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Introduction: Truth Matters

I. Salvation's Sufficiency: The Believer's Inheritance (3-4)

     A. An Inheritance Granted by Grace (3a)

        1. The challenge to apply truth to our lives (comes down to two things):

            a. Belief

            b. Discipline

    B. An Inheritance Gained Through a Knowledge of Christ (3)

    C. An Inheritance Grounded in God's Call (3b)

    D. An Inheritance Guaranteed  to Sanctify (4)

        1. This gift of our inheritance includes precious and great promises (4)

            a. Positively: We become partakers of the divine nature (4)   

                (1) Union with Christ

            b. Negatively: We escape the world's corruption (4)

Conclusion: Quote by John Piper