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 THEDOCTRI
NEOFTHESCRI
PTURE
(
BIBLI
OLOGY)

TheBi bl
eist heWor dofGod.Thet erm Biblecomesf rom theGr eekt abibli
a‖whichmeanst hebooks
ref
err
ingtot henumber ,
y etwit
honegr eatuni tofthoughtandpur pose,i
tcamet obecal l
edt heBIBLEinthe
fi
ft
hcentur yA. D.I
twascalledearl
yast hef ourt
hcent uryt
,hedi vinelibr
ary(Bibl
iothecaDi v
ina)byJer ome.
SincetheBi blewasnotcompl etedduri
ngt heper sonal minist
ryofChr i
st,andtheear lywri
tingsofthe
apostl
es,thet ermtheBibleisnotfoundi ntheNewTest ament .Howev er,t
heBible, i
nitsfr
agment arypart
sof
theOldTest ament ,
wasaccept edasaut henti
cbyt heNewTest amentwr i
tersandr eferr
edtoundersi xter
ms.

I
.THEDI VINELI BRARY
A.ITSNAME
1.TheScr i
pt ur es.
Matthew21v erse42;
Mar k14v er se49;
Luke24v er se32;
John5v er se39;
Acts18v er se24;
Romans15v erse4
2.HolyScript ur es.
Romans1v er se2;
secondTi mot hy3v er
se15
3.ThelawofMoses, theProphet
sandthePsal ms.
Luke24v er se44
4.Morebr i
ef lyt hehol ywri
ti
ngsareref
err
edt oastheLawandt heProphet
s,embr
aci
ngal
ltheOl
dTest
ament
.
Matthew5v er se17;
mat t
hew11v er se13,
Acts13v er se15
5.Theterm, t hel awi ssometimesusedtoincludeal
ltheScr
ipt
ures.
John10v er se34;
john12v er se34;
john15v er se25;
fir
stCor i
nt ians14v er
se21
6.TheOr aclesofGod.Act s7v er
se38;
Romans3v er se2;
Hebr ew5v er se12;
fir
stPet er4v erse11.

B.ITSCOMPOSITION.
1. TheBi bl
eismadeupofsi
xty
-si
xbookswithtwomaindi
vi
sions,
theOl
dTest
ament,contai
ningthi
rt
y
ninebooks(
wri
tteni
nHebr
ewandSy r
iacChal
dee(
Aramai
c)andtheNewTest
ament,cont
aini
ngtwentyseven

5
books,(writt
eni nKoineGreek)Thesesi xt
ysixbooks, composingt hedi vi
nel i
brar
y,cont
aineveryknownf or
m
ofli
teratur
eandf i
gureofspeech.
2. TheBi blewaswr i
tt
enbysomef or t
ydifferentwr i
ter
sont hreecont inentsinthr
eelanguages,overa
peri
odofabout1500y ear
s,withani ntervalofsomef ourhundredy earsbet.thewr i
ti
ngoftheOldTest ament
Bookandt hecomi ngofJohnt heBapt ist.
ThePent at
euch, t
hefirstfivebooksoft heBibl
e,waswr itt
enabout
1400B. C,andt hebookofRev elat
ionwaswr it
tenabout100A. D.Nooneknowst heexactnumberofwr i
tersof
theBible.
3. Hol ymenofGodf r
om manywal ksofl i
fewr otetheBibl
eunderi nspirat
ions.Thi
swillbediscussed
fur
therinthenextchapt er
.Amongt hewr i
terswer e:
Herdsmen, Preachers, Legi sl
ators,
Exi
les, Prophets, Judges,Taxcol lectors,Captai
nsand Ki ngs.

Theycomposedt hei
rwor
ksf
rom:
thedessertofSi
nai, t
hecav eofAdull
am ,
wil
dernessofJudea, thepalacesofJerusal
em andBaby
lon,
ri
ver
sofSushan, t
heprisonofRome,
thebanksofChebar, theisl
eofPatmos.

4.Theirwrit
ingscoveredthesubj ectsofauthenticor(tr
ustworthy
)by.
Law, wisdom andphi l
osophy,
hi
story, prophecy, mor al
sandet hics,pol emicsandl ogi
c,
poetryandpr oseand
ti
meandet erni
ty.
5.I
nt heBiblearethewordsofGod, man,angelsanddev il
s.Dir
ectquotati
onsar
emadefrom:
Kings, Angels, Lawy er
s,
Poet s, GodandJesusChr ist, Phy sici
ans,
Philosophers, Statesmen, Phari
seesandSadducees,
Fisherman, .Prophet s, Wickedmen, heat
henofOldand newt
est
amentTi
mes
thedev i
l and .
Priest.

C.I
TSUNI TY.
TheWor dofGodistheonlybook,r
eligi
ousorsecul
art
hathassur
viv
edt
heageswi
thwi
der
espect
andinf
luenceinmat ter
sofmor al
sandreli
gion.
Itistheonlybookthatwit
houtapology.
Whowear e?
Whywear ehere?
Wherewear egoi ng?

TheBibl
eistheonlysacr
edbookst
hathasuni
tyofpl
anpur
poseandf
ulf
il
lmentcoher
ent
lyr
eveal
ed
fr
om thebegi
nningt
ot heend.
Ephesi
ans1verse8t o10;

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Col
ossi
ans1v erse25to26
TheBi
blei
stheonlybookt hatr
eveals:
God–t obeitsauthor
JesusChri
st–t obeitstheme
Salvat
ionoflostmen–t obei t
spur
pose

Byr
eadingthisbookmenhavebeenmadewi seandupri
ght
.Bybel
i
evingi
tsmessagemenhavebeen
saved.Andbyfoll
owingit
steachi
ngst
hehighestachi
evement
sofhumanhist
oryi
nmatter
ssecul
arand
div
inehavebeenattai
ned.

D.ITSLANGUAGES
TheBi bl
ewaswr i
tteninthr
eelanguages,asori
ginal
lyinspired:
1.TheOldTest amentwaswr it
tenpri
marilyi
ntheancientHebrew.
2.Aminorpar toftheOl dTestamentwaswr it
ten,however,nSy
i r
iac-Chaldee,
somet
imescall
edtheAr
amai
c
l
anguage.Fori nstance,
wr i
tt
eninthi
slanguagewer ethefoll
owi ng.
Jer
emi ah10v erse11;
Daniel2verse4t o7and28;
Ezra4v er
se8;
ezra6v erse18;
ezr
a7v er
se12t o26
3.TheNewTest amentwaswr it
teni
nKoi neGreek,t
helanguageoft hecommonpeopledur
ingtheday
sofour
l
ordonear t
h.

Scri
ptur
esprovingt
hatBiblewaswri
tt
enbymenbutGOD‘
S
WORDS. secondPet er1ver
se20to21;
secondTimot hy3v erse16to17,
fi
rstCoint
ians.2verse13

E.ITSTRANSLATI ON.
1. TheOl dTest amentwasf ir
stt ranslatedf rom theanci entHebr ewi nt
ot heGr eeklanguagei nwhatwas
call
edt heSept uagint(tr
ansl ationoft hesev entyorsev enty-
two) .
Thi soccurredduringt her ei
gnoft he
Ptolemiesabout280B. Cin
Alexandria(Smi t
h‘sBibleDi ctionar y)
2. TheVul gatewast hesecondt ranslationoft heBi bl
e,thef i
rstactual t
ranslat
ionoft hewhol eBi ble.It
wast ranslat
edf rom thethr eeor i
ginal languagesi nt
oLat i
nbyJer ome, 385-405A. D, andbecamet he
authorizedversionoft heRomanCat hol i
cChur ch.
3. TheJohnWy cl
i
ffet r
ansl ationwast hefirstEngl i
sht r
anslationoft heentireBible.Itwastr anspl anted
1324-1384, andbecamet hegui debywhi chmuchot herEnglishtranslati
ondev el
oped.I twast r
ansl atedf rom
LatintoEngl i
sh.
4. TheWi ll
iam Ty ndalet ranslationwast hef i
rsttranslati
onoft hewholeBi blefrom theor i
ginal languages
toEngl i
sh.Wi l
l
iam Ty ndalewasknownast heFat herofEngl ishtranslat
ion.
5. Theaut hor i
zedKingJamesVer sionoft heBi blewascompl etedin1611by47Epi scopal schol ars.Iti
s
perhapst hemostaut hentict ranslationnowav ailabl
ei ntheEngl i
shl anguage.Rev isedSt andardVer sionorR,

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S,V,Bibl
er el
easedin1952byt heNationalCounci
lofChur
chest
ransl
atorper
hapsoneoft
hebl
asphemous
tr
anslati
onev ermade.I
tattemptstodiscredi
t:
Thev i
rgi
nbi r
thofChr
ist,Theinspi
rati
onoftheScri
ptur
esand
ThedeityofJesusChrist

II.THEI NSPI RATI ONOFTHEBI BLE

TheHol yBi blei st hei nspi red, credi ble, t
rust wor t
hywor dofGod.Eachoft heBi blewr it
er sei t
hercl aimed
tobet hespeaki ngt hev erywor dsofGodorhi swor dsindi catet hatt heywer eGod‘ sWor ds.Ev eryBi bl ewr iter
wasdi v i
nel ycont roll
edbyt heHol ySpi ritinwr i
tingwhatGodwant edhi mt owr i
te.Eachwr i
terwasal so
guar dedorpr ohibi tedbyt he
H. Sf rom r ecor di
nganyer rororcont r
adi ct i
onofanot her‘swr iting.
God‘ sHol ySpi ri
tinday sofol dgav einspi rat i
ont ohol yment or ecordr evelationf r
om God.
secondPet er1v erse20t o21
Todaywhenonest udi esGod‘ srev elation, theHol ySpi ri
tgi vesi llumi nat i
ont othosewhor ead, t
ohel pt hem
under st andt hewor dandwi ll ofGod.
1. Whati smeantbyt het er m“ Inspi ration” ?
All Scr i
pt urei sgi venbyi nspi rati
onofGod.
secondTi mot hy.3v er se16,
Thewor d“ inspi r
ed”meansl i
t erall
y, God- breathed.I tiscomposedoft woGr eekwor ds, TheosmeansGodand
neonmeanst obr eat he.Thet erm gi venbyi nspi ration‖si gnifiest hent hatthewr i
ti
ngsoft heOl dTest ament ,of
whi chPaul isher espeaki ng, ar ether esul tofacer taininfluenceexer tedbyGodupont hei raut hors.
I
nspi ration, t
henasdef inedbyPaul int hispassage, isthest rongconsci ousi nbreat hingofGodi ntomen,
qual i
fy i
ngt hem t ogi veut ter ancet ot rut h.ItisGodspeaki ngt hr oughmenandt heol dt est amenti st her efore
justasmuchoft hewor dofGodast houghGodspakeev er ysi ngl ewor dofi twithhi sownl i
ps.TheScr iptures
ar et her esul toft hedi vi
nei nbr eathi ng, j
ustashumanspeechi sut teredbyt hebr eathi ngt hroughaman‘ s
mout h.
2. TheDi st i
nct i
onofI nspi rat ionandRev elation
Itisoft hegr eat esti mpor tance, inconsi deringt het hemeofi nspir ati
on.Tondi stingui shi t
scl ear l
yf rom
rev elat i
on. Themostcur sor yper usal oft heScr ipturesr ev eal st hef actthatt heyconsi stoft wodi f ferent
kindsofr ecor ds; fir
st ,recor dsoft r
ut hdi rectlyrev eal edandi mpar tedt othatmi ndoft hewr it
erbyGod, and
whi chhecoul dhav el ear nedi nnoot hermanner( suchf orexampl e,ast hest oryofcr eat i
on) ;
andsecond,
recor dsofev entst hatoccur redwi ht i
nt hewr i
ter sownobser v ation, andofsay i
ngst hatf el luponhi sownear s
(suchasMosesaccountoft heExodus, Paul ‘saccountofhi sint er vi
ewwi thPet eratAnt ioch)I nt heonecase,
her ecor dsf act swhi chwer easwel l knownt oot her sast ohi msel f.
Nowr ev elationi stheactofGodbywhi chHedi rectlycommuni catet ruthnotknownbef oret ot hehuman
mi nd.Rev el ationdi scov ersnewt r
ut h, whi leinspi rat i
onsuper int endst hecommuni catingoft het ruth.
3. TheDi st i
nct i
onBet .Inspi r ationandI llumi nat ion
Spi rit
ual ill
umi nat i
onr ef erst ot hei nf l
uenceoft heHol yGhost ,commont oall Chr istians.Nost at ementof
at rut haboutGodorspi ri
tual thingscanbeunder stoodbyamanunl esst heHol ySpi r
itt akesi tandr ev ealsit
tohi m.I ti sonl yt hespi ritual manwhocanunder standt hespi rit
ual t
hi ngs.―Thenat ur al manr ecei vet hnott he
thingsoft hespi rit.
firstCor intians2v erse14
Mat thew 16v erse17.

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 Thereisav astdi fferencebet ween“ adi viner evelationoft hemi ndofGod”and“ adiv
ineact ionont he
mindofaman‖ .Thef or meri srev el ation,thel atteri sil
lumi nation( spirit
ual )
4.FourTheoriesExami ned( I
nI nspi r
at i
on) .
5.A.TheDi ct
at ionTheor y.
TheDict at i
ont heor yofi nspi r
at i
onhol dst hatGodgav emanwor d-for-awor dthemessagesot hathe
wroteasamer er ecor di ngmachi ne, at ool withoutt heuseofper sonal abilit
ies, t
alentsandl anguage.Thi si
s
somet i
mescal ledt he
“mechanizati
ont heor y”
B.TheI deat ionTheor y.
TheIdeat iont heor yholdst hatGodgav emant hei deaoft het ruth, t
henl eftmant owr i
teitdownt he
bestthathecoul d, accor dingtohi sgr ammat i
cal abi li
ty,withgr ammat ical errorsof t
enmade.
C.TheAspi rat i
onTheor y.
Theaspi rationt heoryhol dst hatGodi nspi redt heBi blewr iterst owr itejustasPoe, Longf el
l
ow,
Shakespeare,Whi ttierandot hergr eatwr i
terswr ot e.Theysawt hingsi nt heirdai l
yr outi
neofl i
fet hatcaused
them toconcent rat e, specul ateandaspi retor ecor dhighmor alsandt ruth.Aspi r
ationcomesf rom natural
sti
mul i
,ababblingbr ook, af l
oatingcl oud, asour ingbi rd,orat r
embl ingleaf .Theaspi r
ati
ont heor yof
i
nspirati
ondoesnotst andt heBi blet estofi nspi rat i
on.
D.TheSuper intendenceTheor y .
TheSuper i
nt endencet heor yofi nspi rationhol dst hatGodr ev ealedHi struthbytheHol ySpiri
ttothe
writ
er.TheHol ySpi ritr ecalledtot hemi ndoft hewr iterwhatGodwant edwr i
tten,gav ehimf unctionof
memor yinrecor di ngt het ruth,andi nt hissuper int endenceandgui dingt hewr i
teralsoguar dedhi mf r
om
recor
dinganyer ror .Thi sv erbal inspi ration.Itiswhatt heBi blet eaches, butiti snott hedictati
oni dea.

6.HOW DOWEKNOW THATTHEBI BLEISTRUE?

Wehav ef ourev idences:
a.)t
hr ought hef ul
fi
ll
mentoftheOl
dTestamentpr
ophecy
.
1.Aboutt hebi rthofChrist
I
sai ah7v er se14
isaiah9v erse6
andf ulfil
l
edi n.
Matt hew1v er se21and23
2.Thesuf feringsofChr i
st.
I
sai ah53v erse3t o5
andf ulfi
l
ledi n.
r
eadMat thew27
3.Thebi rt
hpl aceofChr ist
Mi cah5v erse2
andf ulfi
l
ledi n.
Mat thew 2v er se1t o6

b.
)Moder nSci
ence
1.Roundnessoftheear
th.

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 Isai
ah40v er
se22
2.Vastnumberofst ars.
Jeremiah33v erse22
3.Dif
fer
entv ehicl
esandknowl edgeincr
eased.
Daniel12v erse4
c.
)Thest ruct
ureoft heBibl
e
1.About40di ff
erentwr i
ter
s
2.Havetwodi visi
ons; t
heOldandtheNewTest ament
d.
)Testimonyoft hepastandpr esentBi
blebel
iev
ers
1.aboutturni
ngl i
ves
2.I
tsmessagei seternal

DI
VISI
ONOFTHEBI
BLE

I.THEOLDTESTAMENT
JesusChr i
strecogni zedt heOl dTest amentascont ainingt hreedi stinctdi vi
sions.
Luke24v erse44
A.TheLawofMoses.
Thisi sthef ir
stdiv i
sionoft heOl dTest ament .Itincludednotonl ythef i
vebooksoft hePent ateuchbutal so
theotherbooksoft heol dt est amentt hatt ellhowI srael‘
sgov ernment .functioni ncarryi
ngoutt hel awof
Moses, underJoshua, theJudges, andSaul ,Dav i
dandSol omon, thet hreeKi ngsofundi videdI srael.Theterm,
thelawofMoses, asusedbyourLor d.
Luke24v erse44
includedev erybookoft heol dt estamentf rom Genesi sthroughEst er( sevent eenbooks)
B.ThePr ophet s.
Thisseconddi vi
sionoft heOl dt estamenti ncludedt hosepr ophet swhowr otebookst hatwer econt ai
nedin
theoldt estamentScr iptures.Thesei ncludeev erybookoft heol dt est amentf r om Isai
aht oMal achi,wit
hout
Bibl
er ecogni t
ionofone‘ sbei ngmaj orormi nort oanot her( 17books)
C.ThePsal ms.
Thet hirddiv i
sionsoft heol dt est ament ,asappr ov edbyourLor df orst udy, i
ncl udedthosei nspi r
edbooksof
songsorpoet ryf r
om Jobt hrought heSongofSol omon( fivebooks) .Thet erm Psal ms, meansal yri
calpeace
tobesungt oamusi cal i
nst rument .ThePsal ms, notonl yr efer r
edt ot hesi nglebooki nourBi blecal ledPsal
ms,
butalsot oJob, Proverbs, Eccl esiastesandt heSongofSol omon, allofeachwer ewr i
tt
eni npoet r
y,tobesung
orchant edinwor shipt ot heLor d, i
nconnect ionwi t
hi nstrument al musi c.Itiswi sefordoctrinal purposesto
studyt heOl dTest amentaccor dingt oourLor d‘sappr oval.
Luke24v erse44and45.
Itisfollytost udyitot herwi set hati stodi sregar dHi sappr ov eddi visions,forst udyandt eaching.

I
I.THENEW TESTAMENT.
A.TheHi st
oricalBooks.
Thefi
rstf
ivebooksoft henewt est
amentcomposedthehi
stor
ical
books.Theymaybesocl
assi
fi
edbecause,
i
nthemain,theygiveani nspi
redhi
stor
ical
recor
doft
wothi
ngs:

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1.theminist
ryofJohnt heBapti
sti
nprepari
ngthewayforChr
istt
ocomeandest
abl
ishHischur
ch.
2.thepersonalmini
stryofJesusandestabl
i
shi
ngthechurchandhowi
tbegant
ofuncti
onincar
ryi
ngoutt
he
greatcommi ssi
onafterHeretur
nedtoheaven.

Forinstance,t
hefourgospelsallgi
vedivinerecordsofboththeliv
esandwor ksofJohnt heBapt
istandJesus
inestabli
shingandcommi ssi
oningtheLor d‘
sChur ch.ThenthebookofActs,thefif
thbookofthenew
testament,givesahist
oryofhowt heLord‘schurchbegant ofuncti
oni
ncarryingouttheLord‘
smessagetoall
nati
ons, af
tershehadbeenempower edbyt heHol yGhost.Ther
eissomedoct ri
neandsomepr ophecyin
thesefivebooks,butinthemain.Theircontentsaremat t
ersofdivi
nehi
stor
icalrecord.

B.TheDoct r
inalBooks.
Ever ybookoft henewt estamentf rom Romanst hroughJudewaswr it
tent osomepersonorgr oupof
personsconcer ningsomepar ti
culardoct ri
ne.Therear etwentyoneoft hesebooksandt hei
rcontentsare
pri
mar ilydi
vineinspiredinstr
ucti
ononsomespeci fi
csubject.
Fori nstance,t
hebookofRomanswaswr i
ttentoexplainthatjusti
fi
cationcamet oJewandGent i
leali
ke,by
fai
thi nJesusChr istwhichonei ssubscr ibingtothecer emoniesofei t
hert helawsofMosesort helawsof
Christ,asmeansofacqui ringsalv
at ion.Thent hebooksoff ir
stCor i
nthianswer ewrit
tentocorrectsome
mor alanddoct ri
nal evi
lsthathadcr eptintot hechurchatCor i
nth.
Ther eissomehi story,
authenti
chi story,andsomepr ophecyint hesetwent y-
onedoctri
nalbooksbuttheyare
pri
mar ilydoctr
inalandwer enotgivent ospeci f
icpropheti
corhi stori
calr easons.

C.ThePropheti
cBooks.
ThebookofRev elat
ionist
hethirdl ogicaldivisi
onoftheNewTest amentandist obeconsi deredt henew
test
amentguideforastudyofthingsconcer ningthecomingofourLordandt heendoft hisage.I thassome
hist
oryandsomedoct r
inei
nit(forinst ancet hedoctr
ineofthesecondcomingofChr ist),butitdeal spri
mar
il
y
withmatter
sofpropheti
cnatur
eandi sthereforeter
medpr ophet
ic.Bl
essedist hepersonwhor eads,
underst
ands,andtri
estoabi
debyt het eachingsofthisbookofprophecy,t
het hir
dlogicaldivisionoftheNew
Testamentforpur
posesofstudyi nr i
ghtlydividi
ngthewordoft r
uth.

THEEVI DENCESTHATTHEBI BLEI STRUe.

1.TheBi bl
ecl aimsDi vineOr igin.
secondTi mot hy3v erse15
secondPet er.1ver se21;
Hebr ew4v erse12
2.Thesur vi
val overt hegr eatef fortst odestroyi tindi
catesthi
swonder
fulbooki
sfrom God.
a.Toreadi tshi storyisat hri
lli
ngexper ience.
b.Historyr eveal sSatan' ef f
or tt
odest royt hisbook.
c.ThepowerofGodi npr eser vi
ngthisbooki sat est
imonyt
hati
tcomes from God.
3.Otherpositiveev idencest hatt hisbooki sfrom God.
a.It
spower .
Hebr ew4v erse12
b.It
sdept handy etit
ssi mpl icit
y.
c.Thescopeofi tssubj ectmat ter
.

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 d.It
sconti
nualuptodat eness.
e.It
saccuratel
yful
fil
l
edpr ophecies.
f.It
sposit
iveharmony ,
althoughwr i
tt
enbyf ort
ymen.
g.Thetest
imoniesofAr cheologyandscienceshowt herel
i
abi
l
ityofthebibl
e
concer
ningmat t
ersofTopogr aphy,Geography,
Histor
yandtheraces.

THECHARACTEROFBI BLE.
1.Thewr i
ti
ngsareHol ywr it
ings.
secondTi mothy3v erse15
2.TheBi bleisaGodcompl et
er evelati
onto
man.
a.Iti
sourALLSUFFI CIENTRULEOFFAI THANDPRACTI CE.
Psalms119v erse105
b.Noot herbooksr eveal God‘snat ureandpurposes.
3.Iti
sinf al
li
ble
a.Meani ng:iti
sincapabl eoferrori ndefi
ningdoct
rinest
ouchingf
ait
hormor
als.
(
secondTi mothy3v er
se16and17)
b.Thus,theBi bl
eisouronl yper fectstandard.

THEPURPOSEOFTHI SSCRI PTURES.

1.Thepur poseoft heBi blei scl
earl
ysetforthinsecondti
mot hy3v erse16
a.Fordoct ri
ne
b.Forrepr oof
c.Forcor rect i
on
d.Forinst ructi
on
2.Thepur poseoft heScr i
pturesistobelearnedbyconsider i
ngt owhatt heScript
uresarecompared.
a.TheScr ipturesopenandr eveal
,asaswor d.(
Hebrew4v erse12)
b.TheScr iptureispur geasaf i
re.
Jeremi ah5v erse14
Jeremi ah23v erse29
c.TheScr ipturesbr eakstubbornwill
s,asahammer .(Jeremi ah23v erse29)
d.TheScr ipturesrev ealasdoesami rror(James1v erse23and24)
e.TheScr ipturescleanseasdoeswat er.
Ephesians5v erse26and27;
John15v erse3
f.TheScr ipturespr oducetheplantsofsaintsandfruitsoft hespiri
tasdoseed.
(Luke8v erse11)
h.TheScr iptur esar estrengtheni
ngasmi l
k.(fir
stCori
ntians3v erse2;Hebrew5v erse12to14)
g.TheScr ipturesareessent i
altotheheal t
hofthesoul ,asbr ead.(Mat
thew 4v erse4)
i.TheScr i
ptur esar enour ishi
ngasmeat .(f i
rstCori
nti
ans3v erse2)

12
 THEI MPORTANCEOFTHESCRI PTURES
1.I
tisimperati
vet hatwekeept hemessagetr
uetot heBibl
e.
(secondTi mot hy4v erse2to4)
a.Preachthewor d.
b.Thewor dist heonlymessagewort
hpreaching.
c.Populardemandhascausedmanyt oadjustthei
rmessagetofitt
hechangingt
imes
butt
hechur chistoholdf
ortht
hewordofGODwi thoutf
earorcompromise.

2.Toknowt heteachingsoft heBibl

eist oobeythem ismoreimportantt
hatf
oodto
eat.
(Matthew4v er
se4;Samuel 14ver se22to23)
3.
Towal kwi t
houtt hewordist owalki ndarkness.(Psal
m 119v er
se11)
a.Thewor di sprecautionagainstsin.(
Psalm 119v erse11)
b.Thewor dgi vesli
ght.(Psalm 119v er
se30)
4.
Theirimportancei sseenint hatt
heypoi ntment oChrist,t
heonlywayofli
fe.
(John5v erse39)
a.Thei mportanceoft hewor di sseeninit
sessent i
alpar
tinthesal
vat
ionofthesoul
.
(
Psalm 9v erse17;fir
stPet er1v erse22to23)
5.
Theirimportancei sseenint heeffectoftheli
vesofmen.

WHYDOWENEEDTHEBI BLE?
a.
ForHistor
y.
b.
ForDoctri
ne.(secondTi mot hy.3ver
se16t o17)
c.
ForProphecy.(I
saiah.46v erse9to10)
onl
yGodcanf ortell
thef ut
urewi t
habsol
utelyaccur
acy
.
d.
ForGuidance.(Psalm 119v erse105)

WHATSHOULDBEOURATTI TUDETOWARDI T?
a.
Studyit.(secondTi mot hy2v erse15)
1.Studyitdaily.(Acts17v er
se11)
2.Studyitpur pose.( John5: 39)
b.
Beli
evei t
.(Acts27v er se25)
1.itisimpossi bl eforGodt oli
e.(Hebr
ew 6ver
se18)
2.God‘swor di st r
uth.(John17v er
se17)
c.
Heedi t
.(James1v er se22)
1.tobel i
evet heBi bleandy etnotheediti
sagr
iev
oussi
n.(James4v
erse17)

13
REFERENCES:

Bi
bleAnal
ysi
sbyAl
ber
tGar
ner

Gr
eatDoct
ri
nesoft
heBi
blebyWi
l
li
am Ev
ans

Bookof

“
WhatdoMi
ssi
onar
yBapt
istBel
i
eveAbout
?”

