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  Question 86. What is the communion of glory with Christ that the members of the invisible church enjoy immediately after death? Answer. The communion of glory that the members of the invisible church enjoy immediately after death is that their souls are made safe and holy, and are received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God in light and glory, and await the full redemption of their bodies, which, although dead, continue to be united to Christ, and rest in their graves as in a bed, until they are reunited with their souls at the last day. The souls of the wicked are cast into hell at death, where they remain in torment and darkness, while their bodies are kept in their graves as in prisons, until the resurrection and judgment of the great day.   Saints are those who are united with Jesus Christ while they are alive and form the kingdom of God. Since saints are united with Jesus Christ, they are considered to have done the same things Jesus did. ...

  Question 85. If the wages of sin is death, why are not the righteous who have received forgiveness of sins in Christ saved from death? Answer. The righteous will be saved from death at the last day, and even though they die, they will be saved from the sting and curse of death. Therefore, even though they die, God's love will completely free them from sin and misery, and allow them to have deeper fellowship with Christ in the glory they enter into after death. Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Here, death refers to the second death, which refers to the judgment that those who do not believe in Jesus receive from God after their physical death. However, those who are in Christ have already been united with Jesus on the cross and died, so they will receive an eternal body. However, the body received from parents is not an eternal body, so it will definitely die. It can be understood as shedding...

  Question 84. Will all men die? Answer. Death is the wages of sin, and it is appointed for all men to die once, because all have sinned.   Genesis 2:16-17 "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely (mut) die (mut)." "Mut mut" means to die, to die. The former death is connected to the first death, and the latter death is connected to the second death. In the word ‘ die ’ , the first death is the state in which the spirit of an evil angel is trapped in the body, so humans are spiritually dead in their relationship with God. Being born into this world is death from the perspective of the spirit. The second death is that all humans oppose God, so they are subject to the second death after the death of the body. It is the righteous judgment of God. Those who live in the world ...

  Question 83. What is the communion of glory that the members of the invisible church enjoy with Christ in this life? Answer. The members of the invisible church, being members of Christ, their Head, enjoy the first fruits of glory with Christ in this life, and in Him they partake of the glory that He possesses, and as a pledge of this they enjoy the love of God, peace of conscience, joy of the Holy Spirit, and hope of glory. On the other hand, the vengeful wrath of God, the horror of conscience, and the fear of judgment follow the wicked, and these are the beginning of the sufferings they will endure after death.   These are the words Jesus shared with Mary during a conversation about the resurrection. John 11:25-26 "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" When Martha's brother Lazarus died, Martha said that if Jesus had been at her house,...

  Question 82. What is the communion in glory that the members of the invisible church enjoy with Christ?   Answer. The communion in glory that the members of the invisible church enjoy with Christ is something that exists in this life and happens immediately after death, and is finally completed on the day of resurrection and judgment. In question 64, the invisible church is said to be the total number of the elect who are gathered together under Christ, the head, and who will be gathered in the future, so it can be understood as those who make heaven in Christ. And question 82 is connected to question 65. Question 65. What special benefits do the members of the invisible church enjoy through Christ? Answer. The members of the invisible church enjoy union and communion with the Lord in grace and glory through Christ. The word communion is not a biblical expression. It is understood to mean union with Jesus Christ, or becoming one with God in Christ. However, the doctr...

  Question 81. Can all true believers always be assured that they are in a state of grace and that they will be saved? Answer. Since the assurance of grace and salvation is not an essential element of faith, true believers gain it after a long period of time. Even after enjoying this assurance, it may be weakened or interrupted by lust, sin, temptation, and betrayal, but the Spirit of God is with them and sustains them, so that they can never fall into complete despair. Ephesians 1:13 "In him you also believed after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. In him, too, after you believed, you were sealed with that promised Holy Spirit." It is grace for a saint to hear the gospel and believe. Since the assurance of the heart is based on the believer's personal knowledge of the Bible, experience, and thoughts, it is a grace to abandon the idea of ​​ assurance of salvation and accept the words of the covenant that salvation is only through faith. If a...

