Soteriology by Andy Woods

Andy Woods

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How do people come to a knowledge of their sinful condition and turn to place their trust in the atoning work of Jesus Christ on the cross? How should we understand the Biblical teaching of God's sovereignty in light of our responsibility to respond in faith? Andy Woods guides us through the Biblical teaching on this important topic. [49 hours 26 minutes]

Session	Description
01 Introduction	Soteriology - Introduction (Galatians 1:6-9) A definition of the term "soteriology" and discussion of the teaching of salvation in light of systematic theology. [1 hour 4 minutes]
02 Election and Free Will	Soteriology - Election and Free Will (2 Peter 3:9) What does the Bible teach concerning God's choice of who is saved in light of man's responsibility to believe? [1 hour 5 minutes]
03 Atonement	Soteriology - Atonement (Isaiah 53:3-6) Christ’s atoning death was substitutionary, unlimited in extent, and final. [1 hour 6 minutes]
04 Salvation Words	Soteriology - Salvation Words (Romans 3:24-25) A survey of important concepts and terms associated with salvation such as redemption, reconciliation, expiation, propitiation, and imputation. [1 hour 7 minutes]
05 One Condition for Salvation	Soteriology - One Condition for Salvation (Acts 16:30-31) If you had less than a minute to speak with an unsaved person who was about to die, what would you share so that they might attain eternal life? [1 hour 5 minutes]
06 Repentance	Soteriology - Repentance (Acts 2:38) How are repentance and faith related? If we are saved by faith alone, what part does repentance play? [1 hour 6 minutes]
07 Lordship	Soteriology - Lordship Salvation, Part 1 (Matthew 16:24-25) Must we make Jesus Lord of our life to be saved? [1 hour]
08 Lordship 2	Soteriology - Lordship Salvation, Part 2 (Matthew 3:2) Must we make Jesus Lord of our life to be saved? [1 hour 7 minutes]
09 Lordship 3	Soteriology - Lordship Salvation, Part 3 (John 5:24) Must we make Jesus Lord of our life to be saved? [1 hour 1 minute]
10 Baptism	Soteriology - Baptism (John 3:5) Must a person be baptized to be saved? [1 hour 9 minutes]
11 Confession	Soteriology - Confession (Romans 10:9-10) Must a person publicly profess or otherwise demonstrate their faith in order to truly be saved? [1 hour 3 minutes]
12 Asking Jesus	Soteriology - Ask Jesus into Your Heart? (Revelation 3:20) Must a person invite Jesus into their heart to be saved? [56 minutes]
13 Sonship	Soteriology - The Results of Salvation - Sonship (Ephesians 1:3) Those who believe in Jesus are adopted as sons and daughters of God. [1 hour 3 minutes]
14 Regeneration	Salvation and Regeneration (Titus 3:5) Regeneration literally means beginning again. First comes Christ, then regeneration follows as a result. It is accomplished through an exposure to God’s Word, that’s what the Holy Spirit uses in His conviction to awaken people to their need to trust in Christ. [57 minutes]
15 Justification	Salvation and Justification (Romans 5:16) Justification is a declarative act at a point in time as opposed to something that takes place as the result of a long, arduous process. This concept may seem simple, but is actually very important: it was the basis of the Protestant Reformation. [57 minutes]
16 Good Works	Salvation and Good Works (Ephesians 2:8-10) As New Testament Christians we have the capacity for, number 1, good works; we have the capacity, number 2, for overcoming habitual sin patterns that characterize our lives. And we ought to have an incentive to avoid habitual sin patterns that can characterize our lives at times, not because of some fear about my security, loss of salvation, never had salvation, not getting into the millennium, but it’s inconsistent with my new identity in Christ. [1 hour 6 minutes]
17 Sanctification	Salvation and Sanctification (John 17:17) Just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness as an unbeliever resulting in further lawlessness, so now, as a believer, present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification. [1 hour 5 minutes]
18 Priesthood	Salvation and Priesthood (Revelation 1:6) Once saved, believers become members of a priesthood. [1 hour 3 minutes]
19 Eternal Security 1	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 1 (John 3:18) Are believers in Jesus Christ on divine probation with their eternal destiny uncertain? Or, does God's grace and power keep them saved forever.  That is the issue with eternal security. Are we on probation or does the grace of God that brought us to Christ keep us saved? [53 minutes]
20 Eternal Security 2	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 2 (John 10:28) Are believers in Jesus Christ on divine probation with their eternal destiny uncertain? Or, does God's grace and power keep them saved forever.  That is the issue with eternal security. Are we on probation or does the grace of God that brought us to Christ keep us saved? [52 minutes]
21 Eternal Security 3	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 3 (1 John 5:13) Upon believing in Jesus, we can be confident that they have (past tense) eternal life and will never lose it. [1 hour 2 minutes]
22 Eternal Security 4	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 4 (Romans 8:29-30) Believers are predestined to be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ. [52 minutes]
23 Eternal Security 5	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 5 (John 17:11-12) Believers are kept by the power of God. [53 minutes]
24 Eternal Security 6	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 6 (1 Corinthians 12:13) All believers are baptized into the body of Christ when they trust in Jesus. [54 minutes]
25 Eternal Security 7	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 7 (1 Corinthians 3:1-3) What is the cost of sin in the life of the believer? [53 minutes]