THEDOCTRI
NEOFGOD
(
THEOLOGY)

TheBi bledeclar
esthatt
herei
sonet r
ueGod.Hisexist
enceispr
esentedast hepersonofalldi
vine
perf
ections,andagentofal
ldi
vineact
s,bywhosewillandal
lpowerthingsandpersonwer ecreatedandare
sust
ained.Godcannotbedef i
nedordescri
bedinHisenti
ret
y.Hi
sinf
initenessdef
iesli
mitati
onsordefini
ti
ons
anddescr i
pti
on;elseHewouldnotbeinf
ini
te.

I
.ONLYONETRUEGOD( Unity
)
Onl
yonet rueGodnowexi st
sorhasev erexi
sted.
Polyt
hei
sm i st heconceptofmanyGod‘ s
Monotheism i st heconceptofoneGod
TheBi bleandt est i
monyofHi stor yandt i
mear econsideredt obei ndisput
able
evidence oft heexi stenceofonl yonet rueGod,whoi stheGodoft heBi bl
e.
A.Thiswast heconceptoft heNewTest amentwr i
tersandear lyChr i
stiansaswel lasthe
i
dea hel dbyt heI srael
itesofOl dTestamentDay s.
(Ephesians4v er se6)–decl aresthatther eisoneGodandf atherofal l
,whoi saboveall.
.
Paul wrot e,wet hatani dolisnothingi nthewor ld,andthatt hereisnoneot her
than Godbutone.Fort houtherebet hatarecall
edgods, whetheri nheav enorin
earth(astherebe god‘smanyandl ordsmany ),butt oasther ebutoneGod.The
Fatherofwhom ar eal l
things, andweHi m(f i
rstCor i
nti
ans.8v erse4t o6)
Jesussai d: ―Thef ir
stofallcommandment si s,HearoI srael;TheLor dourGodi sone

14
Lor
d:andt
hou shal
t…-Mar
k12v
erse29t
o30

OTHERSCRI
PTURES:
(Romans16verse27;fi
rstTi
mothy1v
erse17,
fi
rstt
imot
hy2v
erse5;
Gal
ati
ans3v
erse
20;
James2ver
se19;John17v
erse3;bookofJude25)

C. TheLawofMosesandt heoldtestamentwr it
erstaughtt
hat
therewasonl yonet r
ueGod.
D. Mal achiwr ote:
―Hav ewenotal l oneFather ?HathnotoneGodcr eatedus?(Malachi2ver
se10)
(Deutronomy6v erse4r eads) :
―HearOI srael:―Thel or
dourGodi soneLor d.‖
One( Hebr ew–Echod)uni tedone
Yachi d–onl yone,absolute(Genesi
s22
verse2) Exodus20v erse3r eads:
―Thoushal tnothav enoot herGod‘sbeforeme.
C.TheGodoft heBi bl
ei sknownbyt henameofJehov ah
Exodus6v erse3r eads:
―BymynameJehov ahwasInotknownt ot hem.
Psalms83v er
se13r eads:
―Thatmenmayknowt hatt hou,whosenameal oneisJEHOVAH, ar
tthemosthi
gh
over al
l t
heear th.

OTHERSCRIPTURES:(
Isai
ah44v er
se6;
Isai
ah46v
erse9;Isai
ah45ver
se22;
Psal
ms86v
erse10;
Dani
el2
v
erse28;
Psal
ms99v er
se8; I
sai
ah45ver
se6; Deut er
onomy4v er
se35

I
I.THEEXI STENCEOFGOD( versus.Athei
sm)
Godi stheselfexistenceone( Exodus3verse14)andthesour ceofall
li
fe
(John5v erse26)
Godexi stwithoutbeginningandwi thoutendbecauseHei sfrom everl
asti
ng
(Habakkuk1v erse12)
ATHEI ST–peopl ewhodon‘ tbel
ievethatGodisexi
st(Psal
ms14v erse1;
psalms53v
erse10)
AGNOSTI C-needspr oof,t
oseei stobel
ieve
INFIDEL–nothonest ,
don‘tbeli
eveinChri
sti
ani
ty

THREE( 3)SENSESOFETERNI TY:

1.Fi
gurativesense–wi
thbeginni
ngandwi thendthati
smount
ain,
seas.
2.Li
mitedsense–hadbeginningwithoutendthati
sman.
3.Li
ter
al sense–nobegi
nning,noenditmeansGOD.

PROOFSTHATGODEXI ST:
1.Argumentf
rom uni
ver
salbel
i
ef
2.CauseandEff
ect

15
3.
Elementofpower

II
I.THENATUREOFGOD
1.)TheSpi r i
tual i
tyOfGod
a. Stat ementoft hef act ,(John4v er se24)―GODI SSPI RIT‘
Chr i
stsai d:―Godi snotbeconf inedt oanyonepl ace( compar eAct s7v erse48;
act s17v er se25; fi
rstKi ngs8v erse27) Godmustbewor shipinSPI RI Tandi n
TRUTH.
b. Lighton. GODI SSPI RIT, from ot herscr iptures(Luke24v erse39)Aspi rit
hat hnotf l
eshandbonest hatishasnotbodyorpar tslikehumanbei ngs
(Col osas1v erse15)Thei mageofi nv i
sibleGod
(Fi rstTi mot hy1v erse17)
Nowunt oKi nget ernal ,immor tal,inv isible.
Thesepassagest eacht hatGodhasnot hingofamat erialorbodi l
ynat ure.Godi s
notof thenat ureoft hemat er ial wor l
d, hencehecannotbeseenwi ththe
mat erial ey e, atl eastnow.
c.Li ghtder i
vedf rom caut ionsagai nstr epresent i
ngGodbygr av enimages.
(Deut eronomy4v er se15t o23; Isaiah40v erse25; Exodus20v erse4)
St udyt hesepassagescar ef ul
lyandnot ethatt her eason whyi mageswer efor bidden
wasbecausenoonehadev erseenGod, andconsequent lycoul dnotpi ct urehowHe
lookedandf urther , ther ewasnot hingont heear tht hatcoul dr esembl eHi m.
d.Quest ionsandpr obl emswi thr ef erencet ot hest atementt hatGodi sSpi ri
t
1.Whati smeantbyst at ementt hatmanwasmadei nt hei mageofGod?
(Col osas3v er se10; Ephesi ans4v erse24)decl aret hatt hisimageconsi sti n
right eousness, knowl edge, andhol inessoft ruth.Byt hati smeantt hatt hei mageof
Godi nmanconsi st edi ni ntel l
ect ualandmor al likenessr at hert hanphy si cal
resembl ance.Somet hi nkt hat(f irstThessal oni ans5v erse23)i ndicatest hatt het rini
ty
ofman(body ,soul , andspi ri
t)const itutet hati mageandl i
keness;
2.Whati smeantbyt heAnt hropomor phicEx pr essi onsusedofGod?
Forexampl e.Godi ssai dt ohav ehands, feet ,ar ms, ey es, ears;Hesees, feel s,
hear s, wal ks, andsoon.Suchexpr essi onsar et obeunder stoodonl yint he
senseofbei nghuman expr essi onsusedi nor dertobr i
ngt hei nfinitewi thi nt he
compr ehensi onoft hef inite.How other wisecoul dweunder standGodsav ingby
meansofhumanex pr essi ons, inf igur est hat weal l canunder stand?
2. )ThePer sonal ityOfGod
Godi saper son, notf or ce, i
nf luencenori mper sonal somet hingbecause.i ft hat
happens, ther ecoul dbenocommuni cat i
onbet weenGodandman.
a.Def initionofPer sonal ity
PERSONALI TY–exi st swher et her ei si ntell
igence, mind, will,r
eason, indi vi
dual i
ty,
sel fconsci ousness, andsel fdet ermi nat i
on.
b.Scr i
pt uret eachi ngont heper sonal i
tyofGod.
1.( Ex odus3v erse14)IAM THATIAM.
Thewor dssi gni fy―IAM, IWAS, ISHALLBE

16
 Al
lthenamesgi
vent oGodi nt
hescripturedenot eper sonality.Herearesomeoft hem.
1.Jehovah–Jireh–TheLor dwillprovide( Genesi s.22v erse13and14)
2.Jehovah–Nissi –TheLordourbanner( Exodus. 17ver se8t o15)
3.Jehovah–Rapha–TheLor dthatheal eth( Exodus.15v erse25)
4.Jehovah–Shal om –TheLordourpeace( Judges6v erse24)
5.Jehovah–Ra- Ah–TheLor dmyshepher d( Psalms.23v erse1)
6.Jehovah–Tsidr enu–TheLordr i
ghteousness( Jer emi ah. 23verse6)
7.Jehovah–Shamman–TheLor di spr esent( Exodus.48v erse35)
8.Jehovah–Sabbaot h–TheLordofhost(f irstSamuel .
1:3)
9.Jehovah–Elvon–TheLor dmosthi gh( Psal m.97v erse9, psal
ms7v erse17)
10.Jehov
ah–Mkaddi shi
m –TheLor dthatsanct i
fi
edt hee( Exodus31v erse13)

2.
Att
ribut
esofper sonal
it
yareascri
bedt oGodintheScri
ptures.
Godrepents(Genesis6verse6);gr
iev
es( Genesi
s6v er
se6) ;
isangr
y(fi
rstKi
ngs11
v
erse9);
isj
ealous(Deuteronomy6v er
se15)l oves(Revel
ati
on3v erse19)
;hat
es(Pr
over
bs16
v
erse16)

3.
God‘
srel
ati
ontouni v
erseandman.
a.Heisthecreatoroftheuni
ver
seandman.
b.Godsustai
nsuni ver
seandmanwhichHehasmade.

3.)TheTr i
nit
yOfGod
Thedoct rineoft het r
ini
tyis,adeepmy sterythatcannotbef athomedbyt he
fi
nitemi nd. Itisadoct ri
netobebel ievedev enthoughi tcannotbethoroughl
y
under stood.
a.TaughtI nTheOl dTest ament
Itisclearlyintimat edi naf our-
foldway :
FIRST: I
nt hepl uralnamesoft heDeity–ELOHI M
Genesi s1v erse1–Thewor d―Godcomesf rom aHebr ewwor dwhichisofuni
-pl
ural
for
m.The
Hebr ewwor di s‗ELOHIM‘, whichmeans‗ thr
eest r
ongones.
SECOND: Personal pronounsusedoft heDeity.(Genesis1v erse26;genesi
s11
verse7; I
sai
ah6v erse8)
THIRD: TheTheophani es,especiall
ytheAngel oftheLor d.
(ReadGenesi s16and18)
FOURTH: Thewor koft heHol ySpi r
it
.(Genesis1v erse2; Judges6v erse34)

b.TaughtInTheNewTest ament.This
i
stheevidentfrom thefoll
owi ng:
FIRST:TheBapt ism ofChr i
st(Matthew3verse16to17)
SECOND: I
nt hegreatcommi ssi
onBaptismalfor
mula
(Matthew28v erse19)
THIRD: TheApost ol
icBenedi cti
on(Paul
):(
secondCori
nti
ans13v
erse14)

17
. FOURTH: CHRISTTAUGHTI TbeforeHI SASCENSI ON( John14v er
se16t
o17)
Iwillpraythe FATHER…Hewi l
lgi
veyouanot hercomf orter.
AnotherGk.:All
on–anot heroft hesameki nd
Eteron–anotherofdif
ferent
.kind
FIFTH:TheNewTest amentsetsfor
th:
AFat herwhoi sGod. (
Romans1v er
se7)
Asonwhoi sGod, (
Hebrew1v erse8,fi
rstJohn5v er
se20)
AHol ySpir
itwhoisGod. (Act
s5v er
se3t o4;firstCorint
ians3v erse16,
fi
rstcor i
nti
ans6v erse19)

OTHERSCRI PTURES: (fi

rstJohn5v erse5t o7; Ephisi ans2v erse18; Acts7verse56; John15v er
se9)
Thismeanst hatGodhaschosent or eveal divinit
yi nthemani festati
onofthree
per
sons orper sonalit
iesi nt hetri
ni t
yorGodhead.Thet ermt rinit
y‖isnotused
i
ntheBible,butthe ideai st aughtbey ondsuccessf ul contradi
ct i
on.
Godismani festint hreeway sintheBi ble.
A.GODTHEFATHER–i spr esent edast hewi se, i
nt elli
gent ,designerandPur poserof
Godheadort ri
nity.Het houghti t
.(Romans11v erse33t o36)
-Hei sallthef ull
nessoft heGodheadi nvisible(f i
rstJohn1v erse18)
B.GODTHESON( JESUSCHRI ST)i sdecl aredt obet hecr eati
ngagencyoft heGodhead
ort
rini
ty.
Hebroughti t(Colosas1v erse15t o17f irstCor i
nt i
ans1v erse24; John1v erse1to3)
-Hei sthef ull
nessoft heGodheadmani fest ed( John1v erse1, and14t o18)
C.GODTHEHOLYSPI RIT–i sacknowl edgeast heexecut ingadmi nistratoroftheGodhead
ortri
nityincreat i
onandr egener ati
on.Hewr ought( John6v erse63; secondCor int
ians3v erse6)
-Hei sallthef ull
nessoft heGodheadi mmedi atelyupont hecr eature,
(fir
stCorinti
ans2v erse9to10)

Thesethr
eearerepresentedasglor
iousl
yharmoni
ousinev
eryhol
yatt
ri
but
e,execut
ing
di
sti
nct
,separat
eoffi
ces,
wi t
hdi vi
neperf
ecti
on,inther
edempti
onofhumani
tyandt
hewor l
d.

Dr.L.DForemani ll
ustr
atestheunityofGodasf ol
l
ows:
―Ifweputwat eronfir
e,itgetshotandischangedtosteam.I fwemakewat er
cold enough,itwillfr
eezeandchanget oice.Herewehavewat er(1)ali
quid(
2)
steam,av apor(3) ice,asoli
d.Itisal
lwater(t
wopartshydrogenandonepar t
oxygen,yetexpressedint hr
eediff.
anddisti
nctway s.EvensoGodi sexpressedinthr
eewaysnotint hreegods,
butthr
ee
manifestati
onoftheoneGod.

OTHEREXAMPLES: Aneggiscomposedofthreepart
s;theshel
l,
theyoke,andthewhi
te
subst
ance.Threepart
sbutoneegg.
Phil
i
ppineshast
hreei
slands;
Luzon,VisayasandMindanao.Thr
ee
dif
fer
enti
slands(bi
g)butonecountr
y.
4.TheAtt
ributesOfGod

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 1.THENATURALATTRI BUTES
a.Godiseternalandi mmut abl e
Eter
nal meanst hatourGodexi sts,whichbeginningororigi
n.Ital
someanst hatHe
shal
l al way sexist:
-(Psal
m 90v erse2; Isaiah40v erse28;Isai
ah44v er
se6;I
saiah57verse15)
Godalway swas, alway sis,andalway sshallbethe everl
asti
ngGod,et
ernal,
theBibledeclaresi nGenesi s21v erse33t o34;Exodus3v erse14;
Deuteronomy33v erse27; Hebr ew1v erse12; Rev
elat
ion1v er
se8;Hebrew
1v er
se12; Isaiah63v erse16.

I
mmutabl
emeanst hatGod‘
snatureisabsol
utelyunchangeabl
e.Godremai
nsf
orev
er
t
he samewi t
houtanychangeforbet
terorforworse.Heisunchangeabl
e.
-(
Matt
hew3v erse6)Iam t
heLord,Ichangenot.‖
(James1verse17;Numbers23verse19)

b.Godi sOmni present

Theterm ―omni present‖meansalway spr esent.ThatGodi salway spresental sorefl
ects
Hiseternal i
tyofbei ng.Cursedmenar el i
mi t
edt otime, placeandspace, butGodi snot .Godi
s
presentev erywher eatt hesamet i
me.
- ( firstKings8v erse27;Isai
ah66v er
se1; Jer emiah23v erse23t o24; Matthew
28v erse20; Act s17verse24to28; Acts7v erse48t o49;Psal m 139v erse7to8)
- Godi sal wayspresentuniversall
yint hev oiceofnat ure, par
ti
cularlybyHisHol y
Spir
it(Psal m 19v erse1t o3;John14v erse6)
Thisdoesnotmeant hatGodi sev erywherepr esenti nabodi lysensef ort herei
s
asense i
nwhi chHemaybeheav en.Hiscent erisev ery
wher e; Hi
s
cir
cumf erencenowher e.Butthi
s presencei saspi r i
tual andnotamat erialpresence
yetiti
sar ealpr esence.

c.Godi sOmni sci

ent
Thet erm ―omni sci
entmeansGodknowsev er y
thi ng.Heisthecomposi t
eofall
wisdom andknowl edge.Knowl edgei saccumulat i
v e, i
nducti
veanddeduct i
vein
men, butitis inherent,infini
teinGod.Thi stheBi bledecl ar
es - (Psalm 147
verse4;Mat thew10v erse29;f i
rstJohn3v erse20)
-(Psalm 147v erse5)decl aresthatHisunder standi ng‖isi
nfinite(unli
mi t
ed)
Jamesadmoni shes:
Ifanyofy oul ackswi sdom, letHi m askGod( James1v er se5)
ThePsal mistwr ot
e:
―TheLor dlookedf rom heav en; bebeholdethallt
hesonsofmen( Psal m 33v erse13)
Jobst ated:
―Hi sey esareupont heway sofman, andheseet heshisentiregoi ngs.Thereisno
darkness,norshadowofdeat h,wher etheworkersofi niqui t
ymayhi det hemsel ves(Job34
verse21t o22)

19
I
ndet ailandbywayofi l
lustration:
1.Hisknowl edgei sabsolutelycompr ehensi
ve
(Pr
ov erbs15v erse3)
(Proverbs5v erse21)
2.Godhasaper f
ectknowl edgeofal lthati
sinnature
(Psalms147v erse4)
(
Mat thew10v erse29)
(
Mat thew10v erse30)
3.Godhasaper f
ectknowl edgeofal lthattr
anspi
resinhumanexper ience.
(Proverbs5v erse21)
(
Psal m 139v erse1to4)
Godhasaper fectknowledgeofal lthattr
anspi
resinhumanhi story
.
Withwhatpr ecisionarenat ionalchangesanddestiniesf
oretoldanddepict
edi
nDani
el2and8.
(Acts15v erse18)
4.Godknowsf rom alleternit
yt oalleter
nit
ywhatwilltakepl
ace
(I
saiah48v erse5t o8)
(I
saiah46v erse9t o10)

d.Godi sOmni pot ent

Thet erm ―omni potent‖meanst hatGodisall
powerful.Hecanbr
ingtopass
everything whi chHewi l
ls.God‘ spoweradmit
sofnoboundsorl imi
tat
ions–―Hat
h
Hesai d, andshal l Henotdoi t?(Numbers23v er
se19)
1.Scriptur aldecl ar at i
onoft hefact ;I
NGENERAL:
(Job42v erse2)
(Genesi s18v erse14)
2.Scriptur al decl ar ationofthef act;INDETAIL:
a.Int hewor ldofnat ure
(Genesi s1v er se1t o3)
(Psal ms107v erse25t o29)
(Nahum 1v er se5t o6)
b.Int heexper ienceofmanki nd
(r
eadDani el 4)
(readAct s9( Saul ))
(Exodus4v er se11( pharaoh))
(James4v erse12t o15)
All humansact i
ons, whetherpr esentorf
utur
e,aredependentupont
hewi l
l
and powerofGod.
(Luke12v er se16t o21Par ableofther
ichandfool
)
c.Theheav enl yinhabi t
antsar esubjecttoHiswil
landword( OTHER)
(Dani el4v erse35)
(Hebr ew1v er se14)

20
d.
EvenSatanisundert hecontr
olofGod
Satanhasnopowerov eranyofGod‘
schil
drensav
ingasGodper mit
shimtohav
e–Thisfacti
s
cl
earl
yest abli
shedi
nthecaseofJob(job1ver
se12andj ob2v er
se6).andPet
er(
Luke22v
erse31to
32)Rev el
ation.20ver
se2–Godcansetabart othemaligni
tyofSat
an.

OTHERSCRIPTURES:
(Genesi
s17v
erse1;
Exodus6v
erse2t
o3;
Job9v
erse4;
Mat
thew 19v
erse26;
Luke1verse37)

2.THEMORALATTRI BUTESOFGOD
a.Godi sHol y
Thehol inessofGodi sHi smostexal tedattri
butet hatshowst henat ureofHi s
charactert o beofabsol utepur ity
,per f
ection,andi ntegr i
ty.Godi snotonl yHol yin
Hisbeing, butHeal so Hol yinev eryactHeper forms.
1.Scri
ptur alStat
ement ssettingf orththeFactofGod‘ sHol iness( Psal
m 145v erse17)
―TheLor disrighteousinal l Hisway s,andHol yinal l Hiswor ks.‖
(
Psalm 99v erse9)
―Exal ttheLordourGodandwor shipatHi sHol ywi ll,f
ort heLordourGodi s
Hol y.
‖…
OtherScr ipt
ures:fi
rstPeter5v erse16;(Lev i
ticus20v erse7; John17v erse11)
TheoneGodi sexpressl yHol yinHi sTruemani f
est at i
on:
1. Godt heFatheriscal l
ed―Hol yFat her‖(John17v erse11; Isai
ah41v erse14)
2. Godt heSoni scal
ledt he―Hol yOne‖( Acts3v erse14)
3. Godt heSpiri
tiscalledt he―Hol ySpi ri
t‖(Ephisians4v erse30; Mat t
hew. 28v er
se19)

2.
TheScri
pturalMeaningofHolinessasAppli
edtoGod
(Job34:10)Bei tfarf
rom God,t
hatHeshoulddowickednessand
from the Al mightyt
hatHeshouldcommitini
qui
ty.
Levit
icus.
11verse43t o45

3.TheMani festati
onofGod‘ sHol i
ness
(
Proverbs15v erse9and26)
(
Isai
ah59v erse1t o2)
B.GodI sLov e
Whil
eGod‘ sHol i
nessqualif
iesHimtorenderabsoluterighteousnessandjusti
ce,
His loveat tri
butequali
fiesHimtorenderrighteousandj ustj
udgmentaccor di
ng.
tooff
eredmer cy andgrace.TheBibl
edeclares―Godi sLov e‖(
fir
stjohn4verse8
and16)ofal lreli
gions,Chri
sti
anityist
he onl yreli
gionthatdescribesGodasaGod
oflov
e.

TheObjectsofGod‘
sLove
1.GodlovedHisSonastheor
igi
nal
,speci
fi
c,et
ernal
obj
ectofHi
saf
fect
ion.Att
heBapt
ism of
HisSon,Hetesti
fi
ed:

21
 ―Thi si smybel ovedSon, inwhom Iam wel lpleased‖
(Matt
.3:17) Readal soMatthew 17v erse5
;Luke20v erse13; John17:242.Bel ieversinHi sSon, JesusChri
st,
arespecial object sofGod‘slov e.
―Fort heFat herhimselfl ovethy ou,becausey ehavelov
edme, andhavebeliev
edthatI
cameoutf rom God( John16v erse27)
OtherScr iptures: (John14v erse21and23; john17: ver
se23;fi
rstJohn4v er
se19)
3.Godal sol ovest heent i
rehumanr acet hatbearsHisi mage,Heseekt hei
rsal
vati
onfrom
sin andr uin.
VERSES: (John3v erse16and17; Romans5v erse6t o8;Ephi
sians2v erse4to5;
fi
rstt
imot hy2v erse3t o4;secondPet er3v er se9:f
irstJohn4v erse9to10;
I
saiah1v erse18; I
saiah55v erse6; Ezekiel33v erse11)

HOW THELOVEOFGODREVEALSI TSELF?

a.
Inmakinginf
init
esacri
fi
ceforthesalv
ati
onofmen ( fi
rstJohn4ver
se9to10)
b.
Inbestowi
ngf ul
landcomplet
epardonont hepenit
ent(Isai
ah38ver
se17)
c.
InrememberingHischil
dreni
nallthevar
yingcir
cumst
anceoflif
e( I
sai
ah63verse9;
Isai
ah49v
erse15)

C.TheRi ght eousnessAndJust i

ceOfGod
Incer tai
nsenset heseat tri
butesar ebutmani f estationofGod‘ s
Holi
ness. Thr eet hingst obeconsi deredt hatGodi srighteousandj ust:
1.I
mposi ngofr ight eous,lawsanddemands, w/ cmaybecal ed–Legi
l slativeHol iness
2.Executingoft hepenal t
iesat tachedt ot hosel aws, w/ cmaybecal led–Judi cial
Hol i
ness
3.Sensei nwhi chat t
ributesoft heright eousandj ust iceofGodmayber egardedast heact
ual car
ryi
ngout
oftheHol ynat ureofGodi nt hegov ernmentoft hewor l
d.Sot hatint her i
ghteousness ofGodwehav eHi
s
l
oveofhol iness, andi nt hejust i
ceofGod, Hi shat redofsi n.
Agai nr i
ght eousness, asher eused, hasr efer encet ot hev er
ynat ureofGodas
Heisin Himsel f–t hatat tri
butew/ cl eadsGodal way stodot her ight.Just i
ce,is
devoidofal l passionorcapr i
cei tisi ndi cative, notv indict
ive.
1.Scri
ptural statementoft hef act
(Psalms116v erse5; Ezra9v erse15; Psal ms145v er
se17; Jeremiah12v erse1)
2.Howt her ighteousnessandj ust i
ceofGodar erev eal ed?
Intwoway s: fi
rst–i npuni shingt hewi cked: Ret ributi
v eJustice;
second, i
nr ewar dingt her ighteous: Remuner ativeJust i
ce
a.Int hepuni shmentoft hewi cked–Psal ms11v erse4t o7; Exodus9: 23- 27
b.Inf orgivingt hesi nsofpeni tent–IJohn1: 9
c.Inkeepi ngHi spr omi sest oHi schi ldren–Neh. 9:
7,8
d.Inshowi ngHi msel ftobet hev indicat orofHi sPeopl efrom alltheirenemi es
-Psal m 129: 1-4
e.Int herewar dingoft her i
ghteous–Heb. 6:10

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D.TheMer cyAndLov ingKi ndnessOfGod
Mer cyisusual l
yexer cisedi nconnect ionwi thgui l
t,i
tisthatat tr
ibut
eofGod
whichl eads Hi mt oseekt hewel fare,bot ht empor alandspi rit
ual ofsinners,
even
thoughatt hecostofgr eatsacr i
ficeinHi spar t–( Ephisians2v erse4; Romans5v er
se
8)
Lov ingkindnessi sthatat t
ributeofGodwhi chl eadsHi mt obest owuponHi s
obedient chi ldrenHi sconst antandchoi cebl essing(Romans8v erse32)
1.Scriptur al st
atementoft hef act
(
Psal ms103v er
se8; Deuteronomy4v erse31; Psalms86v er se15)
2.Howt hemer cyandl ov i
ngki ndnessofGodar emani fested
a.Mer cyt owar dssinneri npar t
icular
(
Luke6v erse36; Mat t
hew5v erse45; Isaiah55v erse7; Prov erbs28
verse13; Psal ms51v erse1; secondPet er3v erse9; Nehemi ah9v erse31
b.Lovingki ndnesst owar dst hesai nts,inpar ticular
.
(
Psal ms32v er
se10; Philpi
ans2v erse27; Psalms6v er
se2t o4; Psalms21verse7)

Ref
erences:
Def
enseoftheFait
hby:Alber
tGarner
GreatDoct
ri
nesoftheBibl
eby :
Wil
l
iam Ev
ans

THEDOCTRI
NEOFJESUSCHRI
ST
(
CHRI
STOLOGY)

A.THEPERSONOFCHRI
ST
―Wi
thoutHi
mther
eisabsol
utel
ynot
hing.‖
-Si ncl
airPat
ter
son

I
.THEHUMANI TYOFJESUSCHRI ST
1.TheScri
pturesdi
sti
nct l
yteacht
hatHehadaHumanPer
cent
age:ThatHewasbor
n
Ofawoman–TheVi rgi
n
a.
(Matthew1v erse18)
b.
(Matthew2v erse11)
c.
(Matthew13v erse55)
d.
(Matthew2v erse1)

Hewascal
l
edt
heseedofawoman–(Genesi
s3v
erse15)
Hewascal
l
edt
hebornofawoman–

23
(Galati
ans4v er
se4)
Hewascal ledseedofDavid–(Romans
1v erse3)
Hewascal ledAbraham‘sseed–
(Galati
ans3v er
se16)
Hewascal ledsonofman( ant
hrophosnotaner)–(Matt
hew12verse40)
Scr i
ptur
esTell
ingThatJesusIsHuman:(fi
rstti
mothy2ver
se5;
John1v er
se14

2.Hegr ewinwisdom andst atureasotherHumanBeingsDo.Hewassubj ecttothe

Or
dinaryLawsofHumanDev elopmentinBodyandSoul
.
(
Luke2v er
se40)52, 465-―Andt hechi
l
dgrew,andwaxedstronginspir
it,
fi
ll
edwith wisdom: andthegraceofGodwasuponHi m.
-AndJesusincreasei
n
wisdom andstatur
eand infavorwit
hGodandMan.–And…t heyfoundhimi nthe
temple,sit
ti
nginthemi dstofthe doctor
s,bot
hheari
ngthem,andaskingthem
questi
ons.

