THE CONCEPTS OF CONDITIONALITY AND APOSTASY IN RELATION TO THE COVENANT - Dennis A. Bratcher

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1)  Apostasy: 1 Cot 1:13; 5:2; Gal 1:6; 4:9, 30; Phil 1:7; 1 Thess 3:10; 2 Thess 2:3, 5; Isa 10:4; 17:7; 26:13; 31:6; 33:24; 42:2; 44:22; 66:18; Ps 44:22; 78 (introduction); 78:60; 80 (introduction); 80:16; Ezek 8:11; 16:20, 21;18:24; 20:5-8, 15, 25, 37.

2)  Warnings: Rom 2:5, 16; 8:1; 1 Cor 6:19; 2 Cor 6:18; Gal 4:11; Col 1:23; Titus 2:14; 1 Thess 3:5; 4:8; Isa 9:17; 21:1; 28:22; 61:8; Ps 40:4; 50:22; 55:21; 71:16; 73:27; 81:11; Acts 4 (introduction); 4:25; 7:3; and Ezek-2:3; 3:20; 13:5; 15:6; 16:29.

3)  Threatenings: Rom 8:13; 13:2; 1 Cor 16:22; Gal 5:2; Col 3:6; Isa 9:17; 22:3; 28:22; and Ezek 6:10; 14:14, 19.

4)  Israel and Apostasy: Rom 11:18-28ff; Isa 42:22; 49:6, 8; 54:1; Ps 47:9; 54:3; Acts 7:38; Ezek 2:3; 14:7, 11; 16:26, 28, 29, 51, 52, 56-57; 20:5-8, 15.

5)  Israel and Covenant-Breaking: Gal 4:24; Isa 8:19; 24:5; 63:8; Ps 78:10, 36, 57; 81:15; 89:30; Acts 7:51;-and Ezek 16:53, 59; and 17:1-2.

6)  Covenant: Rom 3:3; 4:1; Isa 7:14; 56:6; 65:1; 66:5; Ps 50:7, 16; 51 (introduction); 67:2; 81, :l; and Ezek 6:9; 14:11; 16:20, 61, 62.

7)  Conditionality: Eph 6:13; Phil 3:11; Col 3:13; Isa 22:4; 42:2; 65:1; Ps 81:5; and Acts 20:43.

8)  Mutuality: 1 Cor 1:13; 2 Cor 7:1; 11:3; Isa 63:8; Ps 78:36; Ezek 16:59; 20:11, 25, 37.

9)  Marks of the True People of God: Rom 8:14; Isa 44:5; Ps 50:5; 56:13; 65:4; 73:27; Ezek 13:9.

10)  Hypocrites: Gal 4:30; Isa 11:10; 26:2; 65:13-14; Ps 52:8; 73:1; Ezek 16:63.

11)  Justification and Sanctification: Rom 3:21; 8:13, 17; 1 Cor 6:11; Ezek ll:19-20.

12)  Faith: Rom 4:1; 5:2; Gal 5:7; Titus 1:11; Isa 43:23; Acts 2:41; 10:33; 11:23; Ezek 16:61.

13)  Repentance: 2 Cor 7:11; Gal 5:21; Isa 22:11; 29:2; 59:30; Ps 51 (introduction); Ezek 13:7; 14:11;.16:61, 63.

14)  Obedience: 1 Cor 1:2; 5:7, 8; Gal 5:7; Titus 3:5; 1 Thess 4:7; Isa 11:10; 40:11; 44:14; 45:4; 56:4; Ps 45:10f; 65:4; 81:1, 16; Ezek 16:61, 63.

15)  Perseverance: Rom 5:2; 1 Cor 9:24; 15:2; Gal 3:1, 5:5; Eph 1:13; Col 1:23; Philemon 4; Isa 30:27; 42:16; Ps 37:34, 37; 38:15; Ezek 18:24.

16)  Election: Isa 14:2; 26:13; 30:19; 33:24; 40:11; Ezek 11:21; 16:21, 26.

17)  Reprobation: Isa 14:2; 26:13; Ps 55:21; 81:11; Acts 5:3, 5; Ezek 6:10; 11:10 and 15:7-8.

18)  Second Election/Restitution: Isa 10:22; 55:3; Ps 78:68; Ezek 11:17

19)  Remnant: Isa 7:14; 10:22; 45:25: 49:3; 54:1 Ezek 14:14; 16:21, 53, 61.

20)  According to Appearances: 1 Cor 1:9; Gal 4:24.; 5:16; Isa 14:2; 40:2; 50:1; 54:7; Ezek 3:20; 16:1-3, 62; 18:24, 26-28.

21)  God's Sovereignty and Human Responsibility: Isa 38:4; 48:18; Ezek 9:9; 20:8.


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