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Doctrine of Sanctification

Doctrine of Sanctification Sanctification is the act of making or declaring someone or something holy. For a believer, it is being relieved from the glitches of sin or being purified and following what is morally and ethically right. All genuine believers strive to be sanctified to grow in the likeness of Christ. Sanctification is a continuous process for a believer and not an event, and it doesn’t just set right something that is physical but also our thoughts and attitude. Salvation and Sanctification is God’s eternal plan for mankind. Paul writes to Ephesians that blessed be the God and Father of their Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed them in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose them in Him before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy and blameless before Him (Eph 1: 3, 4). Christ is the reason for Sanctification: Christ provided the right path for mankind through his sacrificial death on the cross. He had become a r...
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SAMPLE DOCTRINAL STUDY- DEMONSTRATION OF OVERALL PROCESS

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SAMPLE DOCTRINAL STUDY- DEMONSTRATION OF OVERALL PROCESS 1. RELIANCE ON GOD/ BEING OPEN TO LEARN: God’s will is not Man’s will. I should follow God’s Word. ( Note:  This step is invisible but needs to be always kept in mind to be humble and learn what the Bible actually says about the topic)   2. TOPIC/ THEME: God’s Will   3. MEANING, RELATED WORDS / SYNONYMS (Using Language Dictionary/ Bible Dictionary): Will is the fixed and persistent intent or purpose that enable a personality to make conscious choice and decision.  God’s Will is the desire of God for mankind and all His creation. ( Note:  The definitions need not be true, it may need some addition, deletion or modification after studying what the Bible really means) Synonyms of Will- Desire, Want, intent, intention Related Words- Purpose, predestination, foreknew, Choice, decision, Man’s Will (acceptance) (Note: Synonyms are words that can be used alternatively for a given word, and Related Words can be clo...
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Doctrine of the Return of the Lord

Doctrine of the Return of the Lord Introduction The Doctrine of the return of the Lord ensures the return of Christ as a righteous judge over everyone, to give the reward for righteousness to those who are faithful and given the punishment for unrighteousness to those who are faithless. Eschatology is the field of Christian theology that concerns the study of last things. It is the study of Christ’s future return, the resurrection, the rapture, the final judgment, the eternal blessedness of the redeemed with Christ, and the eternal punishment of the damned who are apart from His presence. 1.0. Etymology and Synonyms Return of the Lord in Hebrew is יהוה בשׁוב (Shoob Yehovah) (Isa 52: 8) and in Greek, it is Επιστροφή Κυρίου (Epistrophe Kuriou). Some of the words associated with the return of the Lord in the Old Testament could be Day of the Lord ( יום יהוה – yom yehovah (Oba 1: 15)) , Vengeance of the Lord ( נקמת יהוה - neqamah yehovah (Jer 50: 15)) , etc. Some of the ...
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