3.HehadtheappearanceofMan.
a.(John4verse9)
b.(Luke24verse14)Thetwodisci
plesonthewaytoEmmaustookHi
mtobeanor di
naryman.
c.ThewomanofSamar iaevi
dentl
yrecogni
zedJesusasaJewbyHisf
eat
uresorspeech.

4.HewasPossessedofaHumanPhy
sical
Nat
ure:Body,
SoulandSpi
ri
t.
a.(John1v erse14)
b.(Matthew26v erse12)
c.(Matthew 26v er
se38)
d.(Luke24v erse39)
e.(Hebrew4v erse15)

5.HeWasSubjectToTheSi nlessI nfir

mi t
iesofHumanNat ur
e
a.Hedesir
edf orf ood.–(Mat thew 4v erse2; matthew 21v
erse18)
b.Hebecamet hirst.–(John19v erse28; j
ohn4v erse7)
c.Hebecamet ired.–( John4v er
se6)
d.Heneededsl eep.–( Mat t
hew 8v er
se24)
e.Hewept.–( John11v er se35)
f.Hegroaned-( John11v er se33)
g.Hedi
ed-( Romans5v er se8; John19v er
se30)
h.Hemour nsov erJerusal em.-( Mat t
hew 23v er
se37)
i.Hewasangr yandgr iev ed-( Mar k3v erse5)

6.HumanNamesAr eGiventoHi
m ByHimsel
fandOthers.
a.
SonofMan-( Luke19verse10)
b.
Thoushal
tcal
l Hi
snameJesus‖-(Mat
thew1v er
se21)

24
 c.
JesusofNazaret
h-( Act
s2v er
se22)
d.
TheManChr i
stJesus(fi
rstt
imothy2v
erse5)

I
I.THEDEI
TYOFJESUSCHRI
ST

1.Di
vi
neNamesar
eGi
vent
oHi
m

a.Hei
sCall
edGod
a.1.(
John1v erse1and14)―TheWor dwasGod‖
a.2.(
Mat thew 1v erse23)Hisnamei s―I mmanuel ―whi chmeansGodwi
thus.
a.3.(
Hebr ew1v erse18)Godt heFat heraddressedHi m asGod.
a.4.(
John20v erse28)-Thomassai d,―MyLor d,myGod‖
a.5.(
Romans9v erse5)-―Godbl essedforever‖
a.6.(
Titus2v erse13)―Thegr eatGodandourSav i
ourJesusChri
st‖
a.7.(
fir
stJohn5v erse20)-JesusChr isti
sthet rueGod.
a.8.(
Isaiah9v erse6)-Hei scal l
edMi ghtyGod

b.HeiscalledtheSonofGod
(Matt
hew8v er
se29; matt
hew14ver
se33;matt
hew 16ver
se16t
o17,Mar
k1v er
se1;
mark14verse61,
Luke1verse35; luke4ver
se41;l
uke14v
erse61,Luke22ver
se70,
John5ver
se25;j
ohn10ver
se36;
j
ohn11v erse4)

c.Heiscall
edLord
(Act
s9verse17;
act
s4v
erse33;
act
s16v
erse31,Luke2v
erse11,
Mat
thew 22v
erse42t
o45)

d.
OtherDivi
neNamesar eAscri
bedtoHi m
d.
1.TheFir
standtheLast(Rev elati
on1v er
se17)
d.
2.Thist
it
leusedofJehovah(I saiah41v erse4;I
sai
ah44v er
se6;
Isai
ah48v er
se12)
d.
3.TheAlphaandOmega(Rev elati
on22v erse13and16)
d.
4.Immanuel(Matthew 1verse21)
d.
5.Wonderful
,Counsel
or,TheMi ghtyGod,TheEverl
ast
ingFat
her,
Pr i
nceofPeace(
Isai
ah
9ver
se6)

2.Div
ineWor shipisAscri
bedtoJesusChr ist
TheScr iptur
esr ecogni
zeworshi
pasbei ngduet oGod, t
oDeityal
one.
(Matthew4v
erse10,
Revel
ati
on
22verse8t o9)
Towor shipmanev enangelsisunscript
ural
.(Acts10verse25to26:
Revel
ation19v erse10;r
evel
ati
on22v er
se8t o9)
Herecei v
edwor shi
pasGod.
(Matthew 2v erse2and11; matt
hew 14v erse33;matthew 28ver
se9and17;Luke24ver
se
52;mat thew5v erse8,John9v erse38;john20v er
se28)

25
a.
Godcommandedangel stoworshipHi m -(Hebrew1v er
se6)
b.
HosannaaddressedtoHi m –(Mat thew21v er
se15)
c.
Everykneeshoul
dbowt oHim -(Phi l
ipians2v er
se10,Romans14v er
se11)
d.
Practi
ceofapostl
esandear l
ychur cht orenderworshi
ptoHi
m.(secondCori
nthi
ans12v
erse8t
o10;
Act
s
7v er
se59,fir
stCori
nthians1v erse2)

3.HePossessest heQualiti
esandPr opert
iesofDeit
y
a.Pre-existence
(
John1v erse1) ―IntheBeginning-
(
Genesis1v erse1)
(John8v er
se58)-―Bef oreAbraham was
Iam‖
(John17v erse5)-Her ecei
vedglorybeforethef
oundati
onof
thewor l
d.
(John8v erse24)-Hesai d,―Iam He(I saiah43verse10;
I
sai
ah
13v erse19;Isaiah18verse5)

b.Sel
f–ExistenceandLife–Gi vi
ngPower
-Heraiset
hupdeadandqui ckenedthem-(John5verse21and26)
-I
nHim wasl if
e-( John1v er
se4;john14verse6;
j
ohn17v er
se3to5;
j
ohn10v
erse17t
o18;
Hebr
ew7v
erse
16)
-Heistheresurrect
ionandlif
e-( John11verse25to26)
-Heisthebreadofl i
fe-(John6v erse48)

c.I
mmutabi
li
ty
Hei
sthesamey ester
day,t
odayandforev
er–(
Hebr
ew 13v
erse8)
Hei
sunchangeable-(Hebrew1verse12)

d.
Allt
hefull
nessoftheGodheadDwel ti
nHim
(Col
osas2v erse9),Notmerelyt
hedivineper
fect
ionsandat
tri
but
esofDeit
y,butt
hev
ery
essenceand nat
ureoftheGodhead.Hewasnotmer el
yGod-
li
ke;HewasGod.

4.
Div
ineOff
icesareAscr i
bedt oHim
a.
Heisthecreator( John1v erse1to3;Hebrew1v erse10,Col
osas1v er
se16to17)
b.
HeistheUphol derofallt
hings ( Col
osas1v er
se17,Hebr ew1v erse3)
c.
Hehasther ighttoforgi
vesins (Mark2ver
se5t o10,Luke7v erse38,Colosas3v erse13)
d.
Therai
singoft hebodie4sofmeni sascri
bedtoHi m( John6verse39and40and54; j
ohn11v erse
25;
john5v erse21and28t o29)
e.
Heistobej udgeofal lmen(John5v er
se22and27, Mathew25v erse31t
o46;secondCori
nthians
5verse10,secondt i
mothy4v er
se1,Acts17v erse31)

5.
Div
ineAt
tri
but
esAr
ePossessedbyHi
m.

26
a.Omni potence
(
Mat t
hew 28v er
se18) Allpowerisgivenuntomeinheavenandi neart
h.(Revelati
on
1verse8, John17v er
se2) Her eisthepoweroverthr
eerealms:
1.Al
l poweronear th:overdisease(Luke4v er
se38to41);death(
John11);nature,wateri
ntowi
ne
(John2);tempest (
Mat t
hew8)
2.Al
l powerinhell,
ov erdemons( Luke4v erse35to36and41) ;
evi
langel
s(Ephisians6)
3.Al
l powerinheav en( Ephi
sians1v er
se20t o22)
Finall
yoverall
t hi
ngs ( Hebrew 2v er
se8;Hebr
ew1v erse3,Matthew 28v erse18)

b.Omni sci
ence
Jesusknowsall
thi
ngs-(
John16v
erse30;
john6v
erse64,Luke5v
erse22,John2v
erse24t
o25,
Colosas2v er
se3)

c.Omni presence
(Mat thew18v erse20;
matthew28verse20) -Heiswit
hev
erymi
ssi
onar
y
Hei st oprayedt obyChri
sti
ansi
neveryplace(f i
rst
Corinthians1v erse2) Hef il
l
sal
lthi
ngs,ev erypl
ace
(Ephisians1v erse23)

6.Hi
sNamei sUsedinEqual it
yWi t
hGodandChr i
st
1.I
nt heGreatCommi ssi
on -( Matt
hew 28v erse19)
2.I
nt heApostol
icBenedict
ion -(secondCorinthi
ans13v erse14)
3.I
nadmi nist
rat
ionofSpiri
tualGi
fts(fi
rstCori
nthians.12verse4t o6)
4.OtherPassages-( John14v erse23;john17v erse3;10:
30;secondThessal
oni
ans2v
erse16t
o17)

B.THEWORKOFJESUSCHRI
ST

I.THEDEATHOFJESUSCHRI ST
1.ItsImportance
a.Itsrel
ati
ont otheincarnat i
on
JesusChristpartookoff leshandbl oodinorderthatHemi ghtdie
(Hebrew 2v erse14) Hewasmani festedtotakeawayoursi ns(fi
rst
John3v er
se5)b.I tsPromi nenceinthescr i
ptures (Luke24v er
se27
and44 , f
ir
stPet er11v erse11t o12)
c.Thef undament althemeoft hegospel
TherecanbenoGospel stor
y, messageorpr eachingwithoutt
hestor
yofthe
deathof Chri
stast her edeemerofmen.(f ir
stCor i
nthi
ans15v er
se1to3.
d.TheoneGr andt hemei nheav en

27
 MosesandEli
asconver
sedabouti
t(
Luke9v er
se30to31)
Chr
ist
‘deat
histhesonginheav
en(Rev
elat
ion5verse8to12)

2.TheScri
pturalDefini
ti
onofChr ist
’Death
TheScr i
pturessetforththedeathofJesusChr
isti
naf our
fol
d
way:a.AsaRansom
Meanst odel i
verathingorpersonbypay i
ngapri
ce;tobuybackapersonort
hingby
payi
ngthepricef orwhichitisheldi
ncaptivi
ty
(
Matthew 20v erses28,Mar k10v erse45;f
ir
stPeter1ver
se18,fir
stTi
mot hy2v
erse6, Gal
ati
ans3
ver
se13)

b.AsaPr opi
ti
ati
on
Meansmercy-
seatorcoveri
ng.Iti
sthatbywhichGodcov
ers,
over
looksandpar
donst
he
peni
tentandbel
ievi
ngsinnerbecauseofChri
st‘deat
h.
(Romans3v er
se5, f
ir
stJohn2v er
se2,Hebr ew 2ver
se17)

c.AsaReconci l
i
ation
(Romans5v erse10,secondCor
int
hians5verse8 and19,Ephesi
ans2verse16,Col
osas.1v
erse20)
Wearereconcil
edtoGodbythedeathofHisSon,
byHiscrossandbythebloodofHi
scross – t hati
s
themessageoftheseScri
ptur
es.

d.AsaSubsti
tut
ion
Isai
ah53v erse6,fi
rstPet
er2v er
se
24;
fi
rstpet
er3ver se18,secondCori
nthi
ans5
ver
se21) Onel ifegiveni
nthesteadof
anot
her.

3.TheNecessityofChrist’
Deat h
Thenecessit
yoft heat onementlayinat wo–fold
fact
.a.TheHolinessofGod
Wearethustaughtt hatifsinfulmanistoapproachuntoGod, i
tmustbet hough
the bl
oodofatonement .Thehol inessofGoddemandst hatbeforethesinnercan
approachuntoan hav ecommuni onwithHim, somemeansofpr opit
iat
ionmustbe
provi
ded.Thismeansof approachissetforthint
heshedbl ood.b.TheSi nofMan
Wemustseesi nast heBibledepictsi
t,assomethingwhi chbri
ngswr ath,
condemnat i
on,
andet er
nalrui ninitstrai
n.

4.
TheExtentofChr i
st’Death
Isai
ah53v er
se6,fir
stti
mot hy2v er
se6,fi
rstJohn2
verse2,secondCor i
nthi
ans5v erse19,Romans14
verse15)
a.Fort
hewhol ewor l
d–(f ir
stJohn2verse2,John1
verse29,f
ir
sttimothy2v erse6)

28
b.
Foreachindiv
idualman-( Hebrew2v erse9)
c.
Forthesi
nful,unjust,ungodl
y-( Romans5v erse6to10;
fi
rstPeter3verse18,fi
rstt
imothy1verse15)
d.
Forthechurch -(
firstti
mothy4v er
se10)(LimitedAt
onement)(
Ephisi
ans5v er
se25t o27,Galati
ans2
ver
se20, f
ir
stCor i
nthians8:11,
Act s20v er
se28)

5.TheEf fectsofChr ist’

Deat h
a.Theenmi t
yexistingbet weenGodandmani sremoved( Romans5v erse10)
b.Satan‘spowerov erther acehasbeenneut rali
zed(John12v erse31and32)
c.Thequest ionoft hewor ld‘ssinissett
led.
d.Thecl ai
msofbr okenl awhav ebeenmet, andt hecurserest i
nguponmanbecauseofabr oken l aw
remov ed.
(Colosas2v erse14, Gal asians3v er
se10t o13, Mat
thew 5v erse17,fi
rstti
mothy1v er
se8)
e.Justifi
cati
on,Adopt i
on, Sancti
fi
cati
on,Accesst oGod, Inherit
ance,andt heRemoval
ofall fearofdeath-
allt
hingsisincludedi nt heef f
ectofthedeat hofChr i
stint hebehalfofthe bel i
ever
.(Romans5v erse
9,Galasi
ans4v erse3t o5, Hebrew 10v erse10and19)
f.Thepoweroft hedev i
lhasbeenneut ral
ized(Hebr ew 2v erse14)

I
I.THERESURRECTI
ONOFJESUSCHRI
ST

1.ItsImportance
a.Itholdsauniquepl aceinChr i
stianity.
b.ItisfundamentaltoChr ist
ianit
y–( r
eadf ir
stCor i
nthians15)
IfChr i
stbenotraised…y eareyeti ny oursi
ns( fi
rstCor i
nthians15ver
se17)
IfChr i
stbenotrisen, preachingandf ait
hisv ai
n( f
irstCorinthi
ans15ver
se14)
PreachingoftheApost les
*Peter-(Acts2verse24and32; acts3v er
se15;acts4
verse10;acts5verse30; acts10v erse40;fi
rstPeter1
verse21and23)
*Paul -(Acts13v erse30and34; act s17v erse31;f
irst
Corinthi
ans15, Phil
ippians3v erse21)

2.TheNat ur
eoft heResur r
ecti
onofJesusChr ist
a.Jesusact uall
ydi ed(Mar k16v er
se1,John19v er se33, Revelat
ion1v erse18)
b.Thef actthatChr ist
‘bodywasact uall
yraisedf r
om t hedead.Her esur
rectedinbodilyfor
m.
PROOFS:
1.Wear econfrontedbyt hefactofanempt yt omb. (Mat thew28v erse6, Mark16v erse16,John20v erse1
and2; Mat t
hew12v erse40( Jesusatthehear tofear th)(Jonas3day s3nights),
fir
stPeter3verse
19(preached)Ephesi ans4v erse8to10)
2.Thedoubtofof ficersinst eal
ingJesus‘body .
3.ThosewhosawHi m aftertheresur
recti
onr ecogni zedHi m ashav i
ngthesamebodyasHehad bef ore,
event othewoundpr i
nt s.(John20:27,Luke24: 37- 39)4.Apost l
ePaulbelievedinthebodil
yresurr
ectionof
Christ(Rom.8: 11)

29
5.Therecor
doft
heappearancesofChr
istpr
ovesali
teral
,phy
sical
resur
rect
ion.
(Mat
thew
28verse9and10,John20verse14to18,Mark.16v
erse9)

c.TheNatureoft heresur
rect
ionbodyofChri
st
1.Itwasareal body:Notaghost,noraphant
om.(Luke24v er
se36to43,John20v erse20)
2.YetthebodyofJesuswasmor et hanamerenat
uralbody.(John20verse19,Mark16v er
se12;
Luke24v erse13t o16)
3.Chri
st‘
sresur r
ecti
onbodywasi mmor t
al.(
Romans6v erse9to10,Revelat
ion1ver
se18,Luke20ver
se36)

3.TheCr edibil
ityoft heResur rect ionofJesusChr ist
a.Theempt ytomb (Mat thew28v erse6)
b.TheLor d‘sDay -Ther esurrectionofourLor dwast hecausef ort hi
sgreatchangeintheday
ofwor ship.
c.TheChr isti
anchur ch
d.Astot henumberoft hewi tnesses ( f
ir
stcor i
nthians15v erse5t o6)
Thef oll
owi ngor derofappear ancesmayhel pintheunder standingofthetest
imonyt othe
resur
rection.
1.Thewomenatt hegr av eseet hev isionofangel s( Luke24v erse4and10, Mark16v s1)
2.Thewomensepar ateatt hegr av et omakeknownt henewsMar yMagdalenegoingtot el
lPeterandJohn,
whodoubt l
essl ivecl oseby .Theot herwomengot otel
ltheot herdisci
pleswho,probably,wereatBethany.
3.Pet erandJohn, hear ingthenews, runtot hegr ave,.LeavingMar y
.Theythenreturnhome.
(John20v erse2)
4.Mar yf oll
ows; li
nger satt hegr ave; getsvisionoft hemast er,andcommandt ogotot el
lthe di
scipl
es.
John20: 14
5.Theot herwomenseeChr i
stont heway( Mat thew 28v erse9)
6.Chr istappear stot het wopont hewayt oEmmaus( Mark.16v erse12,Luke24v erse14)
7.ToSi monPet er( Luke24v erse34; fir
stCor inthians5v s5)
8.Tot heel evenapost les, andot herf ri
endsf i
rstcor i
nti
ans15v erse6
9.Tot heapost l
esatTi ber i
as
10.Totheapost l
esandmul ti
tudeatt hemount
11.Tothedi sciplesandf riendsatt heascensi on
12.ToJames( fi
rstCor i
nt hi
ans15v erse7)
13.ToPaul (f
ir
stcor inthians5v erse8)

4.TheResul tsofChr i
st’Resurr
ecti
on
1.I
tprovest heevidenceofGod.
2.I
tprovest hedeityofChr i
st.
3.Guaranteesthatev er
yoneshallri
setoo.
4.Meanssal vati
onisanaccompl i
shedfact
.(Ephesi
ans2v
erse8)
5.PreparesHimt of ul
fi
llHisnextpromi
se.

I
II
.THEASCENSI
ONANDEXALTATI
ONOFJESUSCHRI
ST

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1.TheMeani ngofTheseTer ms
-AscensionofChristref
erstot
hateventinthel
if
eofourr i
senLordi
nwhichHedepartedvi
sibl
yfrom His
disci
plesint
oheav en.(Act
s1v er
se9t o11)
-Exal
tati
onofChristmeansthatactofGodbywhi chtheri
senLordandascendedChr
isti
sgiventheplaceof
poweratt heri
ghthandofGod.( Phi
li
ppians2verse9,Ephesi
ans1v er
se20to21)

2.TheNatur
eoft heAscensi onandExalt
ati
onofJesusChrist
a.I
twasabodilyandv i
sibleresur
rect
ion(Acts1verse9to11,Luke24v er
se15,fi
rstcori
nthians15v er
se
51to52)
b.Hepassedupt hr
ought heheavens (Hebr
ew 4verse14,Ephi
sians4v er
se10,Hebrew 7v erse26)
c.HetookHisplaceatther i
ghthandoftheFat
her
.(Ephisi
ans1v er
se20,Col
osas3v erse1, ;
colosas2
ver
se25,Psal
ms110v erse1)

3.ThePur
poseoftheAscensionandExaltat
ionofJesusChrist
a.Hehasenter
edheavenasaf or
erunner(
Hebrew 6verse20)
b.Hehasgonetoprepar
eaplaceforhispeople(Hebrew9v erse21t
o24,
John14v
erse1t
o3)

4.TheResultsoftheAscensionandExal tati
onofJesusChr ist
a.I
tassuresusofaf reeandconfi
dentaccessi nt
othepresenceofGod.–(Hebrew 4v
erse14t
o16)
b.Anassuredhopeofi mmortal
i
tyI ICor.5:1-
8
c.Chr
isthasbeenmadeheadov erall
thi
ngsf orthechur
ch ( Ephisi
ans1v
erse22,Col
osas1verse
19;
colosas2v erse9to10)

HowDidJesusChristRi
sefrom theDead
1.Byt
hepoweroftheFather-(Acts2v er
se13t
o24)
2.Byt
hepowerofJesus-( John2v er
se19)
3.Byt
hepoweroftheHolySpir
it.-(fi
rstPet
er3ver
se18)

JesusPossessedDi vi
neAttri
butes
ByDemonst rat
ion
1.Heexerci
sedaut hori
tyovernature(Mark4v erse35t o41)
2.Hereport
edev entswhichoccur r
edwhenHewasf arawayf
rom t
hescene.(John1v
erse47t
o50)
3.Heknewt hev erythoughtsofpeople( Luke6v erse8)
4.Hehadaut horityoverli
feanddeat h(Luke7v erse11to17)

Chri
stPossessestheMor alAt
tri
but
esofGod
1.Holy–(Luke1verse35)
2.Trut
h-(John14v er
se6)
3.Love-(John13v er
se34to35)

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4.
Right
eous-(
Romans5v
erse17t
o21)

Pr
opheciesandLifeofChri
st
1.
Chri
stwoul dcomeoutofIsrael .(Number s24v erse17t o19, john1v erse49)
2.
Chri
stwoul dbebornofthefami lyofDav i
dandt hetribeofJudah.(Genesi s49v erse10,I
saiah11v er
se1,
psal
ms89v er
se3to4)Ful f
ill
ment .(Matthew 11v erse28, Luke2v er
se4;luke1verse27, Matthew1v er
se
20)
3.
Chri
stwoul dbeborni
nBet hlehem ( Micah5v erse2,Luke2v erse4t o7)
4.
Chri
stwoul dbebornofavirgin.( I
saiah7v erse14, Matthew 1v er
se21t o23)
th
5.
ThetimeofChr i
stwasspecif i
ed(Dani el9v erse24t o26)(70 week)
6.
Chri
st‘comingwasannouncedbyaf orer
unner( I
saiah40v erse3, Malachi4v er
se5, Luke1v erse16to
17)
7.
Theprophecywasf ul
fi
ll
edinJohnTheBapt ist(Matthew3v erse3)
8.
TheMessi ahwouldbeGod( Isaiah9v erse8)

PropheciesConcer ningChr ist

’ Life
1.
Hewoul dspendpar tofHi schi ldhoodinEgy pt
.( Hosea11v erse1, Matt
hew 2verse13to15and21)
2.
Hewoul dsufferandmakeat onementf orsin.(I
saiah54v erse4t o6,secondCori
nthi
an5v er
se21)
3.
Hewoul dri
dei ntoJerusalem i nacol t
.( Zechariah9v er
se9, Matthew21v er
se6,matt
hew7verse8to11)
4.
Hewoul dbegi vengallandv inegari nHisagonyont hecross( Psalms69v er
se21)
5.
Notabonewoul dbebr okencont rarytoRomanpr acti
ces(Psalms34v er
se20;Exodus12verse46;
Number s9v erse12;(John19v erse33)
6.
Hewoul dri
seagai nfrom t hedead( Psal ms16v erse10;Acts2v erse25to31)
Jesus–Heb.Jehoshua–meansSav i
our
Christ–anoint edone, sacred, consecrated
Messi ah–Chr istwasbor nin4BC

JesusisJehov ah
Creator–( John1v erse3)
Saviour–( John4v erse42)
Raisedead–( John5v erse21)
Judge–( John5v erse27; Matthew 25ver
se31)
Li
ght–( John8v erse12)
Iam –( John8v erse58; john18v er
se56)
Shepherd–(John10v erse11)
GloryofGod–( John17v erse1and5)
Fir
standLast–( Rev el
ati
on1: 17;
rev
elat
ion2ver
se8)

Redeemer–(Revelation5v er
se9)
Bri
degroom –Revelation21verse2
Rock– fir
stCor
inthians10v er
se4
Forgi
verofSi
n–Mar k2v er
se7and10

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Wor shippedbyangels–Hebr ew 1ver
se6
Addr essedinprayer-Act
s7v er
se59
Creat orofAngels–Colosians1verse16
Conf essedasLor d–Phil
ippians2v er
se11

JesusPossessed:
1.Body–John1v erse14
2.Soul–Matthew 26v erse38
3.Spi
ri
t–Luke23v erse46

Ref
erences:

Bookof“WhatDoMissi
onaryBapt
istBeli
eveAbout“
GreatDoct
ri
nesoft
heBibl
eby Wi ll
iam Evans

33
TheDoct
ri
neoft
heHol
ySpi
ri
t
(
PNEUMATOLOGY)

I
.THEPERSONALI TYOFTHEHOLYSPI RIT.
TheHol ySpi
ritisthethi
rdpersonofthetr
ini
tyorGodhead.Theterm“holyasascr i
bedtothethir
dper sonof
Deitymeans“ sacred.Theterm ―Spi
ri
t”i
sderivedfr
om t
heHebr ewword―r uachandt hegreekwor d
―Pneuma‖ .
Per sonal
it
yoft heHolySpiri
tmeansthathepossessestheelementsofpersonalexist
ence,whichismor e
t
hanamor alprinci
pleorimpersonal
infl
uence.Thatt
heHolySpiri
tisadist
inctpersonal
it
yisevidentforfi
ve
reasons.

A.PersonalAttr
ibutesAff
irm HisPersonali
ty.
1.Heisintel
l
igentandunder st
andi
ng-f i
rstCor i
nthi
ans2v erse10t o11;fi
rst
Cori
nthi
ans12v erse8,Romans8v er
se27, Ephesians1v erse17,Isai
ah11v er
se
12.
2.Heisendowedwi thsov
ereignwil
l-f i
rstcorinthi
ans12v erse11,Romans15v er
se
30.
3.Heissensibleorhaveemot i
on-Ephesi ans4v erse30,Romans15v erse30.

