Dr. Sean Cole interacts with Leighton Flowers of Soteriology 101 and the Provisionist understanding of Ezekiel 36:25-27. Flowers asserts that God will give you a new heart IF YOU ADMIT you need a new heart. God responds to our libertarian free will decision to want a new heart by then regenerating us in response to our faith. Sean also interacts with an article from the Society of Evangelical Arminians on this Ezekiel passage that also makes faith the condition for God to give us this new heart. How does Jesus in John 3:1-8 directly address the promises in Ezekiel? And why do both passages teach that regeneration comes BEFORE faith? Listen and find out.

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Judges 19 is perhaps the most disturbing passage in the Bible. The subject matter is R-rated and contains some graphic depictions of human depravity.

Here is the main point of this disastrous chapter: When God’s people fail to submit to Jesus as Lord, they can commit outrageous acts of immorality. Ultimately, this chapter should move us to MOURN and GRIEVE over the sinfulness of sin and its devastating consequences. How does this passage apply to us (1) individually? (2) as a church? and (3) as a nation under God's judgment?

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Dr. Sean Cole has been preaching through the book of Judges which addresses the dangers of idolatry. Why do we give our hearts to idols? The answer is this: We are not CONTENT. What is contentment? How do we learn contentment? How do we stay content? Listen to this sermon from Philippians 4:10-13 and find out.

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Dr. Sean Cole has hosted Understanding Christianity since 2015. Over the past 9 years and over 900 episodes, he has tackled various topics and theological issues. The podcast is now on Spotify and there are many new listeners. In this short episode, Sean discusses the purpose of this podcast and then reads the first three chapters from his book by G3 Press called "40 Days in Philippians: Finding Joy in Jesus."

If you're new listener to Understanding Christianity, or have been a faithful listener the past 9 years, Sean wants to say "THANK YOU" for your encouragement, prayers, and support.

Thanks for listening to Understanding Christianity!

Let's all keep our eyes on JESUS!!

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Dr. Sean Cole continues the teaching series through the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession. He addresses Chapter 13 on Sanctification.

The best way to understand the difference between justification and sanctification is to consider what the Reformers said: “Christ is FOR us”—that is justification. “Christ is IN us”—that is sanctification.

We can think of sanctification in two categories:

Positional: We are permanently set apart as holy in our salvation because God has regenerated us and given us the Holy Spirit to live inside of us.

Progressive: While we cannot lose our salvation, we still struggle with sin. The Holy Spirit will progressively and continuously make us more holy and rid us of the pollution of sin in our lives.

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Being adopted by God as your Father is the highest privilege of your salvation.

J. I. Packer states, “If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being God’s child, and having God as his Father. If this is not the thought that prompts and controls his worship and prayers and his whole outlook on life, it means that he does not understand Christianity very well at all.”

What are the blessings of being a child of God?

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Dr. Sean Cole teaches one of the most important doctrines of the Christian faith: Justification by faith alone. How can guilty sinners be declared righteous before a holy God? NOT with an infusion of righteousness, but an imputation of Christ's perfect record and the complete forgiveness of sins.

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