Doctrine of Salvation and the Holy Spirit

This set of flashcards covers key terms and concepts related to the Doctrine of Salvation and the role of the Holy Spirit, as discussed in the lecture notes.

Grace

Unmerited love and divine empowerment granted by God.

Justification

A legal act by which God declares a sinner not guilty but righteous based on Christ’s merits.

Righteousness of God

Involves both active righteousness, where God punishes sin, and passive righteousness, where God justifies the believer.

Catholic view of justification

Salvation is a process that comes through works and sacraments.

Traditional Protestant view of justification

Salvation is a process that comes through faith alone.

Sanctification

The process of becoming more like Christ, involving three aspects: positional, progressive, and completed.

Positional Sanctification

God’s setting apart of believers as new creations upon accepting faith in Jesus.

Progressive Sanctification

The ongoing transformation of believers to please God during their earthly life.

Completed Sanctification

The final state of believers when they are fully conformed to Christ's image.

Wesleyan view of sanctification

Belief that Christian perfection (no intentional sin) is achievable post-conversion.

Keswick view of sanctification

Emphasizes a decisive moment of surrender to receive power for victorious Christian living.

Arminian view of election

Election is conditional based on God’s foreknowledge of future faith.

Reformed view of election

Unconditional election based on God's will and good pleasure for both service and salvation.

Works of the Holy Spirit in the OT

Includes empowering leaders, giving gifts, and involvement in creation.

Four 'P's of the Spirit’s work

Presence, Power, Purity, and Prophecy.

Difference between OT and NT Spirit experience

In the OT, the Spirit was temporary and selective; in the NT, the Spirit is permanent and given to all believers.

Personhood of the Spirit

The Spirit has unique attributes making it relational and personal.

Deity of the Spirit

The Spirit is considered divine, having attributes and performing works only God can do.

Nicene Creed on the Holy Spirit

States the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, affirming the Spirit’s equality with the Son.

Filioque controversy

Debate about the phrase 'and the Son' regarding the relationship within the Trinity, focusing on the role of the Holy Spirit.

Pentecostal view of the baptism of the Holy Spirit

Belief that the baptism enables Christians for victorious living and is evidenced by speaking in tongues.

Professor's view of the baptism of the Holy Spirit

Occurs at conversion for all believers, can be accompanied by tongues, and initiates assurance and perseverance.

Augustine's terms for the Spirit

Equates the Holy Spirit with Love (caritas) and Gift (donum).

Hidden will of God

God’s providence that is non-discoverable and complex beyond human understanding.

Revealed will of God

God’s perfect will that can be discovered and signifies what should occur.