B.Per
sonalAct i
onsAf fi
rm Hi sPersonal i
ty.
1.Hecreates-Genesi s1v erse2, Psal ms104v er
se30.
2.Hespeaks-f irstti
mothy4v erse1, Revel
ati
on2v er
se7,
Act
s1v
erse16,Hebr
ew 3v
erse7.
3.Heteaches-Luke12v erse12,John14v erse26.
4.Heguides-Romans8v erse14, John16v er
se13.
5.Hecommands-Act s13v erse2.
6.Heconvict
s/Reproves-John16v erse8.
7.Hecomf or
ts-John14v erse26.
8.Hei
ntercedes/helps-Romans8v erse26.
9.Hemakesbi shops-. acts20v er
se28.

C.Per
sonalRel
ationAf fi
rm HisPersonali
ty.
1.Hecanbestr
ivedagai nstHim -Genesis6v erse3.
2.Hecanbetempt ed-Act s5verse9.
3.Hecanbeli
edto-Act s5verse3.
4.Hecanbevexed/ Rebell
edto-I sai
ah63v er
se10.
5.Hecanbegri
eved-Ephesi ans4v er
se30.

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6.
Hecanberesist
ed-Acts7verse51.
7.
Hecanbeblasphemed-Mat t
hew 12verse31to32.
8.
Hecanbedespised-Hebrew10verse29.
9.
Hecanbecommunedwi t
handwor shi
pped-secondCor
int
hians13v
erse14.

D.Per sonalPr
onounsAf f
ir
m HisPersonal
ity
.
Event houghtheGr eekwor d―PneumaAi sneutergender,
itsusagei
sofsuchconst
ruct
iont
hatwhenused
oftheHol ySpi
riti
tisreferr
edtoasamascul i
neper son.
1.TheHol ySpir
itcall
ed―HE-John14v erse26.
nd
2.2 pr onoun―HI M‘ wasused-John16v erse7.8.13.
14.

Theyar
eEqualbuthei
sonl
y“3rdj
usti
nor
deri

E.Per
sonalChar act
erNamesAffir
m HisPer sonali
ty.
1.Heiscal
ledCOMFORTER -John14v erse16.usedpr onoun―he‖
2.Heiscal
ledthewi t
ness-fi
rstJohn5v erse6t o10.Hebrew10verse15.Romas8ver
se10.
3.Heisj
ustif
ierandsanct
if
ier-firstCor
inthians6v er
se11.Matt
hew28v erse19.

I
I.THEDEI TYOFTHEHOLYSPI RIT.
Byt heDeityoft
heHol ySpiriti
smeantt hatHeisone-with-God,co-
equal
,co-
sust
aini
ng and
coeternal.
A.Hei sCal ledGod-Act s5v erse3t o4.Fir
stCorint
hians6v erse19.
B.Hei sCal ledLord-secondCor inthians3verse18.
C.At t
ributesUsedofDei ty,GodAl oneAr eAscri
bedtoHi m.
1.Eternal-Hebr ew9v er
se14.
2.Omni present-Psalm 139v er
se7t o10.
3.Omni scient-fir
stCori
nthians2v erse10to11.John14v er
se26. j
ohn16v er
se12to13.
4.Omni potent-Luke1v erse35.
5.Love-Romans15v er
se30.

D.HisNameIsUsedI nEquali
tyWithGodandChrist.
1.I
ntheGreatCommi ssi
on-Mat t
hew28v erse19.
2.I
ntheApostoli
cBenedict
ion-secondCori
nthi
ans13v er
se14.
3.I
ntheAdministr
ati
onofspir
it
ualgif
ts.-f
ir
stCorint
hians12ver
se4t
o6.

E.TheHebrewScr i
pt ur
e, asDeity,I
sCalledBySomeEight
eenDi
ff
erentNamesi
ntheOl
d
andNewTest ament s..
1.TheHolySpir
it-Luke11v erse13.
2.God‘sgoodspi r
it-Neh.9v erse20,Psalm 143:
10.
3.Thef r
eespiri
t-Psal ms51v er
se12.
4.Theet er
nalspi
rit-Hebr ew 9v er
se14.
5.Spir
itofglor
y-f i
r stPeter4verse14.

35
6.Spi
ri
tofGrace-Hebr ew10v erse29.
7.Spi
ri
tofTruth-John14v erse17.
8.Spi
ri
tofLi
fe-Romans8v erse2.
9.Spi
ri
tofGraceandSupplication-Zechar i
ah12v er
se10.
10.
Spi
ri
tofHoli
ness-Romans1v erse4.
11.
Spi
ri
tofPromise-Ephesi ans1v erse13.
12.
TheComforter-John14v erse16.
13.
TheSpi
ri
tofBur ni
ng-Mat3v er se11and12.
14.
TheSpi
ri
tofWi sdom andKnowl edge-I saiah11verse2.I
saiah61ver
se1.
15.
TheSpi
ri
tofGodandofChr ist-f i
rstCorinthi
ans3v er
se16.Romans8ver
se9.

I
II
.THESYMBOLSOFTHEHOLYSPI RIT
A.Dov e–i susedi nthescr iptureasasy mbol ofl ove,
purit
y,peace,modesty
, i
nnocence,
beautyand
gent leness.
Mat thew3v er se16.
Mar k1v erse10.
Luke3v erse22.
John1v erse32t o33.
B.Oi l-wasusedf oranoi ntingandasasy mbol ofdiv
ineappointmentinboththeOldandNewTest aments.
ISamuel 16v erse13.
Isaiah61v erse1t o3.
Luke4v erse14t o18.
Ephesi ans1: 17t o18.
C.Fi r
e-i susedasasy mbol oft heH.St or epresent:
Romans8v er se14.
1. Thepr esenceofGod-Exodus3v er se2t o6.
Fir
stKi ngs8v erse38.
Act s2v erse3.
2. ThepowerofGod-I saiah63v erse9t o14.
3. Thepur gingofGod-I saiah4v erse4.
I
saiah6v erse6t o7.
Mal achi 3v erse3.
Mat thew3v erse1.
Hebr ew12v erse29.
D.Wi nd-i susedast hesy mbol oft hespiritinitsinvi
sibl
eactivi
ty,
whichismadeknownbyi tsvisi
bleef
fect
s
uponmen.-John3v erse3t o8.
John6v erse63.
SecondCor inthians3v erse6.
E.Wat er-r epr esent sf ull
ness, refreshment sandsat i
sfact
ion.
Isaiah44v er se3.
John4v erse14.
John7v erse37t o39.

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 Revelation21v er
se6.
F. Seal-Ephesi ans1verse13.
Ephesi ans4v erse30.
SecondCor inthians1verse22.
G.Wi ne-i susedasasy mbol oft
hepoweroft
heH.
Stobr
ingst
imul
ati
ngpower
sofgl
adness,
joyand
rejoi
cingt ot
hehumansoul .–Acts2ver
se13.
Ephisians5v erse18.

I
V.HI
SWORK.

A.AsRev ealedi nt heOl dTestament.

1. I ncr eat i
on–I tistheHolySpi
ritthati sr
epresent edasthemovi
ng,cr
eat
ingagency
,whentheear
thwas
formedandal l thingsi ni
t.Genesis1v erse1to3and26t o27.
Genesis2v er se7.
Job33v erse4.
2.I
nPr epar ation-I tistheH.Sthatener gizedandpr eparedmenforspeci
alworkandser
vicef
orGod.
Exodus28v er se3.
Act s8v erse17.
Zechar iah4v er se6.
3.I
ncal li
ngandconv icti
ngment osalvationandser vice.
Genesis6v erse3.
Psal ms139v er se1t o14.
Prov erbs1v er se23t o24.
Proverbs29v er se1.
Isaiah55v erse6.
Acts7v erse51.
4.TheLor dst ir
supt hesavedbyhisspi ri
t.
Psalms39v er se3
Psalms51v er se11t o12.
Haggai 1v erse14.
Zechar iah4v er se6.

B.AsRev ealedi nt heNewTest ament.

1.I
nthev ir
ginbi r
t hofChri
st.
Matthew 1v erse18t o20.
Hebrew 10v erse5.
2.Atthebapt ism ofJesus.
Matthew 3v erse15t o17.
John1v erse31t o33.
Luke3v er se22.
3.HeledJesusi nt othewil
derness.
Matthew 4v erse1.

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 Mar k1ver se12.
Luke4v erse1.
4.
Hel edJesusi nHispreachi ngi npower.
Luke4v er se14and16t o21.
5.
Jesusoff eredHi mselfbyt heet er
nalspi
ri
t.
Hebr ew9v erse14.
6.
Jesuswasr aisedbytheHol ySpir
it
.
Romans8v erse11.
7.
TheBi bl
ewaswr it
tenbyHi si nspi
rat
ion.
secondPet er1v erse20t o21.
Secondpet er3v erse15t o16.
SecondTi mot hy3v erse16.

V.HI SWORKI NSAVI NG&LEADI NGMENFOUR- FOLD.

A.InConv ict ionsumbat .
TheHebr ewScr iptur
est i
rsdeepspiri
tualemotionsthatcausethelostpersontofeelasenseofpersonalgui
l
t,
shameanddef il
ement .–Act s2verse36t o37.
Acts7v er se51t o54.
Acts9v er se4v er se6.
Acts10v erse34t o48.
B.InConv er si on
Iti st heHebr ewScript
urethatthenimplantsandimpartsthenew, divi
nenatur
e.
John6v er se63.
John3v er se6.
John14v er se16.
Fi
rstjohn4v er se13.
C.InLeadi ng.
TheH. Sal way sl eadsGod‘ schi
ldr
enint hi
ngsthatareaccordingtotheteachi
ngsoft heBibl
e.
Act s8v erse29.
Acts13v erse2.
Romans8v er se14. (
leadingofHebrewSscr i
pture),
Ephesi ans3v erse16.
Galati
an5v er se22t o23.
Act s1v erse8.
Romans14v er se17.
Romans15v er se13.
D.Int heResur rect i
on.
TheHebr ewScr iptur
ealsosealsthesoul ofthesavedandpr eser
vesitinChristunti
lther
esurr
ect
ionofthe
body ,thepur chasedpossessi onunti
lthehouroft heinher
it
ance.
Ephesi ans1v er se13t o14.
Ephesi ans4v er se30.
Ezeki el37v er se14.

38
Rom: 11,
23,
Fi
rstCori
nthi
ans15v
erse38.

VI
.OFFENCESAGAI
NSTTHEHOLYSPI
RIT.

1.Of f
encesCommi t
tedbytheUnbeli
ever.
a.ResistingtheHolyGhost.
Act s7v erse51.
Acts6v er
se10.
b.Insul
t i
ngordoingdespiteuntotheHolySpi
ri
t.
Hebr ew10v erse29.
Luke18v erse32.
c.Blasphemi ngtheHolySpir
it

2.OffencesCommi t
tedbytheBel
iev
er.
a.Gri
ev ingtheSpi ri
t.
Ephi sians4v erse30t o31.
Isaiah63v erse10.
b.Lyi
ngt otheHol ySpirit
.
Acts5v erse3t o4.
c.Quenchi ngtheSpi rit
.
Fir
stThessal onians5v er
se19.

TheWor koft heHol ySpi ritI

nRelati
ont otheBel
iev
er.
a. Her egener atestheBeli
ever.
John3v erse3t o5.
Titus3v erse5.
b.Heindwel l
st heBel i
ev er.
Fi
rstCor inthians6v er se19.
Fi
rstCor inthians3v erse16.
Romans8v erse9.
Acts19v erse2.
c.TheSpi ritseal st hebel ieverwit
hassuranceofsalv
ati
on.
Ephisi
ans1v erse13t o14.
Ephisi
ans4v erse30.
Secondt imot hy2v er se19t o21.
d.TheHol ySpi riti
nf i
llthebel i
evers.
Acts2v er se4.
Ephisi
ans5v erse18.
Acts2v er se4.
Acts4v erse31.
Acts6v erse3and5.

39
 Acts9v erse17.
Acts11v erse24.
e.Heempower st hebel ieverforl
if
eandser
vice.
Romans8v er se2and9t o11.
Galati
ans5v er se22t o23.
f.Hei sthegui deoft hebel i
ever‘
sli
fe.
Romans8v erse14.
g.Heanoi ntsthebel i
ever.
Fi
rstJohn2v er se27.
Fi
rstjohn2v er se20.
Luke4v erse18.
Act s10v erse38.

Ref
erences:
Defenseoft
heFait
h -by :Al
ber
tGarner
TheHolySpi
ri
t-by :RoyW.Cull
ey
GreatDoct
ri
nesoftheBibl
e-by :Wi
ll
iam Ev
ans

40
TheDoct
ri
neofAngel
s.
(
ANGEOLOGY)

Webeliev
et hattheangelswer
ecreat
edbyGodt ogl
ori
fyHim andobeyHiscommandments.Thosewho
havekepttheirfi
rststat
eHeemploysi
nmini
ster
ingbl
essingstothehei
rsofsal
vat
ionandi
nexecuting
j
udgmentupont hewor l
d.
-
theyarespiri
tualbeings.

I
.THEI REXI STENCE.
1.TheTeachi ngofJesus.
a.Chil
drenhav eangel s.
Matthew18v erse10.
b.Angelsdon‘ tknowt hedayandhour .
Mar k13v er se32.
Mat thew 24v erse36.
OTHERSCRI PTURES.Mar k8v erse38
Mat t
hew13v erse41.
Matthew26v er se53.
2.TheTeachi ngofPaulandOt herApost les.
a.Jesusshal l ber ev ealedwithHi sangels.
secondThessal oni ans1v erse7.
b.Angelsar enott obewor shi
pped.
Colosas2v erse18.
c.Jesuswi l
l comei ngl orywit
hHi sangels.
Matthew16v erse27.
Ephesi ans1v erse21.
Colosas1v er se16.
d.Johnbel i
ev edi nanangel i
cor derofbeings.
John1v er se51.
Rev elati
on12v erse7.
Revelation22v erse9.
e.Peter-f i
rstPet er3v erse22.
SecondPet er2v erse11.
f.Jude -v .9,Hebr ew 12v erse22.

I
I.THENATUREOFANGELS.
1.Theyarecreatedbeings.Colosas1verse16.
2.Theyarespiri
tualbei
ngs.Hebr ew1v erse14.
2 .Theyarebeingsofgr eatmightandpowerthanmen.secondPet
er2v
erse11.
Psal
ms103v er
se20.
SecondThessal onians1v erse7.

41
Oneangel hadpowert olayholdoftheolddragon.Rev el
ati
on20v erse2.
Oneangel rolledawayt hegreatst
one.Matthew 28v erse2.
Oneangel smot eahundr edand85thousandAssy r
ians.Isaiah37v er
se36.
4.
Theyar einnumer able.
Hebr ew 12v erse22.
nd
2 Ki ngs6v erse17.
Mat thew26v er se53.
Job25v erse3.
5.
Theydon‘ tdi
e.Luke20v erse36.
6.
Theyar eunmar ri
ageabl e.Mar k12verse25.
7.
Theyar edisti
nctf r om humanbeings.Psalms8v erse4t o5.

I
II
.PERSONALI TYOFANGELS.
1.Theyhaveint
ell .1st Pet
ect er1ver
se12.
2.Emoti
onand -Luke2v er
se13.
3.Wil
l-r eadJude6.

I
V.GODCREATEDTHREEARCHANGELS.
1.Mi chael–Thi sarchangelandotherangelsserveGodinthereal
m ofthe
spir
it
.- awarri
orofGod.
Ex.WhenLazar usdied-car r
iedbyMi chael
‘sangel
s.
2.Gabr iel-Heandhi sangelsserveGodi ntheareaoftheintel
l
ect.Heisa
message-
Bearer.
Ex.Gabr i
eldeli
veredamessaget oMar yinfor
mingheroft hebir
thofJesus.
Mi chael-whi chisintheHebrewwor dmeans–―onel i
keGod‖
Gabriel–Hebr ewmeans-“ heroofGod”
3.Hel el/Hal
aelorLucifer-ThisarchangelANDOTHERANGELSWASTO
SERVE Godinthephy si
calormat er
ial
real
m.Hei sdescribedi
nthe
Bibl
easbei ngaper f
ectl
ybeaut i
fulangel
.Ezekiel28v er
se12to15.

V.THEFALLOFANGELS.
Ori
ginal
lyallangelswerecr eatedgood.TheScr ipt
uresspeakofaf all
ofangels.–―t heangelsthatsinned.
nd
2 Pet er2verse4.
readJude6.
1.TheTi meoft heFallofAngel s.
Somemai nt
aint hati
ttookplacebef orethecreat
ionrecordedinGenesis1verse2–bet weenversesoneand
two; t
hatitwast hisallwhichmadet heorigi
nalcr
eati
on.Genesis1v er
se1―wast eandv oi
d.
2.TheCauseoft heFallofAngel s.
Pet erdoesnotspeci fythesin.Judesay s―t heykeptnottheirf
ir
stestat
e,butleftthei
rownhabi tati
on‖.This,
takeninconnect ionwithDeut er
onomy32v er
se8.whichseemst oindi
catet
hatcer t
ainterri
tor
iesor
boundar i
eswer eappoi nt
edunt ot heangels.

42
Therear esti
llotherswhosayt hatthesinoft heangelswaspr i
deanddisobedi
ence.I
tseemsqui
tecer
tai
n
thattheseweret hesi nst hatcausedSat an‘sdownfall
.ReadEzekiel
28.
3.TheWor koftheFal lenAngels.
a.TheyopposeGod‘ spur pose.Daniel10v erse10t o14.
b.Affli
ctGod‘speopl e-Luke13v erse16.
Mat t
hew17v erse15t o16.
c.ExecuteSatan‘spur poses.-Mat thew25v erse41.
Mat t
hew12v erse26t o27.
d.Hinderthespiritual l
ifeofGod‘ speople.-Ephisians6v er
se12.
st
e.TrytodeceiveGod‘ speopl e.-1 Samuel 28v er
se7t o20.
4.TheJudgmentoft heFal l
enAngel s
a.Thereisnohopeoft heirr
edempt ion.
readJude6.
2nd Peter2verse4.
Mat t
hew 25v erse41-Thei rf i
naldoom iseternalfir
e.
b.Saintsweretohav esomepar tinthejudgmentoff al
l s.1st Cor
enangel i
nthi
ans6v er
se3.

VI.THEWORKOFANGELS.
A.Thei rHeav enl yMi ni
stry .
Pr iestlyserv iceandwor ship.ReadI saiah6.
ReadEzeki el1.
Rev elation5v er se11t o12.
Rev elation8v er se3t o4.
B.Thei rEar t
hlyMi nistry.
Inpar ti
cul ar:Angel shav easpeci al ministrywithreferencet othechurchofJesusChr i
st.Theyar
ethesai
nts
―mi nist eringser v ants.(Hebr ew1v erse14)–t heydoser v i
ceforGod‘
speople.Il
lustr
ati
ons:ToAbraham.
(readGenesi s19) ;toGi deon.( r
eadJudge6) ;
toMar y.(
readLuke1) ;t
ot heshepherds.(r
eadLuke2);t
oPeter
.
(readAct s12)andt oPaul .(readAct s27)
1.ToChr i
st .
a. Predict edHi sbi r
th.-Luke1v erse28and31.
b. AnnouncedHi sbi rth.-Luke2v erse10t o11.
c. Protect edt hebaby .-Mat t
hew2v erse13.
d. Strengt henedChr istaftert emptation.-Mat t
hew 4v erse11.
e. Prepar edt odef endHi m.-Mat thew 26v erse53.
f.St rengt henedHi mi nGet hsemane.-Luke22v erse43.
g. Rolledawayst onef r
om t omb.-Mat t
hew28v erse2.
h. Announcedt her esur r
ect ion.Mat thew28v erse6.
i.AccompanyHi mi nHi ssecondcomi ng.-Mat t
hew 16v erse27.
Mat thew25v erse31t o32.
nd
2 Thessal onians1v erse7t o8.

2.ToBeli
ever
s.
a.Theygudet
hem.-Act
s8v
erse26.

43
 Acts10v ersed3.
b.Theycheerandst rengt henGod‘ speopl e.1st Ki ngs19v erse5t
o8.
Mat t
hew 4v erse11.
Luke22v er se43,
Act s27v er se4t o35.
Acts5v er se19.
c.Theydef end, pr ot ectanddel iverGod‘sser vant.
Daniel6v er se22.
Act s5v er se19.
2ndKings6v erse18.
Genesis19v erse11.
Acts12v er se8t o11.
Acts27v er se23t o24.
d.Theyar eey ewi tnessesoft hechur chandt hebel iev 1st Ti
er. mot
hy5ver
se21.
st
1 Cor i
nthi ans4v erse9.
st
1 Cor i
nthi ans11v erse10.
e.Theyguar dt heel ectdead.Luke16v erse22.
Mat t
hew 24v er se31.
ReadJude9.
f.I
nv ol
vedi nanswer ingofpr ayers.-Act s12v er se7.
g.Theyencour agei nt imeofdanger .-Act s27v er se23and24.
h.Theyar eint er est edi nev angeli
sticeffortofChr ist i
ans -Luke15ver
se10.
Acts8v erse26.
3.ToUnbel i
ev ers.
a.Theyannouncedi mpendi ngjudgment .-Genesi s19v erse13.
Rev el
ation14v er se6and7.
b.Theyi nfl
ictpuni shment .-Act s12v erse23.

CLASSI FICATIONOFANGELS
a.Ser aphi m-hav e3pai rofwings,t
heyareattendantsoftheLordofhost
sandcall
attentiont oHishol i
ness.–I sai
ah6v erse1to8.
-hav e6wi ngs2hi dingface,
2hidi
ngfeet,2arethewi ngstofl
y.
b.Cher ubim-li
vingcr eatur
esasdescribedi
n.Ezekiel1v erse4to25.
Ezekiel10v er
se1t o22.
Hav eonl y2pair
sofwi ngs–have4f acesontheirheads.
-t
heyal sohavet hehandofamanundert heirwingsoneachofthei
rfoursi
des.
-theyar etheguardiansoft hethr
oneofGod

Angels-Heb.Word―malak”meani
ngmessengerorangel
.
-Greek-“
anggel
os‖meani
ngmessenger.

44
References:
Speaki
ngoft heDevil……..by
:Fr
edHol
mes
GreatDoctr
inesoftheBibl
e…by:
Wil
l
iam Ev
ans
LecturenotesinSemi nar
y

TheDoct
ri
neofSat
an
ThroughouttheScri
ptur
esSatanissetf
ort
hast
hegr
eat
estenemyofGodandman.Tool
onghasSat
anbeen
asubjectofr
idi
culei
nsteadoffear
.

I
I.THEEXI STENCEANDPERSONALI TYOFSATAN.
1.HisExi stence.
TheBi bleisv eryclearandposit
iveinit
st eachingr
egar
dingt
heexi
stenceofaper
sonal
i
tyofev
ilcal
l
edt
he
devil.
Mat thew13v erse19and39.
John13v erse2.
Act s5v erse3.
nd
2 Cor inthians11v erse3to14.
Hewasoncei nthet r
uthbutfel
lfr
om itisev i
dentf
rom.
John8v erse44.
Hisf all
.Luke10v erse18.

2.
HisPer sonal i
ty.
a.
Hei saliar,fatherofit,
mur der
er.-John8v erse44.
st
b.
Hesi nnedf rom thebeginning.1 John3v er
se8.
c.
Hadt hepowerov erdeath.Hebrew 2v er
se14.
d.
Princeoft hiswor l
d.John14v erse30.
e.
Hei sar ebelli
on -Ezeki el28v erse15and17.
Isaiah14v erse13and14.

45
I
I.THEPLACEANDPOWEROFSATAN.
1.Ami ghtyangel .-Daniel10v erse12and13.
Luke11v erse21.
2.Princeoft hiswor l
d.John14v erse30.
John12v erse31.
John16v er se11.
3.Princeoft hepoweroft heai r.-Ephi si
ans2v er
se2.
4.Princeoft hedemonsorf all
enangel s.Matthew12v erse24.
Mat thew9v er se34.
Luke11v erse14v erse18.
5.Thegodoft hiswor ld.2nd Cor i
nthi
ans4v erse4.
6.Heheadsaki ngdom whi chi shostil
et othekingdom ofGodandofChr
ist
.–r
eadAct
s7.
Act s26v er se18.
Colosas1v er se3.
7.Hassov ereignt yoverther ealm ofdeat h-Hebr ew2v er
se14.

I
II
.THECHARACTEROFSATAN
Wemayj udgeoft henatureandchar acteroftheevi
lonebythenamesandt
it
lesascr
ibedt
ohi
m.
1.TheAdv ersaryorSatan- opponent,enemy ,
foe.1stPet
er5verse8.
Zechar iah3v erse1.
2.TheTempt er.-Mat t
hew 4v erse3.
st
1 Thessal onians3v er
se5.
3.TheWi ckedOne.-Mat thew 13v erse19.
Mat thew6: 13.
FirstJohn5v er
se19.
4.TheMur der er.-John8v erse44.
5.Liar.-John8v er
se44.
6.TheDr agon.-Rev el
ati
on12: 9.
7.TheOl dSer pent.-Revelati
on12v erse9.

I
V.OTHERNAMESOFSATAN. .
1.Satan-Means―adversary‖ Zechar i
ah3v erse1.
2.Devil-Means―Sl
anderer‖Rev elat
ion12v erse9.
3.Lucifer–Means―Shining–one‖, Light-
bearer
‖.I sai
ah14verse12.
4.Abbadon-Means―Dest royer
‖.Rev el
ati
on9v erse11.
5.Apollyon- ― ― ―
6.Beelzeebub-Means―Pr inceofDemons. ‖ Mat thew 12v
erse27.
nd
7.Beli
al- Means―Lawless‖ .2 Cor i
nthi
ans6v erse15.

V.OURATTI TUDESTOWARSSATAN
1.Sofarasthebel
i
everi
sconcer
nedhi
spoweri
sli
mit
ed.Job1v
erse9t
o12.
Job2v er
se4to6.

46
 John12ver se31.
John16verse11.
2.
2.Heist
ober esi
sted.1st Pet
er5v
erse8t
o9.
James4v erse7.

VI
.THEDESTI NYOFSATAN
1.
Heisaconquer edenemy .-john12v erse31.
John16v erse9to10.
Fi
rstJohn3v erse8.
Colosians2v erse15.
2.
Heisunderaper petualcur
se.Genesis3v erse14.
Isai
ah65v erse25.
3.
Heisf i
nallytobecast edal
iveint
othelakeoffi
re.Ther
etobet
orment
edf
orev
erandev
er.
Matthew 25v erse41.
Revelati
on20v erses10.

Ref
erences:

AdultQuar
terl
y by Dav
idHarri
s
GreatDoct
rinesoft
heBi
ble by Wi
l
li
am Ev
ans

47
THEDOCTRI
NEOFMAN
(
ANTRHOPOLOGY)

Webel iev
eint heGenesi
saccountofcreat
ion,andt
hati
stobeacceptedl
it
eral
l
y, andnotall
egori
cal
lyof
f
igurati
vel
y,thatmanwascreateddirect
lyi
nGod‘sownimageandaft
erHisownlikeness.Andthatmanisa
t
ripart
it
ebeingcomposedofbody, soulandspi
rit
.

I.THECREATI ONANDORI GI NALCONDI TIONOFMAN.

