Chapter 12: Of Adoption — Chapter 13: Of Sanctification

Of Adoption

Para
1 I. The foundation of adoption
A. Its recipients: "all those that are justified"
B. It source: "God [129]vouchsafed"
C. Its ground: "in and for the sake of His only Son Jesus Christ"
II. The blessings of adoption
A. Incorporation into God's family
B. Reception of a filial disposition
C. Experience of paternal treatment by God
D. Reception of the promised inheritance

From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p. 164-165. Used by permission. __________________________________________________________________

Of Sanctification

Paras 1 I. The description of sanctification
A. Its inception in definitive sanctification
B. Its increase in progressive sanctification

1. Its character: "really and personally"

2. Its source: "through the same virtue"

3. Its means: "by his Word and Spirit"
4. Its substance:
Negatively, sin is weakened and mortified
Positively, grace is quickened and strengthened

5. Its necessity: "without which no man shall see the Lord"
2-3 II. The distinctives of sanctification
2 A. Struggle with sin

1. The roots of this struggle
2. The nature of this struggle
3. The combatants in this struggle
3 B. Progress in grace
1. The difficulty of this progress
2. The certainty of this progress
3. The quality of this progress

From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p. 174. Used by permission. __________________________________________________________________