sin, so that no other satisfaction is required.

End Times: Are We Living in the Last Days?
Watch this Seven Minute Seminary with Dr. Matt O’Reilly as he exposits the biblical background needed to understand our place in salvation history.

Is Christ’s atoning sacrifice for all humanity?
Is Christ’s atoning sacrifice for all humanity? | Yes. The offering Christ freely made on the cross is the perfect and sufficient sacrifice for the sins of the whole world.