1.ImageandLi kenessofGodwasmanmade.
Genesi s1v er
se26.
Genesi s3v erse22.
Genesi s9v erse6.
Image-meanst heshadoworout li
neofaf igure.
Likeness-denot est her esembl anceoft hatshadowt othefigure.
st
OTHERSCRI PTURES:1 Cor inthians11v er se7.
Ephi sians4v er se21t o24.
Col osas3v erse10.
James3v erse9.
a.Thei mageofGoddoesnotdenot ephy sicalli
keness.Godi sspirit
;Hedoesnothav epartsandpassionsas
aman.
John4v erse24.
b.ImageandLi kenessar enotexhaust edinCr eation.
c.Scr i
ptur est eachi nwhati mageandLi kenessconsi sted.
a. Righteousness. -Ephi sians4v erse23t o24.
b. HolinessofTr ut h. ―
c. Knowl edge.-Col osas3v erse10.
d.mor al notphy sical li
keness.
d.ManwasEndowedwi thI ntell
ect ual Facul t
ies.
Hehadsuf fi
cienti ntell
i
gencet ogi venamest otheani malsast heywer epresentedbeforehim.–Genesi s2
verse19and29.Adam hadnotonl yt hepowerofspeech, butthepowerofr easoningandt houghti
n
connect ionwi thspeech.Hecoul dat tachwor dst oideas.
e.TheOr i
ginal ManPossessedMor al andSpi rit
ual Faculti
es Heisthecr owningwor kofGod.
Wemustnotf orgetthatwhi leman, from onesi deofhi snature,isl
inkedtotheanimal creati
on,hei
sy et
supr anatur al-abei ngofahi gheror derandmor espl endidnature;heisintheimageandl i
kenessofGod.

48
I
I.THEFALLOFMAN.
Thedoct ri
neoft hef all
isnotpeculi
artoChri
sti
anity
, al
lreli
gionscont
ainanaccountofit,andrecogni
zethe
greatandawf ul f
act.
1. TheScr i
pt uralAccountoft heFallofMan
Thet hirdchapt erofGenesisgiv
esthefull
estaccountoft hisawful
tragedyintheexperi
enceof
manki nd.–
Romans5v er se12t o19.
st
1 Ti mot hy2v er
se14.
Genesi s6v erse5.
Genesi s8v erse21.
Genesi s5v er se17t o21.
ReadPsal ms14.
Romans3v er se10t o23.
Thepur poseoft heGenesi snarrat
ivei
snottogiveanaccountoft hemanneri nwhichsi
ncamei ntotheworl
d,
buthowi tfoundi t
sadv entint
othehumanr ace.Sinwasal r
eadyintheworl
d, astheexi
stenceofSatanand
thechaot iccondi tionoft hi
ngsinthebegi
nningstri
kingl
yt esti
fy.

2.Vari
ousInterpretati
onsoftheNar r
ativeoft heFallofMan.
Thisisalit
eralinter
pretat
ion,whichtakest heaccountasi treads,i
nitsper fect
lynaturalsense.Thereisno
i
ntimati
onintheaccounti tsel
fthati
tisnott ober egardedasl it
eralhi
story.Itcertai
nlyispartofahistori
cal
book.Thegeogr aphicall
ocati
onsinconnect ionwiththestoryar ehi
storic.Thecur seupont heman, uponthe
woman, ser
pentandgr oundarecert
ainlyli
teral.I
tisafactthatdeat hisint hewor l
dast hewagesofsi n.
Unquesti
onablyChr ist
,andtheotherScript
ur ewrit
ersregardt heeventashi stor
icalandlit
eral.

Mat thew 19v erse4.

Mar k10v erse6.2nd Cor i
nthians11v erse13.
st
1 Ti mot hy2v erse13t o15.
1stCor inthians15v er
se56.
3. TheNat ureoft heFal l
.
Itmustbekepti nmi ndt hatAdam andEv ewer ef
reemor alagents.Thatwhi letheywer esinlessbeings,itwas
yetpossi blef orthem tosi n,justasitwaspossi bl
efort hem nott osin.Acar efulreadingoft henar r
ativeleads
tot hef oll
owi ngr emar ks:
1. Thesi nofourf ir
stpar entswaspur elyv ol
it
ional;i
twasanactoft heirowndet er mination.Theirsinwas, li
ke
allothersi n, avoluntaryactoft hewill.
2. Itcamef rom anout sidesour ce,t
hati stosay ,i
twasi nstigatedfrom without.Ther ewasnosi nint henat ur
e
ofthef irsthumanpai r.Consequent l
yt her
emusthav ebeenanungodl ypr i
nciplealreadyi nthewor ld.
Probabl y,thef allofSat anandt heev ilangelshadt akenpl acealready.
3. Theessenceoft hef ir
stsinlayinthedeni al oft
hedi vinewi l
l
; anelevati
onoft hewi llofmanov erthewi llof
God.
4. Itwasadel iberatetransgressingofadi vi
nelymar kedboundar y;
anov ersteppingoft hedi vi
nelimits.
5. Iti
tsl astanal ysis,t
hef i
rstsinwaswhateachandev er ysincommi t
tedsincehasbeen, apositi
vedi sbeli
ef
i
nt hewor doft heli
vingGod.Abel iefofSat anratherthanabel i
efofGod.

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4.TheResult
soft heFal
l.
a.Onourfi
rstparents–Adam andEve
Ther
esultsofsinint
heexperi
enceofourf
ir
stpar
ent
swer
easf
oll
ows:

1.
Thegr oundwascur sed,sot hathencefort
hitwoul
dnoty i
eldgoodal
one-Genesi
s3v er
se17.
2.
Sorr
owandpaint owomani nchil
d-bear
ing,andsubj
ecti
onofwomant otheman. Genesi
s3v er
se16.
3.
Exhaust
ingphysi
call
abori
nor dertosubsist.-Genesi
s3verse19.
4.
Physi
calandspir
it
ualdeat
h.-Genesis3v erse19.
genesi
s3ver
se2.
genesi
s5ver
se5.
Romans5verse12.
5.
Andofcour
se,
wit
hal
lthesecameal
soaf
earofGod,
ashamebecauseofsi
n,ahi
dingf
rom God‗
s
pr
esence,
andf
inal
l
y,anexpul
sionf
rom t
hegar
den.Genesi
s3v
erse8t
o11and22t
o24.

b.Ont
heRace
1.Allmen,wi t
houtr espectofconditi
onorcl ass,ar
esinnersbefor
eGod.
Romans3v erse9t o10and22t o23.
ReadPsalms14.
I
saiah53v erse6.
Theremaybeadi f
ferenceinthedegree,butnotinthefactofsin.Allmen,Jewandgent
il
es,
hav
emi
ssedt
he
markandf ail
edtoat taintoGod‘sstandard.Thereisnoner i
ght
eous,no,notone.
2.Thisuniv
er salSinfulCondit
ionIsVital
l
yConnect edwiththeSinofAdam.Romans5
verse12.―Wher efore,asbyonemansi nenteredint
ot heworl
d,‖
5verse16.Fort hej udgmentwasbyonet ocondemnation.‖
5verse19. Forasbyoneman‘ sdisobedi
encemanywer emadesi nners.

2.
a.Al
lmenwer
einAdam whenhesinned;f
all
enhe,
fall
enthey
.
2.
b.Her
einl
i
esi
nthet
rut
hoft heor
ganicuni
tyoft
herace,―InAdam al
ldi
e‖

3.Thewhol eworldrestsundercondemnation,wrathandcurse.
Romans3v erse19–―Thatev erymouthmay bestoppedandallt
hewor l
dmaybecomegui
lt
ybeforeGod.‖
Galat
ians3v erse10.
Ephisi
ans2v erse3.
John3v er
se36.
Thewr athofGodabi desonallnotvit
all
yunitedbyf ai
tht
oJesusChr i
st.
ThelawofGoddemandsaper f
ectobedience;butnosonofmancanyiel
dsuchobedi
ence;hence
thecurseofabr okenlawrestsuponthosebr eaki
ngi t
.
4.Unregener atemenar eregardedaschi ldrenoft hedev i
landnotsonsofGod.
1st John3ver
se8t
o10.Thechi
l
drenofGodandchi
l
drenofdev
ilwer
e
mani fest
.

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 John8v
erse44.Year
eofy
ourf
athert
hedev
i.1st John5v
l erse19.

Thewhol
5. eraceofmenar
einhel
plesscapt
ivi
tyt
osi
nandSat
an.
ReadRomans7,enti
rechapt
er.
John8v er
se31to36.
Ephisi
ans2verse3.

Theent
6. irenat ur eofmanment ally,mor ally ,spi r
ituall
y ,physically,issadly
af fectedbysi n. a.Theunder standingisdar kened.–Ephi sians4v erse18.
st
1 Cor i
nti
ans2v er se14.
b.Thehear tisdeceitful andwi cked.–Jer emi ah17v erse9t o10.
c.Themi ndandconsci encear edef i
l
ed.–Genesi s6v erse5.
Titus1v er se15.
d.Thefleshandspi ri
tar edefied–2nd Cor
l inthians7v erse5.
e.Thewi lli
senf eebled–Romans7v er se18.
f.Wear eut terl
ydest i
tuteofanyGodl ikequal i
tieswhichmeet sther equi
rement
s ofGodhol
i
ness.
Romans7v erse18.
Itdoesmean, howev er.
1.Themani stotal
lydest it
uteofl ovet oGodwhi chistheal labsorbing
commandmentoft helaw–John5v erse42.
2.Thatt henat uralmanhasav ersiontoGod-Romans8v er
se7.
3.Thatal lt
hati sstatedundernumbersi x(6)i strueofman.
4.Thatmani sinpossessi onofanat uret hati sconstantlyont hedowngr adeandfr
om
thedomi nionofwhi chi stotall
yunabl et of reehimself–Romans7v erse18and23.

TheFallofMan
1.
Thescr iptur
et eacht
hatmanv oluntarytransgresseddi
vinel
aw
Genesis2v erse16t o17.
Genesis3v er
se1t o6.
st
1 Ti mothy2v erse13t o14.
2.
Thus, manf ell
.
a.Notf r
om gr ace–butintopossibi
lityofsav i
nggrace.
b.From ast at
eofhar moniousfel
lowshi pwithGod.–Genesis3v erse8to10.
c.From ast at
eofmor alpuri
tyandsi nlessness.–Genesis3v er
se11t o12.
d.From ast at
eofspi r
it
ualli
fe,
intospi r
it
ualdeath.–Genesis2v er
se17.

TheEf
fect
softheFal l
.
1.Thewholer aceissi
nful
–Romans5ver
se12.
Romans3v erse9.
Romans9v erse23.
a.Theyar ebor
ninsin–Psal
ms51v
erse5.

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 b.Theysi near lyinlife–Psal ms58v erse3.
Colosas1v erse21.
Ephi sians2v erse1.
2.Thewholeracei sdead.
a.Spir
itual l
y–Ephi sians2v erse1.
John5v er se25.
b.Undert hepenal tyofphy si
cal deat
h–Romans5v
erse12.
c.Facinget ernal deat h.–Ezekiel18v erse4.
Roma6v erse23.
Rev elat i
on20v erse14t o15.

3.Thei
mageofGodi scor r
upt ed.
a.Aft
erthef allofmanwasbor ni nman‘simage.–Genesis5v erse3.
b.Themor al i
magei scor r
upted.
c.Thesinnerdoesnotpossesst heabili
tytocomprehendspir
it
ualmatter
s,
(asAdam enj oyedbef orethefall
).
d.Hemustbegi venthemi ndofChristinsalvat
ioni
nordertounderst
and
st
spi
ri
tualthings.–1 Cor int
hians2v erse14to16.

4.Theracei sdepr aved.Theyhav ebecamebad.

1.Wor ldlyandsi nf
ul int hought .
a.Depr avedinhear t .–Jer i
mi ah17.Verse9to10.
st
1 Ti mothy1v erse15.
Ephisians2v erse1t o3.
b.Depr avedinbody .–Romans1v erse17to18.
c.Depr avedinmi nd–Romans8v erse7.
2.Yetbr il
l
iant.
d.Depr avedinconsci ence–Hebr ew 10v er
se22.
e.Depr avedinnat ur e
1. Voidofrighteousness–Romans3v er
se10.
st
2. Chil
drenofSat an–1 John3v erse8to10.

TheCreat
ionandOr i
ginalStat
eofMan
Whatcanwel ear
nfrom thestudyofman?
1.
Thet r
uemeani ngofdeath.
2.
Manhasspi r
itandsoul
.

TheFallofMan(Part2)-Genesi s3v er
se1to7.
st
1 Ti mothy2verse14.
A.Waystowardthefall
ofman.
1.
List
enedt othevoi
ceofthetempt
er–Genesi
s3v er
se1.
2.
Tamper i
ngofGod‘swords–Genesis3verse1.

52
 genesi
s2v er
se17.
3.
Changi
ngofGod‘
swords.
–
4.Removal
ofGod‘swar
ning.

B.Satanandt hefal
l ofman.
Hi
sstrat
egy.
-beganwi t
hgi vi
ngdoubtstotheworl
dofGod.
-changingthewor dofGodt ohi
sown.
-putt
ingdoubt sinthegoodnessofGodandquest
ioni
ngHi
shol
i
ness.

C.Thr
eeappealstoEvei
nt emptati
on-answeri
ngt
hetri
part
it
enatur
eint
he
whol
enessofman.
1.Thewomansawt hatt
hetreeisagoodfood->body
2.Anditi
sappeal
ingt ot
heey e->soul
3.Atreewhi
chmustbedesi redtobecomewise->spi
ri
t

Compar i
son:
Mat t
hew 4v erse3
–―Commandt hatthesest onesbemadebr ead.―->body
Matthew4v erse6. –―Castt hyselfdown.
‖->soul
–challenginghiscour age
Appeal t
otheemot i
onal aspectofsoul .
Mat t
hew4v erse9.–―I ft houwil
tfall
downandwor shi
pme.―-
>spi
ri
t
D.Resul tofTheFal l.
1.ToAdam andEv e
-thelandcur sed
-labor i
ngofwomani ngivi
ngbirth–subj
ect
edt oman
-wor kingtolive
-deat h(phy sical
l
yandspi ri
tual
ly)
-oust i
ngf r
om heav en

Ref
erences:

WhatDoMi ssionar
yBel
ieveAbout
GreatDoct
rinesoftheBibl
e– Wil
li
am Evans
Bapti
stsBeli
efs– TeddyBadil
les

53
TheDoct
ri
neofOr
igi
nal
Sin
(
TOTALHEREDI
TARYDEPRAVI
TY)

I
.DEFENITIONOFTERMS
Total-All
,body,mindandspir
it,entir
eman.
Heredi
tar
y-transmissi
onofment alorphysi
calchar
act
eri
sti
csorqual
it
iesf
orm
par
enttochil
d.
Depraved–Evil
,wrong,t
endi
ngt osin.
Deprav
ity–Adamicnature,si
nful
ornatural,wi
ckedness-Romans5v erse12.

TotalDepravi
tymeans:
1.Thewhol ebeingofmanissi
nful
2.Mani senti
rel
ydesti
tut
eofholi
nessandther
eisinhear
tnolovef
orGod.
3.Theentireortot
almaniscor
rupt,badbynat
ureastheoff
spri
ngofGod.
-Hismindisbad
-Hisspir
iti
sbad
-Hisbodyisbad

A.Mr.Thay er, treatGr eekl exi

cographerhol dst hatmani nhi snaturalstatei
swhol y―dest
l i
tut
eofGod’ slov
e‖.
Theform ofconcor dst atementofor iginalsinis:
1.Thatthi
scor rupt i
onofnat ureaffectst hewhol esoul.
2.Thati
tconsi stsi nthel ossorabsenceofor iginalri
ghteousness, andconsequentent i
remoral depr
avit
yof
ournature,incl udingormani fest
ingit sel
finanav er
sionf r
om allspiri
tualgood,orfr
om God, andan
i
ncli
nationt oal lev i
l
.
3.Thati
tist rulyandpr oper lyofthenat ureofsin, invol
vingbot hguiltandpollut
ion.
4.Thati
tr etainsi tschar acterassinev eni nther egenerated.
5.Thati
tr ender st hesoul spir
it
uall
ydead, sothatt henatural,orunrenewedman, i
sentir
elyunableofhimself
todoany thinggoodi nt hesightofGod.

B.I
tmay besimpl
ystatedt
hatbytotaldepr
avi
tyismeant :
1. Thatt heenti
reman(mi nd,bodyandspiri
t),
whichconsti
tuteshi
mt heoffspr
ingofGod,it
’saf
fect
ed
anddefectedbysi
n,fr
om concept
ionandnaturalbi
rth.-Act
s17v er
se29.
2. Thatt heimageofGodwasnotl ostint
hef al
lofman,thatismandidnotloset hei
mageofGodi nthe
fal
l
,buttheimageofGodinman( spir
it,
mindandbody )wasmar redbysinsothateveryoff
spr
ingofAdam

54
hasbeenbornwit
hthenatur
eofevi
l,
rebel
li
onandwrong.
3. Al t
houghmanistot
all
ydepr
aved,depr
avedinever
ythi
ngt
hatmakeshi
mtheof
fspr
ingofGod,
the
int
ensi
tyofsi
ninthet
otal
l
ydeprav
edpersoncanincr
ease.

C.Thescri
pturesjustif
yt heconcl usiont hatmanwhoi sbor nofGod, marr
edbysi n,total
l
ydepravedatbirt
h,
canbecomemor etotallydepraved(i nintensit
y )bypr act
ice,andthemostt otal
lydepravedstateofever
y
humanbei ngisdeat h,whi chisfullgrownsi n.(James1v erse15).Thepracti
cei fsinmakeshim worse.
Andhiswor ststateofsi ni si
ndeat h.–
Romans6v erse23.
YettheBibl
et eachest hatt hi
sdepr avit
ycani ncreasei nintensit
yofgr owt
hunt i
ldeath.Thisisthemeaningof
i
nherent
,ori
ginalsi nortot aldepravity
.
D.Thedivi
nei mageofGodcomesi ntoev eryhumanbei ngatconcept i
onoflif
e,witht henatur
eofsin.Oneis
borni
nasi nstate.Mani snotbor nsinning,buthei sbor nsinner
.(Romans5v erse19.).Mansinsbecause
heisasinner.Hissinni ngdoesnotmakehi m becomeasi nner
.Mani sbornasi nner.
Forexample.Aducki shat chedaswi mmerbutnotswi mmi ng.

E.Maninhi
snatur
alst
atei
stheenemyofGod.–Romans5v
erse10.
James4ver
se4.
Romans8verse7.
Natur
almanmeans―f l
esh.

BI
BLEDEFI NI
TIONSOF“ FLESH”
Fleshdoesnotmeanmeat ,bones, hair,
asmostpeoplet
hink.Fl
eshmeanst
henatur
alman.
1.
Fleshhasawi ll
.-John1v erse3.
2.
Fleshhasami nd.-Col osas2v erse18.
3.
Fleshhasabody .-Col osas1v er
se22.
Jesusmadef l
esh-John1v erse14.andHi sfl
eshhadabody
st
4.
Fleshhaslustsordesires.-1 Pet er2verse11.
5.
Fleshhaswisdom -2ndCor i
nthians1v er
se12.
6.
Fleshhaswor ks -Galat i
ans5v er
se19.
Thus,weseet hat―flesh‖i stheent ir
ehumannat e.Asav
ur edpersoni
snot“
fl
esh”-Romans8v
erse9.

I
I.THEFALLOFMAN,
ORHOW MANBECAMESI
NNER.

Thefallofmaninvolvesthreequesti
ons:
(1)Man‘ sabil
i
tytosin.
(2)Thecauseofhi sfi
rstsi
nwhi chresult
edinhi
sf all
.
(3).Theoccasionofthefal
l.
1.Ont hefi
rstquesti
onwer emar k:
(1)Man‘sabili
tytosinl
ayinhisabili
tytoexer
cise hisownwil
l.Hehadawill
andcoul
dexer
cisei
tasi
t
pleasedhim.(2)Hehadpowert oobeyGodandl i
veordi
sobeyHim anddi
e.
2.Ont hesecondquestionwer emark,:

55
 (1)Inhi
sf ir
stest atemanwas“ v
erygood”Genesi s1v erse31.
(2)Hewasundert hebl essingsofGod.Genesis1v er
se27t o28.
(3)Hewaspl acedunderGod‘ slaw.Genesis2v er se16t o17.
Al t
houghhewaspl acedunderGod‘ slawhewasnotf orcedtoobey.
(4)Notwi thstandingt hatmanwas―v erygood‖, athiscreati
on,
hewascapabl
eofbeingtemptedtosin.
Genesis3v er se1t o6.
3.Ont hethirdquest ionwer emarkasf oll
ows:
Theoccasi onoft hef allwaswhenAdam di sobeyedGod‘ scommand“ nott
oeat-Romans7v er
se8t o14.
st
1 Cor int
hians15v erse22.Hebr ew 9v erse2.
Si
ni s -transgr essionoft helaw -1stJohn3v erse4.
-err
ororf ail
ure
-vi
olationofGod‘ sruleofdut y
Godmademansi nl
ess; per
fect(verygood),andrighteousbuthebecamesinf
ul,
imper
fectandunright
eous.
–Genesi s1v er se31.

II
I.THEEXTENTOFSI N-THEENTI REHUMANRACE
Galatians3v er se22,
Romans3v erse9t o10.
Ecclesiast es7v erse20.
Isaiah64v erse6.
1st John1v erse8t o10.
Itisnotmeantt ot eachbyt hedoct ri
neoft otaldepr avit
ythatmanisbadashecanbe,buthei
sal
lbad,
thatis,inhi snat ural st
atet hereisnogoodnessi nman.
1.Hishear tisev il-Jer emi ah17v erse9.Mar k7v er
se21t o23.
2.Hi smi ndandt hought sar eevi
l.-Genesi s6v erse5.
3.Hi sunder standi nganddesi resareev i.
l-Romans3v erse11.
4.Hi swor ksar ebad.-Romans3v erse12.
5.Hi st hroati sbad.-Romans3v erse13.
6.Hi st onguei sev i
l.-Romans3v erse13.
7.Hi sl i
psar eev il
.-Romans3v erse13.
8.Hi smout hi sf ullofev ilt
hings.-Romans3v erse14.
9.Hi sf eetar eev i
l.-Romans3v er
se15. Pr ov erbs1v erse16.
st
10.Hisey esar eev il.-Romans3v erse18. 1 John3v erse16.
11.Hisheadi sev il
.-I saiah1v erse5t o6.
12.Hewasbor nev il
.-Psal ms51v erse5. psalms58v er
se3.John9v erse4.
Thatchi ldrenar ebor ninsinwer ef
eryout ot hefollowingpassagesofscr
ipt
ure:
Psal ms51v er se5.
Psalms58v erse3.
John3v erse6.
John8v er se41t o47.

56
John9v er
se4.
Romans3v erse23.
Romans5v erse12.
Ephi
sians2v er
se1to3.

I
V.THREEATTI
TUDESTOWARDORI
GINALSI
N.

A.Ther eisal arger eli

giousgroupt hatr ecognizesandacknowledgesitsinherentexi
stencefrom infancy,but
believesthatchi l
drendyinginthest ateofsinunbaptizedmaygot ohell.Theref
oretheypr acti
ceinfant
bapt i
sm , sprinkli
ng,outpouring, thinkingtherebytomaketheinfantsafefrom hell
shouldi tdiei
ni nf
ancy.
Forexampl e.RomanCat holi
c…Mat thew19v er
se14.(…f
orsuchoft heki
ngdom ofHeav en)
Howt orefute..
1.I
nf antsarenoty etaccountabl
ef ort heirsinsordonotknowy etthegoodandev il
.–Deut eronomy1v erse
39.
Isaiah7v er se16.
Genesi s2v erse7.
2.Jesussai dt heki ngdom ofheav eni sforthem.
Mat thew18v erse3.
Mat thew 9v erse13.
Mar k10ver se13t o16.
Luke18v er se15t o17.
3.KingDav i
d‘ssondi edandher ej
oicedbecauset hechi
l
dwi l
lproceedinheav en-2nd Samuel 12verse23.

B. Ther eisanothergroupthatacknowledgessi
nisintheworl
d,butdeniesthatitisi
nanywayi nher
ent
.
Thisgr
ouphol
dsthatonebecomesasi nnerbypracti
ceonly
.Theyfl
atl
ydenyt hatthereevenexist
ssucha
thi
ngasthesi
nnature,ei
therbefor
eorafterconversi
on.Forexamplei gl
esyani EliSor
iano(Psal
ms51
ver
se5)

C. Ther ei sat hirdpositi

on, whichseemst obet heactualBibleposi
ti
on,t
hatmenar euniver
sal
lyborni
na
sinstat
eorcondi tion,butinfantswithoutmentalaccountabili
tyarenothel
daccountabletoGod.Onedoesnot
becameasubj ectofGod‘ scondemni ngwratht
ohel lunti
lhedev el
opstoknowrightfrom wr
ong.Thisposi
ti
on
recogni
zesthatt hesi nnatureispresentfrom i
nfancy,butalsoholdsthatGodcaresforthemental
ly
undevel
opedandi rresponsiblethought hedeat
hof
HisSon,ti
l
lonebecomesasubj ectofenli
ghtmentbyt heHolySpi r
it
.
Romans7v erse9.John1v erse29.
Hebrew2v erse9.1st Timot hy4v erse10.

V.THREESTAGESOFSI
NNATUREREVEALED

57
A.Fr om Concept ionandBi rt
h
Thel ustofconcept ioni snotsin,norisconceptionsin.Iti
sGod‘ sor dainedwayofman‘ smul t
ipl
yi
ngand
replenishi
ngt heear th..Buttheconcei vedlustdoesbr ingforth(produce)sin,l
it
eral
lyasi ncr
eatur
eorsi nfr
uit
.
Andt hesini sfini
shedi nthefruitbornonlywheni tproducesdeat h.Deat hissi
nf ull
-gr
owni neveryman.-
James1v erse5.
Davi
dwasshapedi niniquityandhewasconcei vedinsi n-Psal ms51v er
se5.
Wi ckedar estrangef r
om t hewomb.-Psal ms58v er
se3.
Jobdescr i
besmanasbei ngmor all
yuncleanandt herefor
eunabl etobr ingfor
ththatwhichismor al
l
ypur e.
Het hendecl arest hatv ai
nmani sbornasorl i
keawi l
dass‘ colt
.Thisr efer
stoman‘ sbeingborninastateof
rebelli
on,stubbor nnesst owardGod.Mani ssti
l
lbor ninthi
sst ate,
atenmi t
ywithGod, bynatureachi l
dof
wrat h-
Romans8v erse7.
Ephisians2v erse3.

B.InYout h
Thegr owinggerm ofsinthatinf
ectsonefr
om concepti
onandbi
rt
hbecomesexcept
ional
l
yobv
iousev
eni
n
yout
h.
–Prov er
bs22v er
se15.
Proverbs24v er
se9.
―Fort heimaginat
ionofman‘ shearti
sevi
lfr
om hisyout
h.
I
magi nati
on -Hebrewwor d‗yetser
”–meanspur posesand
desi
res.Readalso;Ecclesi
astes8v er
se11.

C.InAdul tsToOl dAge

Depr avit
yi ssoev identinthehumanr acethatforsi
xthousandy ear
snohumanbei nghasl ivedwi t
houtt he
practi
ceofsi n,wi t
ht heexempt i
onofJesus.Foral l
havesinned.(Romans3v erse23) .Thescr ipt
ureshav e
concluded―al lundersi n.(Galati
ans3v erse22).Andthereisnotajustmanupont heear t
h, thatdoet hgood
andsi nnethnot.–
Ecclesiastes7ver se20.
Whenonei ssav edher eceiv esanewnat ure,i
smadepar takerofGod‘sdivi
nenat ure.(2nd Peter1v erse4.
John3v erse16).Yether etainstheol
ddepr avednatur
esol ongashel i
vesint hebody .Thet wonat uresof
everysav edperson, thedivinenatur
ewhi chisabsolut
elysinf
ul,
areatwar f
areonewi thanot her,which
warfareist ocont i
nueunt il
deat h.Whenonei ssaved,thecarnali
tyoroldnatureisnotbur nedoutofhi m.
(Romans7v er
se14t o25) .

