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Studies on Strong Doctrine

CHAPTER TWO
PREDESTINATION AND ELECTION

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1.         Few doctrines of the Scriptures have been as greatly misunderstood and consequently as greatly abused and perverted as ____________ and ____________.

2.         T          F          The lost person has little understanding concerning spiritual things, and will often use doctrinal teach­ings as a shield or excuse to continue in his wickedness.

3.         The four misconceptions concerning the doctrine of grace are:

a.      Election is only unto ____________.

b.      Election is solely the act of ____________.

c.      We should never ____________ the gospel to any because God does the electing.

d.      We should never preach the gospel to any because the doctrine is a ____________ one.

4.         T          F          Election is that act of God where he chooses a certain number of men to be the recipients of the special grace of his Spirit, and so to be made voluntary partakers of Christ’s salvation.

5.         Many hold to a ____________ ____________—one conditioned upon some human res­ponse, generally faith.

6.                 Which is not a part of election?

a.                  Election is wholly an act of God.

b.                  Election is ascribed to Christ.

c.                  Election is personal.

d.                  Election is unto salvation.

e.                  Election is not based on God’s foreknowledge.

f.                    Election is sovereign.

7.         T          F          We find acceptance with the Father only because every one of the elect are comprehended in the Son of God.

8.         The perversion of Romans 8:29 and 1 Peter 1:2 comes about by men declaring that this is a ____________ of men’s faith.

9.         ____________ ____________ is defined as God taking the initiative regarding man’s redemption before man even had an existence, and so, apart from any real or foreseen faith, works or merit of any kind.

10.       T          F          Man was created and exists for one the purpose that God might be glorified in him.

11.       ____________ is the decree of God in which He has determined, as sovereignly as in election, that some individuals should not enter eternal glory, but are destined for destruction.

12.       T          F          Election does not include all the means necessary for the calling out of the elect from the rest of the world.

13.       The two calls of preaching the gospel results in the ____________ call and the ____________ call.

14.       For assurance of election you must ____________ to the gospel call, ____________ of your sins, and ____________ in the atoning work of the Christ.

15.       T          F          Man does not have the power to believe the gospel.

16.       Election is determined from the human standpoint by the life that one liv­es, and, for this reason can never be certainly known by man in this life except by ____________ ____________.

17.       John 6:37 teaches three things, ____________, ____________ grace, and human ____________.

18.       T          F          Election, being God’s work, and without human cause, glorifies God while humbling man.

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