  Question 80. Can true believers be absolutely certain that they are in the state of grace, and that they will persevere in it unto salvation? Answer. Those who truly believe in Christ, and endeavor to walk in all good conscience before him, may be assured, without special revelation, that they are in the state of grace, and that they will persevere in it unto salvation, by the Holy Spirit bearing witness with their spirit that they are the children of God, and by the faith which is based on the true promises of God, and by the Holy Spirit enabling them to discern the grace which is promised. Assurance of salvation and faith have different meanings. Assurance of salvation means that the believer fully understands the words of the Bible and is certain of salvation based on his thoughts and experiences. However, faith means becoming one with the object. Faith is Jesus Christ, and it means entering into Jesus Christ, so it has a different meaning from one's own thoughts. In other...

  Question 79. Can true believers, by reason of their imperfections, and the various temptations and sins into which they are ensnared, fall from the state of grace? Answer. Because of the unchangeable love of God, his decree and covenant to give them ultimate salvation, his inseparable union with Christ, his continual intercession for them, and the Spirit and seed of God dwelling in them, they cannot wholly or finally fall away from the state of grace, but are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.   The imperfection of believers means that they cannot attain perfect holiness, and according to the doctrine, believers cannot attain perfect holiness. True believers are not imperfect in faith. Therefore, imperfect believers are not true believers. Those who do not attain perfect holiness cannot be saved because of their sins. It is wrong to say that one is saved simply by believing in Jesus. Those who died with Jesus in regard to sin are led to salvation....

  78. Why is it impossible for believers to be made holy? Answer. The reason why believers cannot be made holy is because they have the remains of sin in all their parts, and the flesh constantly lusts against the Spirit. Because of this, believers are often tempted and fall into various sins, and are hindered from all their spiritual services. So that even their best efforts are imperfect and defiled in the sight of God.   In this regard, theologians have viewed human identity as a mixture of spirit and flesh tainted by lust. Flesh has both body (soma) and fresh (sarka). It is not the flesh that is tainted by lust, but the flesh. Those who say that the flesh is tainted by sin do not understand human identity and are a sect tainted by gnosticism. The logic is that the flesh is tainted, but the spirit is clean. That is why they think that spirit and flesh are fighting. However, the flesh is nothing more than biological flesh. The lust of the flesh is the body of sin tha...

 Question 77. How do justification and sanctification differ? Answer. Although sanctification is inseparably connected with justification, there is a difference between them. In justification, God imputes the righteousness of Christ to us, while in sanctification, the Spirit of God infuses grace, enabling believers to do right by it. In the former, sin is forgiven, in the latter, sin is restrained; the former equally frees all believers from the vengeful wrath of God, and perfects it in this life, so that they never fall into condemnation again. The latter is not equal among all believers, nor can it ever be perfected in this life, but only grows towards perfection. From a doctrine perspective, humans are beings who cannot be completely free from sin, so they must fight against sin until they die and wash away their sins with the blood of Jesus every day for forgiveness of sins. In 1 Peter 1:16, "It is written, 'Be holy, for I am holy.'" According to the doctrine, hum...

  Question 76. What is repentance unto life? Answer. Repentance unto life is the grace of salvation that is brought about in the heart of a sinner by the Holy Spirit and Word of God. As a result, he sees and feels the danger, filthiness, and ugliness of his sin, and repents of it. Therefore, he realizes the mercy of God given in Christ, and deeply grieves and hates his sin, so that he turns away from all his sins and turns to God, and in all things he becomes obedient and makes the purpose and effort to walk with God without ceasing.   According to the doctrine, repentance means turning away from sin with all one's being, seeing and feeling the danger, filthiness and ugliness of one's sin, repenting and making a continual effort to turn away from sin. Church people often understand the phrase “ repent ” as “ repent for a mistake, confess, and ask for forgiveness. ” When a believer does something that is not right in the eyes of God, or does something bad to another p...

  Question 75. What is sanctification? Answer. Sanctification is the work of God's grace, whereby those whom God has chosen before the foundation of the world to be holy, are in due time, through the mighty work of the Holy Spirit, applied to the death and resurrection of Christ, so that men, who have been formed after the image of God, are renewed, and the seeds of repentance unto life, and other saving graces, are put in their hearts, and these graces are stirred up, increased, and strengthened, so that they die more and more unto sin, and live unto newness of life.   Those who are clothed with holiness were not predetermined before the creation of the world. God predestined Christ before the creation of the world, and gives holiness to those who enter into Christ. God predestined Christ, and in order for this predestination to be carried out as planned, there were those who were chosen before the creation of the world. There were prophets and pioneers of faith, and ...