VI
.THEORI GINOFSI N
1.
Sinenteredthehumanr acethroughthemanAdam. Genesi s3ver
se1t
o6.
st
a.
Thr oughdecepti
on.(1 Ti mothy2v erse14.)
b.
Thr oughman‘sdisobedience.-Romans5v er
se19.
c.
Thr oughtheserpent‘
sent i
cement .–Genesis3verse1to6.
nd
d.
Thr oughSatan‘
smal i
gnity.-2 Cor i
nthians11verse3.
2.
Howev ersinfi
ndsitssourceinSatan.

58
 I
saiah14v er
se12t o17.
Ezeki
el28verse17.
a.
Jesusdeclaredheisthefatherofl
i
esandmur der
.
b.
Satanwast hefi
rstpersonal
it
yinwhom i
niqui
tywasf
ound.

VI
I.THENATUREOFSI N
1.
Sin,asanat ure,i
santi-
Godinever
yrespect
.-Romans7v
erse23.
a.I
tisr ebel
l
ioustoever
ydiv
inelaw.
b.I
tist hesummat i
onofevi
l.-
1st j
ohn5v erse17

2.
Sinmeanstomi ssthemarkofthedivi
nestandard
3.
Sini
sadist
orti
on, aperver
sion,abendingofthatwhi
chi
sright
,andthusmaki
ngi
tcr
ooked4.Si
nisa
devi
ati
on,alapse,afal
l
ingasidefr
om God‘srequir
ement
,tr
espass.

VIII
.PRACTI CALBENEFI TSOFTHI SDOCTRI NE
Tounder standthedoct r
ineoftotaldepr
avi
tyorori
ginalsinhelpsonetoreali
zehisut
terguil
tanddef
il
ement
ofsin,whichrequir
esasav i
our,par
donandredemption.Ithelpstounder
standthescri
pturei
n.John3verse3
to5.
Onl ythehungrywillseekforfood,Onlyt
hethir
stywil
lseekf orwater
.Onlythecol
dwi l
lseekshelt
erand
clot
hing.Andt heantit
hesisisthatonl
yonewhor eal
izeshisneedofasav iourandconfessi
ngtoHimisli
kely
evertobesav ed.

Refer
ences:
Defenseoft heFait
h…..…. . by:Alber
tGar
ner
Bapti
stDoct r
ine…………… by:E.CGil
lenti
ne
TotalHereditaryDeprav
ity….. by:BenM.Bogar
d
WhatDoMi ssionar
yBaptistBeli
eveAbout

59
 TheDoct
ri
neofSal
vat
ion
(
SOTERI
OLOGY)

Webel i
evethatt
hesalvati
onofsinnersiswhollyofgr ace; t
hroughthemediatorial
off
icesofGodt heSon, whobytheappointmentoftheFat her,
freelytookuponHi m ournature,
yetwit
houtsin,honoredthediv
inelawbyHi spersonalobedience,andbyHi sdeathmadea
ful
landvicar
iousatonementconsistednotinsetti
ngusanexampl ebyHi sdeathasamar tyr
butwasav oluntar
ysubstit
uti
onofhi msel
finthesinner‘
splace,thejustdy i
ngfortheunjust.

A.REPENTANCE

I.TheI
mportanceoft heDoctri
ne
a.
JohntheBaptistbeganhispubl
icmini
str
y,asdi
dJesusalso,
wit
hthecal
ltorepent
anceuponhi
slips.
Matthew3v erse1to2.
Matthew4v erse17.
b.
Jesuscommandedt hetwel
veandtheseventymessenger
stopr
ocl
aimthegoodnewsandt opr
each
repent
ance.
Luke14verse47.

60
 Mark6v erse12.
c.
For emosti nthepreachingoft
heapost
leswasthedoct
ri
neofrepentance.
Peter( Acts2verse38)
Paul(Acts20v erse21)
d.
Thebur denofthehear tofGod,andHi
sonecommandt oal
lmenev erywher
e,ist
hattheyshoul
drepent.
nd
2 Pet er3v er
se9.
Act s17v erse30.
e.
Fai lur
eont hepartofmant oheedGod‘
scallt
orepent
ancemeanst hatheshall
utt
erl
yperish.
Luke13v erse3.

I
I.TheNat ureofr
epentance
Ther
ei sathr
eef
oldelement
sint
ruer
epent
ance:
1.TheI ntell
ectualEl ement.
Onemustr ecogni zethathehassi nnedagai nstGodandi sundert hejustj
udgmentwr at
hofa
holyGod.Yett hemer ement aladmi ssion,recogniti
onofper sonal wrongisnotgenuine
repentance.Changeofmi ndsandt hought s.
Ex.Phar aoh Exodus9v erse27.
2.TheEmot i
onalEl ement.
TheHol ySpiritnotonl yenl
ightensoneofhi spersonal guil
tbutalsomakeshi mf eel
v ery
deeplythathi sev entualdoom canbebl amedonnoonebuthi mself.Inthi
selementof
repentancet her emayappeart ear sandphy sicalexpressionsofremor se.Onemayev enspeak
withdeepexpr essionofsor rowf orhispastsi nsandpr esentstat
e.Butmer esorrowf orsin
andev ent earsi snotagenui nerepent ance.
Changeoff eeling.
Ex.JudasI scar i
otMat thew 27v erse3t o4.

3. TheSpiri
tualEl
ement .
Av ol
untarychangeofpur pose,aturni
ngfrom selfandsin,
toseekpar
donandacceptChri
st.
I
ti satthi
spoi ntofturni
ngf r
om self
,ingodlysorr
owt hatworket
h(t
oortowar
d)repent
ance
thatneedethnotber epentedoft
hatbr i
ngsregenerati
on.
nd
-2 Cor i
nthi
ans7v erse10.
Luke18v erse9t o14.
Ex.PublicanLuke18v er
se9to14.

61
I
II.HowRepent anceIsProduced?
1.Itisadi vi
negift -Acts11v erse18.
nd
2 Ti mothy2v erse25.
Act s5verse30to31.
2.Yett hisdi
vinegif
tisbr
oughtaboutt hr
ought
heuseoft
hemeans.
Act
s2v er
se37,38,41.
Romans2v erse4.
nd
2 Pet er3verse9.

IV.TheResultsofRepentance.
1.All
heavenismadeglad.-Luke15v erse7and10.
2.I
tbringspar
donandforgivenessofsi
n.-Isaiah55v er
se7.Acts3v
erse19.
3.TheHolySpir
iti
spouredoutupont hepeni
tent.-Act
s2v er
se38.

B.FAI TH.
I. TheI mpor t
anceoft heDoctri
ne.
Faithisf undamentalinChri
sti
ancr eedandconduct.I
twast heonethingwhi chaboveall
other sChrist
recognizedast heparamountv i
rt
ue.TheSy rophoeni
cianwoman.( r
eadMat thew 15)hadper sever
ance; t
he
centurion.(r
eadMat t
hew8) ,humil
ity;t
heblindman.(Mark10), ear
nestness.ButwhatChristsawand
rewardedi neachoft hesecaseswasf ait
h.Faithi
sthefoundati
onofPet er
‘sspir
it
ualtemple( 2ndPeter1
st
verse5t o9); andfi
rstinPaul‘
smi nist
ryofgraces(1 Cor int
hians13v erse13).I
nfait
hal ltheothergraces
fi
ndt heirsource

I
I. TheDef
ini
ti
onofFai
th.
Fai
th -i
sthesubst
anceoft
hingshopedf
orandt
heev
idenceoft
hingsnotseen.
.Hebr
ew
11ver
se1.

I
I. Th
I eSour
ceofFai
th.
Ther earetwosi dest othi
sphaseoft hesubj ect–adi vi
neandahumansi de.
1.Iti
st heWor koft heTri
uneGod.
Godt heFather:Romans12v erse3.1st Cor
inthians12.Thi sistr
ueoffait
hbothinits
beginning(Phil
ippians1v erse29)anditsdev elopment .Faith,t
hen,i
sagiftofHisgrace.
Godt heSon: Hebr ew 12v erse2–Hei st heaut horandf i
nisherofourf
aith(I
ll
ustr
ates
Mat t
hew 4v erse30t o31–Pet ert
aki
nghi sey esof fChri
st.)`
st
Godt heSpi r
it:Galatians5v erse22.1 Cor inthians12v er se9.TheHolySpir
iti
sthe
executiveofthe
Godhead.
Whythen,iffaithistheworkoftheGodhead,ar
eweresponsi
blefornothavingit?Godwi l
l
stowor kfai
thi
nal
l
Hi
screatures,andwi ll
dosoiftheydonotresi
stHi
sHolySpir
it
.Wear eresponsible,
therefor
e,notsomuch
f
orthelackoff ait
h,butforr
esi
stingt
heSpiri
twhowil
lcr
eatefai
thinourhear t
sifwewi l
lpermitHimtodo.

62
2.Ther eisal soaHumanSi det oFai t
h.
Romans10v erse17.Act s4v erse4.
Int hisi
nst ancet hespokenwor d,theGospel ,i
sr ef
err
edto; inothercasest hewri
ttenWord,
thescr i
pturesi sreferr
edt oasbei nginstrumental i
nproducingfait
h.
Pr ayeralsoi sani nstr
umenti nt hedev elopmentoff ait
h.Lukeiscal ledthehumangospel
becausei tmakessomuchofpr ay er
,especiall
yinconnectionwithf ait
h.
Luke22v erse32.
Luke17v erse5, mark.9v erse24.
Mat thew17v erse19to2.
Ther ecanbenogenui nerepent ancewi thoutfaithandtherecanbenogenui net
rusti
ngfai
th
withoutrepent ance.I
nt heirti
meel ementor der,asgiv
enint hescriptur r
es,epent
ancealways
precedesf aith.–Act s20v erse21.

I
VSomeResul tsofFai t
h.
Fai
thinChristisGod‘slastmeansbywhichHehasappoi
ntedt
hegi
vi
ngofsal
vat
iont
oal
ostsoul
.One
i
ssaidtobe:
:
1.Wea resav edbyf aith.Ephesi ans2v erse8.
2.Wea rejustif
iedbyf ait
hi nChr i
st-Romans5v er
se1.Act s13v er
se39.
3.Weh adapur ei nhear tbyf ai
th -Acts15v er
se9.
4.Web ecamechi l
dofGodbyf ai
th-Galatians3verse26.John1v erse12.
C.REGENERATION( TheNewBi rth)
.

I.TheDefi
nit
ionofRegener at
ion.
Regener
ati
onisadi vi
neactofGodaf fectedbytheHolySpir
it
.Byital
ostmanr
ecei
vest
hedi
vi
nenat
ureand
nd
becomesachil
dofGod.2 Cor i
nthi
ans5v er
se17.
-t
heinstant
aneouschangef rom spir
it
ualdeat
htospiri
tual
l
ife. -aspi
ri
tualresurr
ection,thebeginningofanewl i
fe.

II
.TheNat ureofRegener ati
on.
1.Regener ati
onisnotBapt sm.1st Cor
i i
nthi
ans1v erse14.
st
1 Cor inthi
ans4v erse15.
Readact s8.
2.Regener ati
onisnotr eformation.
Ni codemusandCor neliushadgoodwor ks,morali
ntegri
tyofconduct
,andreli
gionbuttheywerelost
.
(readJohn3andAct s10) .Mor alr
efor
mat i
onandgoodwor ksshouldal
way ssucceedregenerat
ion.
3.Regener ati
onIsaSpi rit
ual Quickeni
ng,aNewBirth.
Regenerati
onisthei mpor tati
onofanewl i
feanddi v
ineli
fe;
anewcr eat
ion;theproduct
ionofanewt
hing.

63
John3v erse3to7.
John5v er
se1.
Ephesi
ans2v erse1.
Ephesi
ans10v erse2,
Secondcori
nthi
ans5v er
se17.

nd
4.I
tist
heImpart
ati
onofaNewNat
ure-God‘
sNat
ure.2 PETER1v er
se4.
Wehav eputont
henewman,whi
chaft
erGodi
scr
eatedi
nhol
inessandri
ght
eousness.(
Ephi
sians4v
erse
24,

Col
osas3v er
se10)
.Chri
stnowli
vesi
nthebel
iever
s( Galat
ian2ver
se20).God‘
sseednowabi
desi
nHi
m.1st
(
j
ohn3v er
se9).Sot
hathencef
ort
hthebel
i
everinpossessedoftwonat
ures-Gal
asian5ver
se17.

II
I.TheI mper ativeNecessi t
yoftheNewBi r
th.
1.Thenecessi tyisuniversal
.
Theneedi sasf arreachingassinandthehumanr ace.(
John3v er
se3-5).Therei
snosubstit
uteforthenew
birt
h.(Gal
Galati
ans6v er se15.
Theabsol utenecessi tyisclear
lystat
edbyourLord.Whateveri
sbornofthef l
esh,mustbebornagainofthe
spiri
t.
John3v erse3t o7.
2.Thespi rit
ual conditi
onofmandemandsi t
.
John3v erse6.
Romans8v erse8.
3.Thehol inessofGoddemandsi t.
Ifwithouthol inessnomanshal lseetheLor
d.(Hebrew12v er
se14).andifholi
nessisnott
obeat t
ainedby
anynat uraldev elopment.

II
I.TheMeansofRegener at
ion.
1.Regener at i
oni saDi v
ineWor k.
Ourr egener ationisacr eati
veactont hepartofGod, notar ef
ormingprocessonthepartofman.I
tisnotby
nat uralchoi ce,forthehumanwi ll
isimpotent.Iti
salt
oget herandabsol
utelyt
hewor kofGod.
TheHol ySpi ri
tisthedi vi
neagenti nourregenerat
ion.Fort hi
sreasoni
tiscall
edtherenewingoft
heHoly
Ghost .
Titus3v erse5.Wear ebor nofthespiri
t.
John3v erse5.
2.Andy ett herei sahumansi detothewor k.
John1v erse12and13.br i
ngtogetherthesetwot houghts-t
hedivi
neandt hehumanin
regener ation.
a.Mani sr egener atedbymeansoft heacceptanceoft hemessageoft hegospel.
1stpet er1v erse23.

64
 1stCori
nthians4verse15.
b.Mani sregener
atedbytheper
sonal
accept
anceofJesusChr
ist
.
John1v erse12.
Gal at
ian3v er
se26.

D.JUSTI
FICATI
ON.

I.TheMeani ngofJust i
fi
cat ion.
1.Relat i
v ely
Itisachangei naman‘ sr elati
onorst andingbef oreGod.I ti
sachangef rom gui
ltand
condemnat i
ont oacqui tt
al andaccept ance.
Regener ation hast odowi t
ht hechangeoft hebel i
ev er‘
snature.
Justifi
cat ion, withthechangeofhi sstandingbef oreGod.
Regener ati
oni ssubject i
ve, j
usti
ficati
oni sobj ective.Theformerhast odowi thman
‗state;t hel at t
er,withhisst anding.
2.Accor dingt ot helanguageandusageoft hescr iptures.
Deuter onomy25v erse1.meanst odecl are,ort ocauset oappeari nnocentorri
ghteous.
Romans4v erse2t o8.Meanst oreckonr ighteous.
Psalms32v erse2.Meansnott oimput einiquity.
Justification–i sthejudicialpronouncementofGod, t
hatonewhohashi str
ustinChrist
isset freef r
om thepenal tyofsoul deat handr est oredtofavorwi t
hGod.
-j udicial actofGodwher ebyt hosewhoputf ai
thi nChr istaredeclaredri
ghteousinHiseyes,
andf reef rom guil
tandpuni shment .

I
I.Just
ifi
cati
onConsi stofTwoEl ements.
1.Theremissi
onoft hepenaltyofsintoanindiv
idual
.
2.Therestor
ationoft heindi
vidualt
oGod‘sfavor
Inj
usti
fi
cation,then, al
loursinsarefor
given,andthegui
l
tandpuni
shmentt
her
eof
Removed.Acts13v erse38t o39.

Romans8v
erse1.

Godseest
hebel
i
everaswi
thoutsi
nandgui
l
tinChr
ist
.

Number
s23v
erse31.

65
 Romans8v
erse33t
o34.

I
II.Met hodofJust i
fi
cat ion.
1. Negat ively:Notbywor ksoft hel aw.–Romans3v erse20.
Ther easonwhyt hel awcannotj ustif
yi sher est ated.Forbyt helawist he
knowl edgeofsi n.Thel awcanopent hesinner ‘
sey et ohi ssi n.
,butitcannotr emovei t
.
Indeed, i
twasnev erint endedt or emov eit,butt ointensi fyit.
Gal atians3v erse10.
Gal atians2v er se16.
Romans3v erse28.
2. Posi tively:ByGod‘ sFr eeGr ace–Theor i
ginorsour ceofj ustif
icat
ion
Romans3v er se24.Fr eel y‖denot est hatitisgr antedwi thoutany thi
ngdoneonourpar ttomeri
tordeser
vei
t.
3. Byt hebl oodofJesusChr ist–Thegr oundj usti
fication.
2ndCor inthians5v er se21.
Hebr ew9v erse22.
4. Bybel ievingi nJesusChr i
st-Thecondi ti
onofj ust i
ficati
on. -
Gal atians3v er se26.
Romans3v erse26.
Att hispoi ntofat onement, personal coveringofone‘ ssi ns,manisdecl aredfree
from t hel awofsi nanddeat h.(Romans8v erse1t o2) ;atpeacewi t
hGod.( Romans5
ver se1) ;ahei rofGod.( Titus3v erse7) ;deliv
er edf r
om wr ath.(Romans5v erse9) ;
and
pre- dest inatedt ogl orificat i
on.(Romans8v erse30) .Summi ngupwemaysayt hat
menar ejust i
fiedj udiciallybyGod.( Romans8v erse33) .
Mer it
or iouslybyChr i
st .(I saiah53v erse11) .medi tatelybyf ai t
h.(Romans5v er
se1) ;evi
dent
ly
bywor ks( James2v erse14and18t o24) .
E.Adoption.
Regenerati
onbeginsthenewl i
feinthesoul ;j
usti
fi
cati
ondealswiththenewatt
itudeof
Godt owardsthatsoul,orofthatsoul t
owardsGod.,adopti
onadmi t
smani ntothe
familyofGodwi t
hfil
ial
joy.Regener at
ionhastodowi thourchangeinnat
ure;
j
ustifi
cati
on,withourchangei nstanding;sancti
fi
cat
ion,wit
hourchangeinchar er;
act
adoption,wit
hourchangei nposition.

I
nr egener
ati
onthebelieverbecomesachi
l
dofGod.(John1ver
se12to13)
.in
adoption,
thebel
ieveralr
eadyachil
d,r
ecei
vesapl
aceasanadul
tson,
thust
hechi
l
d
becomesason, themi norbecomesanadult
.
Galati
ans4v er
se1t o7.

66
I. TheMeani ngofAdopt ion.
Adopt ionmeanst heplaci ngofason.I ti
sal egalmetaphorasregenerationisa
phy sicalone.I tisaRomanwor d.–I tmeanst hetakingbyonemanoft hesonof
anot hert obehi sson, sot hatt hesonhast hesameposi t
ionandallt
headv antagesofa
sonbybi r
th.Thewor di sPauline,notJohanni ne.Thewor disneveronceusedofChr i
st.
Itisusedoft hebel i
ev erwhenquest ionsofr ights,pri
vi
legesandheirshipareinvolved.
Itispecul iarlyaPaul inewor d.
(Galat i
ans4v erse5.
Romans8v er se15, and23.
Romans9v er se4.
Ephesi ans1v erse5
Johnusest hewor d―chi l
dren‖not―sons‖ ,becausehei salway
s speaki ngofsonshi p
from t hest andpoi ntofnat ure,gr owthandlikeness.1stjohn3v erse1.
I
n.Exodus2v er se10.andHebr ew 11v erse24.furni
shtwosplendidil
lustrat
ionsof
thespi rit
ual senseanduseofadopt i
on.

II
. TheHopeofAdopt ion.
Ther edempt i
onofthebodyf rom thegraveiscall
ed―adopt i
on‖
Regener at i
onrefer
st othereceivi
ngofanewl i
fef orm God.Justif
icat i
onr efer
s
tother eceivingofanewwal kbeforeGod.Adopt ionreferst oanewl egalrelationship
establi
shedbyt hespir
itofGodf r
om thet imeofsalvation, andtobecul mi natedin
man‘scompl eter edempt i
onoft hebodyf r
om thegraveatt heresurr
ection, unt oanheir
setti
ngofr eigningwi t
hChr istontheear th.
Theguar anteeofadopt i
on, theseal,ist
heHol ySpi r
itofGodwhoi sgi vent oevery
man,ast hehopet hatmakeshi m notashamedandcommuneswi t
hhi m wi thi
nt heveil
.
TheSpi r
itofAdopt i
oncomesatr egenerati
onandhel psGod‘schildrencommuneand
fel
lowshipwi thGod, buttheact ualadoptionofthebodyi sfutur
e.–Romans8v erse23.

II
I.TheTimeWhenAdopt i
onTakesPl ace.
1.Inacert
ainsenseiti
sexternali
nit
snature.
2.Itt
akesplacethemomentonebel i
evesinJesusChri
st.
3.Oursonshipwi l
lbecompletedatt
heresurr
ecti
onandcomi
ngofagai
nofourLor
dJesusChr
ist
.

I
V.SixPr i
vi
legesandJoy soft
heHopeofAdopti
on.
A.Theadopt ed(saved)havef
reeaccesst
oGodinpr
ayer
.–Gal
ati
ans4v
erse6.
st
1j ohn4v erse13.
Romans8v erse15.
Mat t
hew6v erse9.
Hebr ew4v erse16.

67
B.Theadopt edar ebr et
hrenofChr i
st.–Hebrew2v erse11.
Ephisians1v erse5.
Romans8v erse29.
C.Ther edeemedenj oythespir
itofadoption.-Romans5v erse5.
Romans 8v erse16and27.
D.Theadopt ed( saved)areundert hedivi
necoreasheirs.-Romans8verse17.
E.Theadopt ed( redeemed)may bechastened.Hebrew 12verse5to11.
F.Theadopt edawai taglor
iousInherit
ance.–Romans8v erse17and18.
st
1 pet er1v erse3and4.

F.SANCTI
FICATI
ON.

Injust
ifi
cat
ionwear edeclar
edri
ghteousinorderthat,i
nsanct i
fi
cati
on,we
maybecomer ight
eous.Justif
icat
ioniswhatGoddoesf orus,whilesancti
fi
cati
onis
whatGoddoesi nus.Just
if
icati
onputsusinar i
ghtrel
ati
onshipwi t
hGod, whil
e
sanct
if
icati
onexhibi
tsthefr
uitofthatrel
ati
onship–al i
feseparatedfrom asinf
ulworl
d
anddedicateduntoGod.

I
.TheMeani ngofSanct i
ficati
on.
Twot houghtsarepromi nenti
nthisdefi
nit
ion;separati
onfrom evi
l,
anddedi
cationunto
Godandhisservice.
Sanct
if
icati
on-i susedtomean, ―personalseparat
ionfrom thi
ngsthatar
euncleantothi
ngsthatare
uncleantothi
ngst hatareholy,cl
ean,andsacr ed.Aft
eroneissavedheistoconsiderhi
mself―set
-
apart‖f
rom sint
ohol i
nessofcharact
erandconductf orservi
cetoGod.

-tobesetapar ttosacredthi
ngsorf orsacredpurposes.Itdoesn‘
tmeant obewi t
houtsi
n,i
mpur i
ty,
or
carnali
tyelset her
ewoul dbenotsanct i
ficat
ioni
nt hi
sli
fe.
Forinstance, member softheCorint
hchur chweredeclaredtobehol y,
saint
s,sancti
fi
ed,
buttheywere
notsosanct i
fiedthattheydi
dnothav ecar nal
it
yinthem, for
nicat
ions,cont
enti
onsandgoingtolaw
onewi t
hanot her.–1stCor i
nthi
ans1v erse2and7.
1stCor i
nthians3v er
se1t o4.
1stCor i
nthians5v er
se1.
1stCorinthians 6v erse6and8and11.

I
tsUseinOl dTest ament .
1.Mosessanct i
fiedt hepeopleofIsr
ael.Exodus9v er
se14.
-dedicat
edt hem t otheservi
ceofGod
2.Thefi
rstbornofI sraelwassanctif
ied.–Exodus13v er
se2.
3.Thetabernaclewassanct i
fi
ed.–Exodus29v erse44.
4.Thefi
eldsoft heI srael
it
esweresanctif
ied.
5.TheclothesthatAar onandthepri
estsworeweresancti
fi
ed.-Lev
iti
cus8v
erse30.

68
 Thismeanst hatal
lofthesewere―set-apar
t‖forsacr
eduse,inst
eadoft
he
prof
aneandcommon.Sanct if
icat
ionintheli
feoftheChrist
iani
susedtomean
separati
onfrom uncleanthoughts,desi
res,
mot i
vesanddeeds.

I
I.El
ement
sofSanct
if
icat
ion.
Sanct ifi
cat i
onmay bev iewedaspast ,present,
andfut
ure;ori
nstant
aneous,
progr
essi
ve
andcompl ete.
1.Instant aneous/ Past/Positi
onalSancti
fication
-Begi nsi nt helifeofonewi t
hregeneration/Byf aith–Acts26verse18.
And
1stCor inthians6v erse11.
2.Pract ical/Pr esent/Pr ogressiv
eSanct i
fication
–iscont inuedi nev erystageoft hi
sear t
hlyl i
fe.
nd
–2 pet er3v erse18.
nd
–2 Cor inthians3v erse18.
–John17v erse17.
st
–1 pet er1v erse15and16.
3.Perfect /Fut ure/Compl eteSanct i
fi
cati
on
-willreachi t
scompl eti
onwhenJesusr eturns-
st
1 Thessal onians5v erse23.
st
1 cor i
nthians1v erse30.
Phi li
ppi ans1v erse9t o11.
ReadJude24.

I
II
.TheMeansofSanct
if
icat
ion.
A.Fr om theDi vineSide:Itisthewor koftheTri
uneGod.
1. Godt heFat her.
Hepl annedsanct i
fi
cation,t
hereforeHeissai
dtosanctiymen-1stThessal
f oni ans5verse23and24.
John17v erse17.
ReadJude1.
2. Godt heSon.
Hepr ov idedsanctif
ication,
therefor
eHeissaidtosancti
fymen.–1stCori
nthians1verse30.
Hebrew10v erse10.
3. Godt heHol ySpirit
.
Heper formssanct i
ficati
onint hel
ivesofthesaved,andtheref
orei
ssai
dtosanctifythem.
nd
2 Thessal oni ans2v erse13.
st
1 pet er1v erse2.

69
B.Fr
om t
heHumanSi de
1.
Fai thi nt heredempt ivewor kofJesusChr ist-Acts15verse9.
act s26: 18.
Gal at ians6v erse14.
Hebr ew13v erse12t o13.
2.
ByPer sonal Dedi cat
ion-John17v erse18to19.
Romans12v er se1t o2.
Gal atians2v erse20.
3.
Bypr ov idenceofGod, acceptedasdi sci
pli
ne.Amos4verse11to12.
st
1 Cor inthians11v erse32.
Hebr ew12v er se5and6.
4.
Byav oidingsi nandpur suinghol i
ness.–Romans6v er
se18t o19.
Ephi si ans4v er se22t o32.
Col osas 3v er se8t o15.
God‘ sstandar dofsanct i
ficati
onisperfect
ion.

