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1. What are the three tenses of our salvation?
   1. Past, ongoing, future
2. What part of our salvation is past? What does that mean?
   1. Justification. Our sins are already forgiven. We have already been declared righteous before God.
3. What part of our salvation started with justification and continues throughout our lives? What does it mean? 
   1. Sanctification. We are being set apart for God’s purposes and glory. We are becoming more and more like Jesus as time goes on. We keep growing in Christ throughout our lives.
4. What part of our salvation is yet future? What does it mean?
   1. Glorification. We will receive glorified, eternal bodies at the resurrection when Jesus returns.
5. What clue suggests that Paul may have the future aspect of our salvation in mind in Ephesians 6?
   1. In 1 Thessalonians 5, he refers to our helmet as the “hope of salvation”
6. What’s the difference between the New Testament Greek word translated “hope” and our modern use of the word?
   1. The Greek is a CERTAIN expectation. Modern use implies “maybe, maybe not.”
7. How does Satan defeat Christians who are not wearing their helmet correctly?
   1. Puts thoughts in our minds like: “You’re having to wait too long! This fight is lasting too long! This isn’t working, is it? you may as well quit.” “you’re never gonna make it.” “Satan may someday trick me into doing something that will make me lose my salvation.”
8. How does the helmet make a difference in our warfare?
   1. We know who wins in the end. We know God will keep us. We know that however long the battle lasts, and however difficult and painful it may get, we will come out in the end just fine!
9. What do different people call the doctrine that teaches that all who truly trust Jesus will eventually certainly be saved (i.e., that God will keep us to the end)?
   1. Perseverance of the Saints
   2. Security of the Believer
   3. Once saved, always saved
10. Why does Steve prefer the first one?
    1. It seems more descriptive of what God is really doing. He enables true believers to endure to the end.
11. How is this doctrine often perverted?
    1. When people claim that it’s no big deal if they sin, because “once saved, always saved.”
12. What is probably true of people who think sin is really no big deal?
    1. They probably are not experiencing true salvation–true faith in Jesus.
13. 33 Scripture passages were offered in this video to support our confidence that God will bring us to ultimate glorification when we truly trust Jesus. Can you give the gist of any of them?
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