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| God exists as more than one Person |
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| The Abrahamic covenant, in which God promised to provide his redemptive blessing to the world through Abraham’s descendants. Key elements of the promise: land, nationhood, personal blessing, and all the nations blessed through one of Abraham’s descendants. |
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| Occult practices forbidden. |
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| God is committed to the cause of the afflicted and justice for the poor. |
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Psalm 140:12
I know the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy. |
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| We honor or reproach God by how we treat the poor. |
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Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kid to the needy honors God. |
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| This passage makes it clear that the Old Testament sacrificial system must be fulfilled by a Person – the Servant of the Lord. |
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| God’s promise of the New Covenant for Israel (not just for the church) will be fulfilled. |
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| Daniel’s prophetic visions concerning the future of Israel. |
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| The Old Testament is completely accepted by Jesus. |
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Matt. 5:17-18
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. |
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| Jesus pre-authenticates the Apostles’ words. |
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Matthew 10:40
He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the one who sent me. |
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| Jesus’ own words are authoritative. |
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Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. |
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Matthew 28:18-20
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority on heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. |
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| Jesus will not allow anyone to snatch believers out of his hand. |
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| Experience flows from active faith. |
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| Speaks of all three aspects of spiritual maturity (the Mind of Christ, the Love of Christ, and the Character of Christ). |
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| The Holy Spirit empowered early Christians to take the gospel out from Jerusalem to the world. |
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Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. |
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| Federal headship; spiritual effects of the fall (Total Depravity) |
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| A picture of Christian’s struggle under the law. |
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| Christians will never be condemned by God. |
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Romans 8:1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. |
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| God’s promises to national Israel are irrevocable. |
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Romans 11:29
For God's gifts and his call are irrevocable. |
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| Christians are members of the body of Christ and therefore members of one another. |
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| We need minds renewed by truth to be able to discern God’s will. |
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Romans 12:2
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing, and perfect will. |
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| Explains the primary purpose of the gift of tongues and provides regulations for its use in Christian meetings. |
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| We are ambassadors for Christ. |
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2 Corinthians 5:18-20
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. |
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| Consistent, sacrificial giving is a non-optional component of spiritual vitality and maturity. We cannot be true disciples of Christ without them. |
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2 Corinthians 8:7
But just as you excel in everything – in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us – see that you also excel in this grace of giving. |
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| God blesses bountiful financial giving in a variety of ways. |
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| The purpose of the law is to lead us to faith in Christ. |
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Galatians 3:24-25
So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. Now that faith has come we are no longer under the supervision of the law. |
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| It is healthy and normal for Christians to experience a battle between sinful nature and Spirit. |
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Gal. 5:17
For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. |
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| Christians are sealed by God for safe passage to heaven. |
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Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. |
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| Speaks of the three stages of salvation, and emphasizes God’s faithfulness in each of these stages. |
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Phil. 1:6
Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. |
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| The kenosis of Jesus/Jesus emptied himself of certain divine privileges at the Incarnation. |
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Phil. 2:6-7
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. |
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| Jesus is both fully God and fully human/clearest biblical affirmation of the hypostatic union. |
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Col. 2:9
For in Christ all the fullness of Deity lives in bodily form. |
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| Pray for open doors for the gospel. |
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| All believers challenged to admonish, encourage. |
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I Thess. 5:14
And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. |
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| Promises God’s illumination of scripture, and also says we must exercise our minds to understand it. |
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2 Tim. 2:7
Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this. |
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| We must invest effort to interpret accurately, and we should be ashamed if we can’t do this. |
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2 Timothy 2:15
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. |
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| All scripture is God-breathed. |
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2 Tim. 3:16-17
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. |
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| Our perspective, world view, and ability to discern what is good is dependent on God’s Word. An in-depth understanding of the word is necessary for spiritual maturity. |
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| Consider how to encourage one another; don’t forsake meeting together. |
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Heb. 10:24-25
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching. |
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| Reminder that discipline is painful now, but rewarding later if you submit to its training |
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Heb. 12:11
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. |
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| We will always be dependent on God’s Word for spiritual growth. |
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I Peter 2:2
Like newborn babes, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation. |
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| Be on the alert for Satan’s attacks! |
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I Peter 5:8
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. |
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| All scripture has its origin in God rather than in humans. |
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2 Peter 1:20-21
If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. |
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| Jesus Christ died for the sins of the whole world, not just of believers. |
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I John 2:2
He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. |
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| Loving the kosmos is antithetical to loving God. They key components of the kosmos are the lust of the flesh (Hedonism), the lust of the eyes (Materialsim), and the boastful pride of life (Egotism). |
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