Ref
erences:

DefenseoftheFai
th……………….ByAl
ber
tGarner
GreatDoctr
inesoft
heBibl
e………By:Wil
l
iam Evans

70
TheDoct
ri
neoft
heChur
ch
(
EKKLESI
OLOGY)

I
.DEFI
NITI
ONS;
DISTI
NCTI
ONS

A.WhatIsAChur ch?
Thewordchurchistransl
atedfr
om theGreekwor dekkl
esia.I
tismadeupoftwowords:
Ek-out,outof Kaleo-t ocall
.
Church–isagroupofpeopl ecall
edoutforapurpose.
Anobservat
ionofthewor dekkl
esia(chur
ch)reveal
sthreewaysinwhi
chiti
sused:
Greek,HebrewandChr i
sti
an.

1.Ekkl
esiaInTheClassi
calGreek-Assembl yofCi
ti
zensmeansanassemblyoff r
eecit
izensofacityst
ate.
Thayer‘
slexi
consays,―anassembl yofthepeopleconvenedatt
hepubli
cplaceofcouncilforthepur
pose
ofdeli
berati
ng.
‖.Theonl
yplacethisusageisfoundintheNewTestamentisi
n.
Acts19
Acts19verse35to41.-citedthewor dassemblyanditusedonlyt
hreet
imesinthenewt estament.Thi
s
mobwasacr owdcalledoutforapurposeandinthissensei
twasachurch,butcert
ainlyi
twasnotthe
Lord‘schur
ch,aNewTest amentChur ch.

2.Ekklesi
aInTheHebrew/
Septuagint-Assembl
yofIsraeli
ntheSeptuagi
nt,
ekkl
esiaisusedaboutone
hundredti
mes.Ittr
ansl
atestheHebrew ―Qahal‖whichmeansassemblyorcongregat
ion.
Levit
icus4v er
se13n–Assembl yofIsrael
.
TheHebrewwordforassembl yt
ocal
lorassemble.

71
Act
s7v er
se38.-Theassembl yoft
helitt
lechi
ldr
enofIsrael
beforethetaber
nacl
eiscall
edachurch.
-Ther
ewer eaboutt
womi l
li
onmember sintheEkkl
esia(church)i
nthewi l
der
ness.Nownoonewoul dsayit
wasaNewTest amentChur
chforthatwascentur
iesbeforeChri
st,
butitwaschurch(anassembly)
,
nevert
heless,
andabigone.

3.Ekklesi
aintheNewTestament
.-AssemblyofJesus‘di
sci
ples.TheEkklesi
aisof
tenspokenofas
i
nstitut
ioni
ntheNewTestament.WhenJesussai
d, ―Upont hisrockIwil
lbui
l
dmychur ch,
‖Heusedt
he
pronounmyt odi
sti
ngui
shHischurchf
rom t
heHebrewandGr eekassembli
es.
NewTestamentChur
ch.-I
sagroupofsav
ed,bapti
zedbel
iev
ersi
nChr
istcov
enant
ed
togethert
ocarr
youtt
hegr
eatcommissi
on/commands.

B.Disti
nctions.
1.Thekingdom willbeful
lymanifestedatt
hecomingofChr
i .John14v
st erse1t
o3.
2.Thechurchiswi t
hint
heki ngdom.
3.Thekingdom iscomprisedofbothgoodandbad.
readMatthew 13.

C.Negat
ivel
y,WhatI
tIsNot
.

1.A newtestamentchurchi snotmadeuporcomposedofal lt

hesav ed.
2.A newtestamentchurchi snotidenti
cal wit
ht hefamil
yofGod
3.A newtestamentchurchi snotaninv i
sible,
uni v
ersal
,i
ntangi
ble,mysti
calfel
l
owshi
pof
spi
rit
sofsavedmen.
4.A newtestamentchurchi snotjustanybr anchofdenomi nat
ionalChri
sti
anit
y.
5.Iti
snotcatholi
c(uni
versal)
ANewTest amentchurchisnotuniversal,
butl ocal.Auni
versal
churchcouldnot
assembletogether
-admini
sterbapti
sm
toget
her -obser veLord‘Supper
toget
her -andwor shi
pt ogether

NOTUNI VERSAL.
1.Ifthechur chisuniversal(
composedofal
lthesaved),thenJohnwasiner r
orwhenhesaidther
eweresev
en
chur chesi nAsi a.
Rev elation1v erse11.
2.Ifi
t‘st r
uePaul putawr ongaddr
essonhislet
tert
ot heCor i
nthi
anbret
hren.
1stCor inthians1:2
3.Ifthisideai sr
ight,t
henPaultol
daliewhenhesaidt hechurchist
hepill
arandgroundofthetr
uth.

72
 1stt
imothy3v erse15.
4.
Furt
hermore,
ifthechurchi
suni
ver
sal
andi
nvi
sibl
e,Chr
istgav
eanadmoni
ti
onwhi
chcannotbecar
ri
edout
.
Matthew18ver se15to17.

I
I.THEFOUNDI
NGOFTHECHURCH.

Theor i
ginoft heNewTest amentChur chwasal ludedt oinnumber sofol dtest ament
passages, asprophet sf or
etoldprepar ati
onf ortheset ti
ngup, establi
shi ng,ofthenew
testamentchur chThataf orerunnershoul dbesentt opr epar ethewayoft heLor di s
decl ar ed.( I
saiah40v erse3and4.Mal achi3v er
se1) .Dani elforetold
thattheGodofheav enshoul dset–upaki ngdom t hatshoul dnev erbedest royed.Dani el2
verse44.JesusChr i
stdi dset-up,establish, begi nthatki ngdom i nv i
sibleorganic
admi ni strat i
ondur i
ngHi spersonalmi nistry
.Hei nstit
ut edandconst i
tutedi ti
nfulfill
ment
ofol dt est amentpr ophecyand
accordingt ot hepr eachingofJohnt heBapt i
st.(Mat t
hew3v erse3andmat thew 4v erse13
to17) .I tshal lult
imat elyconsumeal l
ot herkingdoms.Rev elati
on11v erse15.
TheNewTest amentChur chbeganast heki ngdom ofheav enonear t
hwhenJesus, t
heki ng,
wal kedbesi detheseaofGal i
leeandcal l
edSi monPet erandAndr ewhi sbr ot
her,and
Jamest hesonofZebedeeandJohnhi sbrother, andt heybegan, from thebapt ism of
John, t ocompanywi thHi m,whi chtheycont i
nuedt hroughoutHi smi nistryasf i
sher sof
men.–Mat thew 4v erse18t o22, Act s1v erse22.
Acts9v er se4.
Luke6v er se13t o16.
st
1 Cor inthi ans12v erse28.
John’sMi nist ryofPr eparation.
Hei sthef or er unnerorway -fi
xeroft heLord.Heownedt hev oi cet hatcriedint hewi l
der ness.
Johnnotonl ypr eachrepent ance,buthepr eachedf aithi nChr ist.Johnpoi ntedpeopl eto
Chr i
stt hatt heymi ghtbel i
eveinHi m.
John1v er se6t o7.
John1v erse29t o30.
Mat thew12v erse32.
Act s19v erse4.
Mat thew 4v erse18.

73
NotBegunI
nPent
ecost
Ther
earepeoplewhodenyChri
stt
hehonorofest
abli
shi
ngHi sownchur
ch.Theysayi
tont
he
dayofPentecost
,whi
chwasf
ift
ydaysaf
terJesusascendedbackt
oheaven.
ReadActs2.

PROOFS:
1.Thechur chhadacommi ssiont opr eachbef orePentecost
.
-Mat thew 28v er se19t o20.
2.Thechur chbapt izedpeopl ebef orePent ecost.
-John4v erse1t o2.
3.Thechur chhadt heLor d‘ssupperbef orePent ecost.
-Luke22v erse15t o20.
4.Thechur chhel danel ectionbef orePent ecost.
-Acts1v erse15t o26.
5.Ther ewasachur chr ollbeforePent ecost.
-Acts1v erse15.
6.Ther ewasachur chdi scipli
nebef orePent ecost.
-Mat thew 18v erse17.
7.Ther ewer eabout3000addi ti
onst othechur chont hedayofPent ecost.
(Acts2v erse41).Achur chmustf i
rstbeest abli
shedbeforeitcanhav eaddi t
ions.
8.Chr i
stlef tHi shouse( Mar k13v er
se34)( ,and1sttimothy3:15)say sthe―houseof
God‖…i st hechur choft hel i
vingGod.Coul dChr istl
eaveHishouse( church)iftherewer
e
nohouse( chur ch)
WhenHel ef
t?
9.Abui l
dingcannotbebui ltwithoutt hebui l
derandJesusChr ististhechief-buil
derofHis
church.
10.Therewasanempower ingoft hechur chbef orePentecost
.Mat t
hew 16v er
se18.―Iwi l
l
buil
d…‖bui ldGr eekWor dOI KODOMESOwhi chmeanst oedif
y,tostrengthen.

I
II
.INWORKANDPROGRAM.
Duri
ngthepersonalmini
stryofChrist
,theNewTestamentchur
chhadarestri
ctedwor
kand
missi
onprogram tothelostsheepofthehouseofI
srael
.(Matt
hew 10verse15t
o16).
Butaf
terourLordarosef r
om thegraveHegavetoHischurchaworl
d-wi
deandagelong

74
 missionprogr
am tobecar r
iedtoallthenati
onsraces.
(Matthew28v er
se18t o20then.
Mar k16verse15and Act s1v er
se8) .Thechurchi
sfull
yestabl
ishedt
oday,butiti
snot
fi
nished―kingdom ofheaven‖today,becausetheKingisaway.Thechurchi
st hesol
e
executi
veoftheprogram ofthekingdom ofheavenonearthtoday.

TheNatureoft heWor kofOurLord’

schur chi
sThr eef
old:
1.Tomakedi scipl t
es,owinmenfrom sintosalvat
ion.
2.Tobaptizethosewhohav ebeensav ed.
3.Toteachdisciplestoobser
veal
l t
hingswhatsoeverJesus‘
commanded(
isal
sot
hewor
kof
ourLord‘schurch)

ThisTeachi
ngMay beDoneByMeansof :
a.SundaySchools, Preachi
ngandteaching,
b.Trai
ningCourses, St udyCour
ses,
c.Ladi
esAuxili
ari
es, Bi bleSchool
s,
d.Men‘sfel
lowshipand I nsti
tut
eandSemi nari
es ofBi
bleTeachi
ng

IV.ALOCAL, VISI
BLEASSEMBLY.
ANewTest amentchurchisalocal
(seeninonepl ace),vi
sibleAssemblyofGod‘
speopl
ewho
aresavedandscr i
ptur
all
ybapt
ized,associatingtogetheri
nsomedef i
nit
elocal
i
tyf
orthe
purposeofcarr
yingouttheLord‘
scommi ssion.
Theexactusageoft heter
m ―thechur ch‖int heNewTest ament,
whennooneparti
cular
churchismeant,iti
susedasani nst
ituti
onal sense.
Ephi
sians1verse22to23.
Ephi
sians3verse21.
Ephi
sians5v er
se23to25and27and30and32andCol osas1v er
se18.

SI
XTERMSAREUSEDI NTHEGENERI CSENSE,TOREFERTO―THECHURCH‖I
NITS
INSTI
TUTIONALSENSE:
1.
TheChurch 4.TheTempleofGod
2.
TheChurchofGod 5.TheBri
de
3.
TheHouseofGod 6.TheBodyofChri
st

75
V.NEW TESTAMENTCHURCHESHADDEFI
NITELOCATI
ONS.

1.
Thechur chatJer usal em -Act s8v erse1t o3.
2.
Di scipl
esatDamascusconst itutedachur ch,i
nwhi chPaul wasbaptized -Acts9verse19.
3.
Thechur chatAnt iochwasav er
yactivemi ssi
onchur ch-Acts11v erse26andacts13
ver se1t o4.
4.
Theapost oli
cmi ssi onariesordainedeldersinev erychur ch-Acts14v er
se23.
5.
Ther ewere―chur ches‖i nMacedoni a,defini
telocal assembliesi
nadef ini
tecount
ry-
nd
2 Cor inthi
ans8v erse1.
6.
Ther eweresevenchur ches( notoneuni versal,inv i
sibl
eone)inAsia-
Rev el
ati
on1v erse4and20.
7.
Thechur chofGodatCor i h.-1stCor
nt int
hians1v erse2.
8.
Thechur chinthehouseofPr i
scil
laandAqui l
la.( Romans16v erse5.)-churchwhichisi
n
hi shouse.
Col osas4v erse15.

VI
.THEDI
GNI
TYANDI
DENTI
TYANDPERPETUI
TYOFTHECHURCH.

A.HerDi gnit
y .
By―dignity‖oft hechur chwemeant hehi ghr ankingpositionofhonorwhi chis
givent othechur choft heLor dJesusChr i
sti nt hesacr edscri
ptur es;it
selev
ationof
rank;itsmoralwor th,andt hemanywonder fulqual iti
espossessedbyher .
1.I tisthepurchaseofChr ist
‘blood -Act s20v erse28.
JesusChr i
stsaid, ―MyChur ch‖ -Mat thew16v erse18.
2.Shei sthelightoft hewor l
d-Mat thew5v erse14.
3.Shei sthesaltoft heear th -Mat thew5v erse13.
4.Shei sthebodyofChr ist-Ephi sians1v erse23.
st
5.Shei sthehouseofGodonear th-1 t imot hy3v erse15.
6.Shei stheschool f orreli
giousi nst ruct i
ons-Mat thewc28v er se20.Ephi si
ans3v erse10.
st
7.I tisthefiel
df orser vi
ce 1 Cor inthians3v erse9
8.Shei sthecust odianoft hef ai t
hsy stem oft eachi ng-r eadJude3.Ephi sians4v er
se5.
st st
9.Shei sthetempl eofGod -1 Cor int hians3v erse16and1 Cor i
nthi
ans 6v erse19.
10. Sheisthewi tnessoft heLor donear t h-Luke24v erse48.Act s1v erse8.
st
11. Sheisthepi l
l
arandgr oundoft ruth-1 t imot hy3v er
se15.
12. Themosthi ghlyhonor edposi t
ion, shei scal ledt heBr i
deofChr ist-John3v er
se29.
Revel
ati
on21v er
se2and9- 10.

76
 2ndCori
nthi
ans11ver
se1and2.
Ephesi
ans5v er
se23to27.

B.HerIdent
it
y.
EightPecul
i
arBi
bleDoct
ri
nesBapt
istBel
i
efs:

1.
Baptistbeli
evetheBiblet obeandAl l
-Suf f
ici
entRuleofFai t
handPr actice.
2.
Baptistsbeli
evethechur chofJesusChr i
stwasf ounded, establi
shedori nsti
tutedbyChri
st
duri
ngHi spersonalmi ni
st ryonear th.
3.
Baptistsbeli
eveinar egener atedchur chmember ship
4.
Baptistsbeli
eveandpr acticet heNewTest amentofcommandment s,whi char efol
lows:
1.Repentance2.Fai th3.Bapt ism 4.Lor d‘sSupper
5.
Baptistsbeli
eveinanAbsol uteEqual ityofMember shi
p
6.
Baptistsbeli
eveinrestri
ctedcommuni on
7.
Baptistsbeli
eveintheper pet uityofthechur chandt hatithasbeenper secutedi nevery
centurysincethedaysofChr istanttheApost les,butithasnev erpersecut edany oneat
anyti
me.
8.
Baptistsbeli
evethatthebapt ism admi nister
edbyJohnt heBapt i
stwasChr i
sti
anbapt i
sm,
and besi desitt
hereisnoot herscripturalbapti
sm.

C.HerPer petuit
y.
Thesacr edScr i
ptur esdisti
nct l
yandabundant l
yt eacht heper petuityofNewTest ament
Churchesast hefollowingf actsfr
om bot hhi storyandscr iptureswi llshow.
1.InMatthew28v er se20.Jesuspr omisedt obewi thHi schurcht ot heendoft hewor l
d,or
age.
2.InMatthew16v er se18.-Thegat esofhell arethepower sofdar kness, andJesussai dthey
should notpr ev ai
lagainstHi schurch,hence, thechur ch,mustexi stunt i
ltheendoft he
ageorel sewemustadmi tthatJesusdidnotknowwhatHewast al
kingabout .
3.InEphesians3v erse21.-I fGodi stobegl orifi
edi nthechur chbyChr istJesust hroughout
all
ages, t hen, thechurchmustofnecessi tycont i
nuet hr
oughoutal l ages.Godcoul dnot
beglorif
iedinanon-exi stentinsti
tuti
on,therefor ethechur chmustbeper petuatedunt othe
end.
4.InHebrew12v er se28andr eadDani el12.-I ftheki ngdom whi chcannotbemov edthenit
i
sf ool
ishnessf orment otal kaboutthechur chesceasi ngtoexi st.

77
5.
Dani
el2ver
se44.-I
nher
e,Godwoul
dset
-upaki
ngdom ofheav
enwhi
chshoul
dnev
erbe
dest
roy
ed.

VI
I.MI
SSI
ONARYBAPTI
STPERSONALI
TIES

A.JOHNTHEBAPTI STWASA:
Missionar
y -John1ver
se6.means―one-
sent
‖
Bapti
st -Matthew11verse11.
Preacher-Mat t
hew 3verse1.

B.JESUSCHRI STWASA:
Missionar
y-John3v er
se17.
Bapti
st-Mar k1verse8.
Preacher-Mat.4v
erse17.

C.THETWELVEAPOSTLESWERE:
Missionary-Matthew 10:
5
Bapti
st-Act s1verse5to22.
John4v er
se1to2.
Preachers -Mat
thew 10verse7.

D.THENEW TESTAMENTCHURCHI SA:

Missionar
y-Matthew 28v er
se19t
o20.
Bapti
st-Acts1verse5t o22.
Church -Matt
hew 16v erse18.

E.GODI SA:
Missi
onar
y-John3v erse17,Genesi
s3ver
se9t o17.
Bapti
st-HesentthemannamedJohnwhoasa―Mi ssi
onar
yBapt
ist
‖,t
her
efor
ebyt
his
actweknowt hatGodwasa―Mi ssi
onar
yBapt
ist
.‖

F.THEHOLYSPI
RITI
SA:
Missi
onar
y-John14ver
se26.Revel
ati
on22v er
se17.
Bapti
st-Matt
hew 3v
erse16to17.Heendor
sedthebapt
ism ofJohnwhowasa

78
Mi
ssi
onar
yBapt
ist
,ther
efor
eweknowt
hatt
heHol
ySpi
ri
tisasMI
SSI
ONARYBAPTI
ST.

VI
II
.THEORDI
NANCESOFTHECHURCH

A.Bapti
sm
Ist
heimmer si
onofaper soninwater
.
TheEngli
shwor d―baptize‖isderi
vedfr
om anor
igi
nalGr d-“
eekwor bapt
izo‖whi
ch
meanstodip,i
mmer se,submer georpl
unge.John3v
erse23.
.
Spri
nkl
e -rhanti
zo
Pour -ekcheo

FIVEELEMENTSFORTHEADMI NISTRATI ONOFSCRI PTURALBAPTI SM:

1.Onemustbesav ed. -Act s2v erse41,
acts8: 12.
acts8v er se37,38.
acts 10v erse44, 45,47.
acts16v erse30, 31.
2.AnAppr ov edAgency ..
Jesusdel iveredsol eagencywi t
haut hori
tyforadmi nister
ingbapti
sm toHischur ch.
3.AnAut hor izedAdmi nistr
ator.
Aper sonsent -outbychur chorgi venaut hor
itytobapt i
ze.-Act s10v er
se47, 48.
acts1v erse12
4.TheBi bl eDesi gnat edPur pose.
Desi gnt hepubl i
cdecl arati
onofani ndiv
idualthathei ssaved,desir
estoassumet hecrossof
Christindai l
yl i
vi
ngasananswert oagoodconsci ence.-Mar k8v erse34.Galatian3v er
se
27.
5.Suf f
icientWat erf oraBur i
al orPlanti
ng.
Scriptur al bapt i
sm r equir
est hattherealsobeapl acel argeenoughwi t
hsuffi
cientwaterfor
botht headmi ni
st r
atorandt hecandi datetogodowni nt oandcomeupoutofwat er.-
Mat t
hew 3: 6and13t o17.
John3v erse23.
Acts8v er se38.
Romans6v erse4t o5.

79
Col
osas2v
erse12.

B.Lord’
sSupper .
TheLor d‘
sSupperwasorigi
natedbyourLordinHi
schurch,andgiv
entomembersofHis
churchonl
y.Itwastothi
schurchthatt
heresponsi
bil
i
tyofperpet
uati
ngHi
ssupperunt
ilHi
s
ret
urnwasgi ven.-Mark14v erse22t
o25.
Luke22v erse17to20.

I
TSNATURE.
TheLor
d‘ssupperi
sinnatur
eamemor i
alsupper.I
twasgivenasameansof
commemorati
ngthesacr
if
ici
alandat
oni
ngdeat hofChr
ist-Luke22v
erse19.

I
TSRI GHTFULPARTI CI
PANTS,
1.Theygl
adlyrecei
vedHisword( theyweresaved)..
2.Theywerenextbapti
zed(i
dentif
iedasfoll
owersofJesus)
.
3.Theywereaddeduntothem (churchmember).
4.Theycont
inuedintheapost
le‘sdoctr
ineandfell
owshi
p.

TWELVERESTRI CTIONSCONCERNI NGI TSOBSERVANCE.

1.Theel ement sar erestricted,t
ounl eav enedbr eadandt hef ruitofthev i
ne
Mat thew26v erse26.
Luke22v erse19.
st
1 Cor int
hians5v erse7.
2.Thepl acei srestri
ctedt oacomi ng-together -Act s20v erse7.
1Cor i
nthians11v erse18and20.
3.Theper sonal mot iveofi ndiv
idualsi srestri
cted.Themot i
veisnott oshowl ove,kindness
st
tofriendsandnei ghbor s,butobedi encet oChr i
st.–1 Cor i
nthians11v erse22and26.
4.Thepur poseisr estr
ictedt oshowf orththeLor d‘sdeath.-Mat .26v er
se26.
5.Theper sonsar erestri
ct ed,t
osav ed, bapt i
zed,fel
lowshi ppingchur chmember s.
Mat thew 28v erse19and20.
Acts2v erse42.
6.Theconductofchur chmember sisr estricted,t
ot heorder l
y -2ndThessal
. onians3v erse6
to15.

80
7.Themor alpr act
icesofi ndi
v i
dual swer erestri ed–1stCor
ct i
nt hians5v erse11.
8.Thedesignwasr estri
cted, toshowt heLor d‘sdeathti
llHecomes, -
1stCori
nthians11v erse15t o22.
Luke22v erse19.
9.Themember sofonl yonef aithwerer estri
cted-Hebr ew13v erse8t o10.
10.
Theunitedindoct r
inewer ether estr
ictedones-1stCor int
hians11v er
se16t o20.
11.
Theindivi
dual wassel f-
restrictedbydi vi
nei njuncti
on-1stCor inthi
ans11v erse28
12.
Onlythemember sadj udgedwor thybyt hechur chweretoeat-1stCor i
nthians5v er
se12.
1stCori
nthians11v erse28.

I
X.THEVOCATI ONOFTHECHURCH.
1.Towor shipGodandt oglorif
yHim ontheear t
h.-Ephi sians1v erse4to6.
2.Toev angeli
zet hewor ldwiththegospel-Mat thew 28v erse19to20.
3.Todev elopeachi ndi vi
dual Chri
sti
anuntilHeattainsuntothefull
nessofthestat
ureof
Chri
st. Ephesi ans4v erse11t o15.
4.Aconst antwitnessf orChristandHiswor d,-Act s1v erse8,
5.Thefutur egl
oryoft hechur ch-Eph.3: 10,21,Rev elati
on7v er
se9t o17.
X.CHURCHDI SCIPLI NE.
Di
scipli
nemeansr est r
aint,sel
f–contr
ol,orbehav i
oraccordingtothedi
vinepatt
ern.

A.TwoPri
maryPurposes.
1.
Tokeepthechurchmoral
lycl
ean.
2.
Tokeepthechurchdoct
ri
nall
ycl
ean.

B.ThreeOccasions.
1.Whenunsavedpeoplegeti
ntot
hechur
ch,
lat
eradmi
ttheyareunsav
ed,anddonotcar
eto
beamember .
2.Becauseofheresyembr
acedbysomememberandagi
tatedi
nthechur
chf el
l
owshi
p.

C.Thr
eeCl
assesOfOf
fenses.

1.ForPersonalOffense.-Of
fenseofbrothert
owardbrotherinthechurch.
Inev entr
econcil
i
at i
oncannotbesecuredbetweentwoof fendedpart
iespersonal
ly
,orwit
h
twoort hr
eewitnesses,thematterofper
sonalof
fenseisthent obebroughttothechur
chfor
sett
lement,set
ti
ngoneorbot hout si
dethemember shi
p.-Mat thew 18verse15to17.

81
2.
ForPubl i
cOf f
ense.-Whenachur chmemberwal ksdi
sorder
lybyl
ying,cursing,dishonesty
inbusinessaffairs,steali
ngorf ornicati
onsoast obecomeageneral of
fenderoft hepublic,
suchist obehandl edasamat terthatthreatensthewell–beingofthechur ch‘sexistence.
Whenpr operstepshav ebeent akent ocorrectsuchother
wise,i
fnotsuccessf ulthrough
teachi
ngandadmoni tion,thenasatl astresort,t
hepersonshouldbeexcludedf r
om t he
church‘smember shipinobedi encet othewor dofGod.
-1stCori
nt hi
ans5v erse1t o13.
2ndThessal
oni
ans3v
erse6.

3.ForDoct rinal
Of fense.-Onedoesnothav etobesoundi nt hefai
thinor dert
obecomea
memberoft heLord‘schur ch.Butanewmembershoul dbewi l
li
ngtolistenmuchandobj ect
l
itt
letothet eachingsoft hedoct r
ineoft heLor d‘schurchunt il
heunder standwhattheyare.I
t
i
spossi bleforachur chtohav eandhol dmember si nherfell
owshipwhodonotbel iev
eor
understandal lt
hegr eatdoct ri
nesofthechur ch.
Onewhoi scaughtt eachingoragi t
ati
nganyher etical
doctrineinthechur chshoul
dbe
reprovedshar pl
y,andunl esshei swill
ingtost opt heagit
ationoracceptt hedoctri
neasitis
taughtbyt hechur ch, shouldthenbeexcl udedf r
om hermember shi
pfort hegoodofthe
fel
lowshipasawhol e.
-Romans16v erse17.
Tit
us3v erse10.

XI.CHURCHGOVERNMENT.
(IndependenceandI nt
er-
Dependence.
)
Chur chIndependenceismeantonet hi
ngonl
y-anyt ruechurchoftheLordhast heri
ghtt
otr
y
todoev erythi
ngcommandedoft heLor
d,withouti
nterf
erencefrom anyotherchurch
i
nstit
ution,orinf
luence,solongashereff
ort
saremor al
lyri
ghts.

A.TheCongr egati
onalRuleinBusinessAff
airs.
Ther
earef our(4)commonf or
msofchurchgov ernment:
1.ThePapal -arulebyPope.
2.TheEpiscopal-ar ul
ebyBishops.
3.ThePresby t
eri
an -thecommonr ul
eofpresbyters,orpr
eacher
sandpast
ors.
4.TheCongregational(democrati
c)-t
hatal
lowsev erymemberanequalvot
eandvoi
ce.

