Theology II: Biblical Foundations (part 3)
Grace, Mercy, Holiness, and Election with Dr. Jeremy Kimble, Associate Professor of Theology at Cedarville University — How God Saves, How the Spirit Gives New Birth, and Why Grace Shapes the Entire Christian Life
In this online class session, Dr. Jeremy Kimble walks through Titus 2–3, John 3, Deuteronomy 7, Ephesians 1, 2 Corinthians 4, and Romans 8–10 to explain what grace is, why we need salvation, how the Spirit gives new birth, and how election leads to assurance, holiness, and evangelism.
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0:05 Cedarville welcome and mission
0:25 Introduction to grace and mercy in Titus 3 — grace is getting what I do not deserve; mercy is not getting what I do deserve
1:24 Dr. Kimble’s personal mercy illustration (traffic stop story)
3:22 Grace manifested in Christ; Titus 2 shows grace saves and trains us
4:36 Ephesians emphasis — unmerited favor that removes boasting
5:42 Defining holiness — God as loving, holy, righteous, just, and wrathful toward sin
7:04 Human condition — dead, condemned, separated, enemies, rebels
8:36 Salvation by grace through faith; new heart promised in Ezekiel 36 and Jeremiah 31
9:11 John 3 — Nicodemus, being born of water and Spirit, and the Spirit’s initiating work (wind analogy)
13:28 Deuteronomy 7 — God choosing Israel because he loves; election as evidence of divine faithfulness
19:07 Ephesians 1 — chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world, predestined for adoption, called to holiness
22:12 2 Corinthians 4 — the god of this world blinds; God shines light into hearts as in Genesis 1
25:03 Romans 8–10 — foreknowledge, predestination, calling, justification, glorification
31:05 Wrestling with fairness — mercy, hardening, and the potter and clay imagery
34:14 Romans 10 — everyone who calls will be saved; faith comes by hearing; evangelism as God’s ordained means
36:13 Summary — election shows God’s faithfulness, gives assurance, calls believers to holiness, and encourages evangelism and prayer
40:04 Q&A — calling and conversion as virtually simultaneous work of God and human response
42:01 Freedom of inclination — compatibilism, libertarianism, and how conversion changes desire
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