26 Eternal Security 8	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 8 (John 15:1-6) What does it mean to abide in Christ? [59 minutes]
27 Eternal Security 9	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 9 (1 Corinthians 9:24-27) What does Paul mean when he mentions the possibility of becoming disqualified? [57 minutes]
28 Eternal Security 10	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 10 (Joshua 24:20) An examination of passages which, at first glance, appear to teach a believer can lose their salvation. [55 minutes]
29 Eternal Security 11	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 11 (Psalm 51:11) An examination of passages which, at first glance, appear to teach a believer can lose their salvation. [55 minutes]
30 Eternal Security 12	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 12 (Matthew 7:21-23) Did those whom Jesus told to depart from Him ever believe by faith? [55 minutes]
31 Eternal Security 13	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 13 (Matthew 24:13) An understanding of the context helps us to understand passages which, at first glance, may appear to teach it is possible to lose one’s salvation. [1 hour 1 minute]
32 Eternal Security 14	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 15 (Matthew 12:31-32; John 6:66) This presentation clarifies what Jesus meant by the "unpardonable sin," its historical application, and relationship to sins committed in our day. [58 minutes]
33 Eternal Security 15	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 15 (John 6:66) If we are secure in Christ, what do we make of passages which indicate that some disciples of Jesus "walked with Him no more"? [59 minutes]
34 Eternal Security 16	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 16 (Acts 5:1-5) Passages which many interpret as indicating insincere belief or a loss of faith actually reveal the divine discipline of true believers. [58 minutes]
35 Eternal Security 17	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 17 (Galatians 5:4) Have believers who've become estranged from Christ lost their salvation? [60 minutes]
36 Eternal Security 18	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 18 (Romans 8:13) How should believers understand passages which, at first glance, appear to teach they can lose their salvation? [59 minutes]
37 Eternal Security 19	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 19 (2 Corinthians 13:5) What does it mean to test yourself to see if you are in the faith? [59 minutes]
38 Eternal Security 20	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 20 (Philippians 2:12) What does it mean to work out your salvation with fear and trembling? [58 minutes]
39 Eternal Security 21	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 21 (2 Timothy 2:11-13) Is it possible for a believer to deny Christ and still be saved? [1 hour]
40 Eternal Security 22	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 22 (James 5:19:20) Can a believer wander from the truth and lose their salvation? [57 minutes]
41 Eternal Security 23	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 23 (Hebrews 6:4-6) How does the context of chapter 6 of Hebrews help in understanding the warning found therein? [1 hour 2 minutes]
42 Eternal Security 24	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 24 (Hebrews 6:4-6) How does the context of chapter 6 of Hebrews help in understanding the warning found therein? [58 minutes]
43 Eternal Security 25	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 25 (Hebrews 6:4-6) How does the context of chapter 6 of Hebrews help in understanding the warning found therein? [58 minutes]
44 Eternal Security 26	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 26 (Hebrews 2:1-4) How does the context of the book of Hebrews help in understanding this warning found in chapter 2? [58 minutes]
45 Eternal Security 27	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 27 (Hebrews 10:26-39) Can believers insult the Spirit of Grace and, if so, what is the result? [55 minutes]
46 Eternal Security 28	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 28 (2 Peter 2:20-22) Diligence in the Christian life does not make the believer less secure or more secure. [59 minutes]
47 Eternal Security 29	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 29 (Jude 11) Korah's rebellion and God’s response to it is an example of maximum divine discipline. [1 hour 1 minute]
48 Eternal Security 30	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 30 (1 John 2:3) Is keeping God’s commandments a reliable measure of whether we know Him? [57 minutes]
49 Eternal Security 31	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 31 (1 John 3:9) If we sin after having believed, are we still born of God? [1 hour 1 minute]
50 Eternal Security 32	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 32 (1 John 3:15) What does John mean when he refers to eternal life abiding within a believer? [1 hour]
51 Eternal Security 33	Salvation and Eternal Security - Part 33 (Revelation 22:18-19) Is Jesus' warning about adding or subtracting from God's Word for believers or unbelievers? [1 hour 2 minutes]
52 Inclusivism	Inclusivism (Acts 11:14) Will everyone who sincerely seeks God be saved--regardless of whether they know or accept the gospel message? [1 hour 1 minute]
53 Review	Soteriology - Review (John 3:16) A review of the topics covered during this study. [55 minutes]
54 Review	Soteriology - Review 2 (2 Corinthians 5:21) A review of the topics covered during this study. [55 minutes]
55 Review	Soteriology - Review 3 (Isaiah 53:3-6) A review of the topics covered during this study. [56 minutes]
56 Review	Soteriology - Review 4 (James 2:14-26) A review of the topics covered during this study. [59 minutes]
57 Review	Soteriology - Review 5 (John 3:5) A review of the topics covered during this study. [1 hour 2 minutes]
58 Questions and Answers	Soteriology - Questions and Answers (John 3:16) Andy answers questions about salvation. [1 hour 3 minutes]