82
 Thenewt estamentchur cheswerecongr egational,democr ati
cintheirbusinessaffai
rs
maybeseenf r om thef ol
l
owi ng.
1.
Offenceswer etobet oldt ot hechurch.–Mat thew 18v er
se17.
2.
TheLor d‘
sSupperwasgi vent othechur ch.-Luke22v er
se28t o30.
3.
Thechur chsel ecteddeacons.-Act s6v er
se1t o7.
4.
Thechur chel ectedMat thiasbyl ot(vote)asanapost le.Acts1v erse26.
5.
Thechur chr eceivedmember sbyvote-Act s9v erse27,
Acts10v erse47t o48.
Romans14v er
se1
6.
Thechur chsentoutmi ssi onar i
esandr eceivedt heirreports.Acts11v erse22t o24.Act s
13v erse1to4.Act s14v erse27.
7.
Thechur cheswer ecommandedt oexcludeunwor thy,immor al
member s.FirstCorint
heans
5v erse1to13.Secondt hessal oni
ans3v erse6.
8.
Thechur ch( l
ocal assembl y )wastor estoreanexcl udedmemberaf t
erevidencesofhi s
repentance.

B.IndependenceandI nterdependenceofChur chesi nMut ualObjecti

ves
NewTest amentChur cheswor kedassov erei
gn, i
ndependentequalsindoingmi ssi
on
andbenev olentwor kinassociati
onalcapaci
tyasnewt estamentchur ches.Chur
chesofNew
Testament .
Wer echurchest hatbeli
evedinandpr acti
cedinter-churchcounsel andassociat
ional
fel
lowshipinmi ssionary,benevol
entandChr i
stianeducationwor k.

I
I.THEMARKSOFTHECHURCH(
newt
est
ament)BYCHRI
ST.

1.Head/Founder-JesusChri
st-Col
osas1v
erse18.Ephi
sians1v
erse22t
o23.Ephi
sians5
ver
se23.Matthew.16verse18.

2.Date/ Time -30-31A. D-Luke.3v erse22to23.

3.Place -Bet hsai
daCi t
y, neartheseaofGal i
lee-Matthew4v erse17to22.I
sai
ah9v er
se1.
Acts9v erse31.i
saiah10v er
se37.
4.Name-Mi ssi
onaryBapt istChurch-Mat t
hew28v erse19to20.Mat t
hew16verse18.
5.Stil
lExisting-Matthew16v erse18.mat t
hew28:19to20.Ephisians3ver
se21.John14
verse16.
6.I
tsGov ernment-Congr egationalgovernment.Matt
hew20v erse24to28.Matt
hew23
verse8t o9.Luke22v erse27.

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7.I
tsMember s-sav edpeopl eonly .-Ephi sians3v erse21.Fi rstPeter2v er
se5.
8.I
tsOrdi
nances-Bapt ism andLor d‘
sSupper.-Mat thew28v erse19t o20.Matt
hew6v er
se28.
9.I
tsOffi
cers-PastorandDeacon.-f i
rstTimothy3v erse1to15.
10. It
sWor k-Mat thew 28v erse19t o20.
11. RuleofFait
handPr acti
ce-TheBI BLE-secondt i
mot hy3v er
se16t o17.
12. It
sAr morofBattl
e-Spi r
itualandnotphysi
cal.-Ephi si
ans6v erse10to20.Secondcori
nthi
ans10
ver
se4t o5.
13. ItsFr
eedom -Chur
chandSt
atear
esepar
ated.-Mat
thew22v
erse21.

Ref
erences:

DefenseoftheFait
h…………by……………Al bertGarner
CredendaII……………………by …………..
Dr.PaulGoodwi n
BaptistDoctr
ines………………by………...
..
E.CGill
enti
ne
GreatDoctri
nesoftheBibl
e……by
…………. .
Willi
am Evans
TheMeani ngofEcclesi
a…………by…………Edwar dHughOv er
bey

84
TheDoctri
neofChr
ist
ianLi
vi
ng.
(Chr
ist
ianol
ogy)
.

Iti
simportantt
hatwedevel
opali
fest
yleofobedientChr
ist
ianl
i
ving.Weneedt
obegi
nthepr
ocessof
under
standingt
heneedandmethodofobedience.

I
.WHATI
SMEANTBYOBEDI
ENCE?

A.Obedienceisthestateoractofbei ngsubmi ssi

vet othewi l
lofanot
her.
B.Therearetwobasicel ementsinvolvedinobedience
1.Theremustbeanext ernalauthori
tytowhom wedi rectourobedience(
God)
2.Theremustbeani nneratti
tudeofsubmi ssion.
C.Trueobedienceinthespiri
tualrealmi st
heactoff oll
owingGod‘ swil
lforourl
ivesi
nall r
espect
sout
ofdesir
efrom thehear t
.
1.Trueobedienceisnotser vingGodonourownt ermsbutaccor di
ngtoHisword.
2.TrueobediencetoGodi smor ethanoutwardconf ormityt
oHi scommandment s.

I
I.WHYSHOULDWEBEOBEDI ENT?
A.Thef ol
lowingl istsofthreebasicreasonsforobedi enceshoul dbeenought o
mot i
vate anychi l
dofGodt obecomeobedi ent.
1.Weshoul dbeobedi entbecauseGodl ovesusandi swor thyofloveandobedienceintur
n.
a.I
tdoesnott akemuchmedi tat
iononwhatGodhasdonef orustobeov erwhel
medbyHis
uncondi tionall
ove.
b.I
tisn‘thar dtoobeysomeonewhot r
ulylovesus.Romans8v erse38to39.
2.Weshoul dbeobedi entbecauseitisapracticalwayt oprov eourloveforGod.
a.Thismov esourlovefrom merelipservicetoact ualdemonst r
ati
on
b.Thispr oofofourl oveforGodshoul dbepr esenti neveryaspectofourliv
es.John14ver
se21.Fir
st
John5v erse3.
3.Weshoul dbeobedi entbecauseGodcl earl
ycommandsust obewhenGodcommands somet hi
ng,we
real
lyhavenoot heropti
onbutt ofoll
owi t
.-Deut er enomy10v erse12to13.Fi r
stTi
mothy6verse14.
Fir
stJohn5v erse3.

B.Wi
thoutobedi
encewecannotpl
easeGod.

I
II
.HOW DOWEBECOMEOBEDI ENT?
A.Therear
efourstepstohelpusachiev
eanobedientl
i
fe.
1.KnowGod‘scommands.Psal ms119t o11and105and130.SecondTi
mot
hy3v
erse16t
o17.
2.LooktoGodforpower .-Phil
ippi
ans4verse13.Ephisi
ans5ver
se18.
3.Devel
optheri
ghtatti
tude

85
 a.Del
ighttodoGod‘ swil
l.-Psalms40v erse8.
b.DoGod‘ swil
lcaref
ull
y-Deut erenomy26v erse16.
c.Besincereinyourobedience-Luke8v erse15.
4.
Lear
ntodeal wit
ht emptat
ions.Fir
stcorint
heans10v erse13.

I
V.WHI
CHMAJORAREASOFOURLI
VESSHOULDBEOURFOCUSI
N OBEDI
ENCE?

A.Exami nethefol
l
owing:
1.Witnessing
2.Churchi nv
olv
ement
3.Prayer
4.Bibl
eSt udyandDev
ot i
ons
5.Job
6.Mat e
7.TimeManagement

B.Rememberobedi
encer
equi
ressel
f-
disci
pli
ne

Ref
erences:
Di
sci
pleshi
p

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TheDoctri
neofFal
seRel
i
gion
(Rel
i
giol
ogy)

Itisthepur poseoft hisandeachsucceedi ngchapt eroft hisbookt oident ifythemaj orheresi

esof
denomi nati
onal chur ches–t oshowt heev i
lsoft hechur chest hathav ebeenf oundedbymen, wit
houtdiv
ine
sanction, andt ocal l,menf rom r el
igi ouser rortot hedoct ri
nesofChr ist.
Aut hent i
cwor ldhi storyt eachest hatt heRomanCat holicChur ch,theGr eekCat hol
i
cChur ch,andevery
Protestantchur chhashadi t sor igin, asadenomi nat ion, bysomef alli
bleman.Thenamesoft hefounder
sof
themaj ordenomi nat i
ons, andt hey eari nwhi chtheywer efounded, areasf ol
lows:
1.RomanCat hol i
cs( Gr adual apost atef ormat ion) -
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dChurch,byEddieVi
l
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racl
eCrusade,byWil
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I
.TheMar ksofFalseReligion
Howcant heChr i
sti
andet erminewhet herornotateachingistr
ueorf al
se?Howcanonepr operl
y
identi
f yafalserel
igi
on?Themi ddleagespr ovidesomeexampl esofdunkingboardsorf
ir
etests,butthe
suret estistotrythespiri
ts.(Fir
stJohn4v erse1to4)
1.Onemustexami nepr inci
pleandnotper sonali
ty.
2.Onemustbewi l
li
ngtoactswi ft
lyandeffecti
vel
ythr
oughpr operdisci
pli
newhenfal
seteachingsare
discoveredinthebodyofchur ch.(SecondTimothy4v erse10.Fi
rst1v er
se20.Gal
aci
ans1v er
se8)

A.ManOv erGod.
1.Thewor dsofSat anusedt otemptEv e(Genesis3v erse5)
2.Thepl acingoft hecr eatureabov et hecreatorhasbeent heobjectofSatanthroughouthi
stor
y..
B.TheDenial oft heDeityofChr i
st.
1.Thedeni al
oft hedei t
yofJesusmakesoneant i-
Christ.(Fir
stJohn2v erse22.)
2.Themet hodsoft hedeni alareof t
enwr appedi nspli
tloy al
ti
es.(Isai
ah1v er
se1t o18.)
C.Separat
ion, Lov eandLoy alt
y.
1.Anot hermar koff alsereligionisthesepar ati
onoft hef amil
yunit.
2.Thesear ethet hi
ngst hatar eindi scordwiththeBible.
D.Marki
ngFal seRel i
gion
1.Docompar at
ivest udyofRel i
gions.
2.Fullyi ndoctri
nat eeachmemberwi ththeposi t
ivetr
ut hofGod‘sWor d.

I
I.Cul
tsorCult
ism.
1.Asystem ofworshi
porri
tual
sofrel
igi
onswhoopposestheorthodoxChr i
sti
anity
.
2.Adher
encet omajordoct
ri
newhicharepoi
ntedl
ycont
radi
ctor
yt oOrt
hodoxChr ist
iani
ty;y
etwhich
cl
aimthedisti
ncti
onofeit
hert
raci
ngthei
rori
gintoOr
thodoxsourcesfororbeinginessenti
alhar
mony
wit
hthosesources.

A.TheExi
stenceandGr owthofCul ts.
1.Itmustber ecognizedthatther
earetwof orces(
power )i
ntheuni ver
sewhichoppose a.God
aside
b.Opposerofheav en,Satan
2.Satan‘sgoal –t obli
ndment othegospelofChrist,todecei
vet heworl
dandt orecei
ve
wor shipforhimself(Mat t
hew4v er
se9.2ndcor i
nthi
ans4v erse4.Rev el
ati
on12v er
se9.)
3.OneofSat an‘smostef fecti
vet
ools–t opropagatefalsedoctr
ine(2ndCor int
hians11ver
se13t o
16)
a.Hedi sguiseshimsel fasanangeloflightandhishumanr epresentat
ivesas―apostl
esofChrist‖
,
mi nist
erofr i
ghteousness.

88
B.Di
sti
nct
iveTraitsofCults.
1.Anextr ascri
pturalsour ceofauthor
it
y.
2.Denialofjusti
fi
cat i
onbygr aceal
one.
3.Thedev aluat
ionofChr i
st.
4.Thegr oupast heexcl usivecommunityoft
hesav
ed.
5.Thegr oup‘scentralroleinEschatol
ogy.
6.ChangingTheol ogy .

C.WhyDoCul
tsThri
ve?
1.Theenli
sti
ngoflargenumber soflaymen
2.Theuseofhomedoct ri
nal st
udies.
3.Theskil
l
fulmethodsofmaki ngconv ert
s.
4.Theuseofthemassmedi a.
5.Thepubli
cati
onanddistr
ibutionoflargequant
it
iesl
i
ter
atur
e.

Ref
erence:Def
enseoft
heFai
th-
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-byDr
.Al
ber
tGar
ner

TheDoctri
neoftheLastThi
ngs.
(Eschat
ology
)

A.THESECONDCOMI NGOFCHRI ST.

I
.ItsImportance.
1.ThePr omi sesoft heLor d‘
sRetur n.
a.Oldt estamentPr ophetspromi sedit
.( ReadJude14and15. Act
s15ver
se13and17.
Psalms102v erse16.Psal ms96v er se13.Isaiah2v er
se1t o3.50
Fi
rstPet er1v erse11. )
b.Godt heFat herpromi sedit( Ezekiel21v erse26t o27.)
c.Jesuspr omi sedit( John14v erse1to3.Mat thew 24v er
se30.)
d.Angel spr omi sedit(Act s1v erse11.)
e.N.Twr i
terspr omisedi t(firstThessal onians4v er
se13t o17.James5ver
se7.fi
rst
Peter1v erse7.Hebr ew 9v er se28.Rev elat
ion1v er
se4t o7.
)

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2.
TheChurchofChristI
sBi ddentoLookForwardtoChri
st‘
sSecondComingasit
sGr eat
Hope.(Ti
tus2v erse13.2ndPeter3v er
se12.)
3.
Iti
saDoctri
netobet heGr eat
estI
ncenti
vetoConsist
entLiv
ing.
4.
Iti
saDoctri
neoftheGr eatestComfor
ttotheBeli
ever
.1stThessaloni
ans4verse14to18.

I
I. TheNatur
eofSecondComi ng.
1.
APersonalandVi
sibl
eComingSecondcomingofChr
isti
smeantt
hebodil
y,per
sonal
andvi
sibl
ecomingofourLordJesusChr
istt
othi
searthwi
thHi
ssaint
storei
gn.
Revel
ati
on1v er
se7.

2.Chri
st‘
SecondComingCov ersManyEv ent
s.
Thesecondcomingwil
lal
soi ncludeanumberofevent
ssuchastherapt
ure,
thegr
eat
tr
ibul
ati
on,
themill
enni
um,ther esurr
ect
ion,
thej
udgmentsandot
hers.

I
II.ThePur poseoft heSecondComi ng.
1.
SoFarAsI tConcer nst heChur ch.
a.Hewi llfir
straiset herighteousdead, andchanget heright
eouslivi
ng;
simultaneousl ytheyshal lbecaughtupt omeettheLor dintheairtobewi thHi
m
forever.
(1stThessalonians4v er se13t o17.Fi r
stCor i
nthi
ans15v ersr50to52.Phili
ppians3
verse20t o21)
b.Thechur ch,heBr
t ideofChr ist
, wil
lthenbemar ri
edt oherLord.
(Ephisi
ans5v er se23and32.2ndCor inthi
ans11v erse2.Rev el
ati
on19v er
se6t o9.
Mat t
hew25v erse1t o10.)
c.Believerswillber ewar dedfort heirfai
thful
nessinser v
iceatHiscoming.
(Mat t
hew 25v erse19.2ndTi mot hy.4v erse8.1stPet er5v erse4.Fi
rstCori
nthians3
verse12t o15.2ndCor int
hians5v erse10. )

2.SoFarAsItConcernstheUnconvertedNati
onsandI ndi
vidual
s
Adist
inct
ionmustber ecognizedbetweenthejudgmentoftheli
vi
ngnat
ions,
and thatofthegreatwhit
et hr
onejudgment.Thesearenott
hesame,
fornor
esurr
ecti
on accompaniesthejudgmentoftheliv
ingnat
ions,
asi
nthe

90
caseoft het hronej udgment .
Mat t
hew 25v erse32t o34.
Further ,onet housandy ear selapsebet weent heset woj udgment s(Rev elati
on20
verse6t o7t o11) .Agai n Onei satt hebegi nningoft heMi l
lennium, andt heotheras
i
tsdose.
(Mat thew 24v erse30.Mat thew31v erse32.Rev el ati
on20v er se11.
I
saiah26v erse21.2ndThessal onians1v er se7t o9. )
3.WithRef erencet ot heJews.
a.TheJewswi llber estor edt ot heirownl andi nanunconv ertedst ate(I saiah11v erse
11and60. )
b.Wi l
l rebuildt het empl eandr estor ewor shi p(r eadEzekiel 40and48)
c.Wi l
l makeacov enantwi thant i-Christf oroneweek.( 7y ear s),
inthemi dstof
whi cht heywi llbreakt hecov enant(Dani el9v erse27.read2ndThessal onians2. )
d.Theywi llthenpasst hrought hegr eatt r i
bul ati
on.( Matthew 245: 21t o22and29.
Rev elation3v erse10.Mat thew7v er se14. )
e.Areconv erted( asanat i
on)att hecomi ngofChr ist
.(Zechar iah12v erse10. .
Rev elation1v erse7. )
f.Becomegr eatmi ssionar i
es.( Zechar i
ah8v erse13t o23)
g.Nev ermor et ober emov edf rom t hel and(Amos9v erse15.Ezeki el34v erse28.)
4.WithRegar dt oAnt i
-Chr i
st, andt heEnemi esofGod‘ sPeople.
Theseshal lbedest royedbyt hebr ight nessofHi scomi ng; will
becastf inall
yinto
Thel akeoff ireandBr imst one(2ndThessal oni ans1v erse7
to9.Rev elations19v erse20.r evelations20v erse10)
5.Toset–upt heMi llennial Rei gnoft heEar t h.

a.Mill
enni
um –meanst hethousandy earsrei
gnofChr istupont heear th.(Revel
ati
ons20
verse1to4.)
b.Itbegi
nswiththecomingofChristwi t
hHissaints;
wi ththerevelationofChristaf
terthe
th
greatt
ri
bul
ation(Matt
hew 24v erse29and30. )atthecl oseofthe70 weekofDani el.
(
Rev el
ati
on19v er
se11t o14.Daniel7v er
se21t o22.Zechar i
ah14v erse3to9.)
c.Thencomest hedest
ructi
onofAnt i
-Chri
st,t
hebindingofSat anandt hedestruct
ionofthe
enemiesofGod‘speople(Revel
ation19v erse20.r
ev elat
ion20v erse1t o3and10)
d.Thejudgmentoftheli
vingnati
ons( readMatthew25. )
e.Theconversi
onandmi ssi
onaryact i
vit
yoftheJews( Zechar i
ah8v erse3t o23)

TheNat
ureoftheMill
ennium.
a.JesusChr
istHimsel
fistheKi
ng.
(Jer
emi
ah23v
erse5.Luke1v
erse30t
o33)
.

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 TheApost l
eswi l
lreignwithChristov ert heJews.(ReadIsaiah66.Mat thew 19
verse28).thechur choverthegent i
lenat i
ons.(Luke19v erse11to19.
b.Hebrew 26v erse7)
c.Thecapi t
al ci
tywillbeJerusalem.( I
saiah2v erse1to4).Pi l
gri
mageswi ll be
madet otheHol yCitym(Zech14: 16)
d.Ther ei
gnofChr i
stwi l
lbeoneofr ighteousnessandequity(I sa.
11:4;
Psa.98: 9)
e.Arenov atedear t
h(Rom.8: 19-21; Isa.65:17)
f.Theev entsclosingthemi ll
ennium ar eapost asyandrebell
ion(Rev.20:7-9) ;
the
destructi
onofSat an( Rev.20:
11- 15) ;anewheav enandanewear t
h(Rev .21and
22)

Condi ti
onsi nt heMi ll
enni um
1.Truepeacewi llprevail(Isa.2:4;9:
6-7)
2.Curseupont heear thwi l
l beremov edt oallowi ttoproduceinabundance(Gen.
17-
19;Isa.35:1,2,
6,7)
3.Animal ki
ngdom wi llreverttoitsbehav iorinthegar denofEden( I
sa.11:6-
9;
35: 9;
65:25)
4.Humanwi llbepr olonged( I
sa.65:20)
5.Goodheal thwi l
l prevail(I
sa.33:24; Jer.30:
17)
6.Therewi l
lbenoabnor mal it
iesinmi nd/body( Isa.
29:18;35:
3-6)
7.Prosperit
yshal lper meat etheear t
h( Isa.30:23-25)
8.Joywi l
lbeev i
dental lovert hewor l
d.(Isa.12:3-6)

I
V.TheTi meofChr ist’
SecondComi ng
Weneedt ocar ef
ullydi
st i
nguishbetweenChr i
st‘comingforHissai nts-somet
imes
call
edt he“raptureorpar ousia”andHi scomingwithHissai nt
s-therevel
ation.
1.Nooneknowst hedaynort heHour ( Mat.24:
36-42)
Thisdayi shiddeni nthecounselsofGod.JesusHi mself,byav oluntary
unwill
ingnesstoknow, whileinHisst ateofhumili
ati
on, showednocur i
osityt opeer
i
nto t
hechr onologyoft hi
sev ent.Weshoul dnotnoroughtwet owantt oknow
mor ethanChr i
st di dont hispoint.
2.Itseemscl earfrom theteachingoft hescript
uresthatthereisnothi
ngtopr eventt
he
comi ng ofChr i
stforHissai nt
satanymoment .

V.Si
gnsoftheRetur
nofJesusChr
ist
A.General
orLongRangeSi
gns
1.Warsandrumor
sofwars(Mat
.24:
6-8;
Luke21:
9)

92
 2.Earthquakes( Mat .24:7; Luke21: 11)
B.Speci fi
corShor tRangeSi gnsofHi sRet ur n
1.Distressofnat ions, hear t–f ail
ur eandf ear( Luke21: 25- 26)
2.Religiousapost asy
a. Manydecei v er s(Mat .24: 3-5)
b. Manybei ngdecei ve( Mat .24: 11;ITi m 4:1- 2)
c. Thel ov eofmanywoul dwaxcol d( Mat .24:12)
d. Damnabl eher esiest aught( I
IPet .2: 1-2)
e. Falser eli
gioussy st emsset -up(I ITi m.3: 5) 3.Mor al Decay( I
ITi
m.
3:1-7; I
IPet .2: 12-17)
4.I
ncreasedKnowl edgeandTr aining( Dan.12: 4)
C.Ther ear eSev eral IndirectSi gns
1.Ther eturnofr est orations oft heI srael i
tes(Ezek.37: 16-22; Mat .24:31)
2.Thedev el
opmentofaonewor ld-r
eligioussy st em (Rev .17:1-5)
3.Thedev el
opmentofaonewor ldgov er nmentsy stem (Rev .
13:1-7)
4.Thedev el
opmentofaonewor ldmar kersy stem ( Rev
.13: 17)
5.Thedev el
opmentoft hegr eatt r i
bulation( Mat .24:21-22)
6.Thedev el
opmentofast ruggl ef orpowerwhi chl eadst ot heAr mageddonbat tl
e
(<Rev .16: 12-16)
D.Ther eCanBeNoDef initeDat eEst ablishedFort heRet ur n(Mat .24:36-42)
E.TheNear nessofChr istComi ngCanBeDet ermi ned( Mat .24:32-40;Luke21:28)

VI.TheManneroft heLor d’sReturn

st
A.The1 phaseofHi sreturnmaybecal l he“
edt rapture”(IThes.4:13-18)
1.Int i
met hisphaseHedoesnotcomecompl et
elytot heearthbutHest opi
nthe
Ai r
.
2.Her esurrectsthedeadi nChr i
st
3.Hecat chesupt heredeemedwhoar eal
ive.
4.Ther eisnobasi sforassumi ngt hatanyr edeemedper sonwi ll
bel ef
tbehi
nd.
B.TheSecondPhaseoft heLor d‘sRet urnmay becalledt he―Rev elati
on”andwil
lputan
end TotheAr mageddonBat t
le.
TwoThi ngsToBeNot edHer e:
1.Jesuswil
lbei nHisbody( Acts1:11).Itwillnotbesy mbol i
cormy sti
cr et
urn
Butal iteralone
2.Jesuswi l
l bev i
sibl
e.
B.THERESURRECTI ONOFTHEDEAD

93
 Undert
hiscapt
ioni
sincl
udedt
heresurr
ecti
onofbot
htheri
ght
eousandt
hewi
cked,
al
though,aswil
lbeseenlat
er,t
heydonotoccuratt
hesametime.

I.TheMeani ngOfI t
Theword―r esurrecti
on”appearsfor
ty-f
iveti
mesi ntheNewTest ament.Itis
deri
ved fr
om theGr eekwor d―anastasi
s”,whichli
teral
lymeans―tost and-up”.I
t
ref
erstodead bodiesthatsleepi
nthegrave, t
hatshallheart
hev oi
ceoft heSonof
Godand‗ come- fort
h‖atthehouroftheresurr
ecti
on( John5:
28-29)
-meansrisi
ngort oriseagainfr
om thedead; aspringi
ngint
onewl if
eand f reshness.

I
I.Thr
eeKi
ndsofResurrect
ion
Thei
deaofresur
rectonora―r
i e-st
andi
ng‖t
oli
fei
susedi
nthr
eeway
sint
heScr
ipt
ures.

A.ANat ionalResurr
ect i
on
NationalIsr
aelistoberest oredt oherownlandinPalesti
ne(covenantl
and) .Thi
s
hasnor eferencetoIsraelbeingr aisedfrom t
hedead,butbeingrestoredtothelandof
Palest
ine.Thisisoneoft hepr opheci est
obef ul
fi
ll
edattheclosi
ngoft hegenti
leage.
(Hosea6: 1-
4;Ezek.36:24-38;
37: 1-14)

B.ASpi ri
tualResur r
ection
Whenonei ssav edheissai dt
oquickened, madeal
iv
ef r
om thedead,
risenwit
h
Chri
st,andpassedf rom deathuntoli
fe.Thisspi
ri
tualli
fepr
epar
esonef oravi
ctor
ious
physi
calr esurr
ection;italsoseemst obeandev idenceuponwhichhopeofthepersonal
bodil
yr esurr
ectioncanbej oyousl
ybased.
(Eph.2:1-6;Col.3:1;Rom.6:11;John5:
24; ICor
.15:
22)

C.ABodil
yorPhy sicalResurrecti
on
Apersonal,bodily
,mat eri
al,physicalresurrecti
oni sdeclaredbyt heScri
pturest o
bethemeansbywhi cheveryman‘ ssoul shallapproachhi spersonaljudgmentbef ore
God.Ourbodi
eswi l
l al
ldieaphy sicaldeath, andwhenChr istcomesal lthesavedwi l
l
ri
seandgoupt omeetHi mi ntheair.(IThes.4: 14-17).ThisistaughtinboththeOl d
andNewTestament s.(Job.19:25-27;Ezek.37,38; John5:28,29;ICor.15:35-
39;IICor.
5:
10;Rom 14:
11,12)

I
II
.TheNatur
eoftheResur
recti
on
1.ALit
eral
Resurr
ect
ionoftheBodi
esofAll
men.
John5:
28,
29.(Witht
imegap).ICor
.15:
22-TheApost
lePaul
isspeaki
ngofphy
sical

94
 deathinAdam andphy sicalresurrect
ioninChrist
.
Rev.20:12andI ICor.5:10–bot hshowust henecessit
yoftheraisi
ngoft
hebodyi
n
orderthatjudgmentmayt akepl aceaccordi
ngt othi
ngsdoneinthebody.
(Job19:25-27;Psa.16:9;Phil.3:21;
IITim.2:18:Act
s24:15)
2.TheRedempt i
onoft heBodyI sIncludedInOurCompl eteRedemption.
(Rom.8: 11-23;ICor.6:13-20;Johnj 6:
39;I
ICor.5:4
3.TheNat ur
eoft heResur r
ectionBody

A.InGeneral
BecausetheScri
ptur
eteachesali
teralr
esurr
ect
ionofthebodyiti
snotnecessary
toinsi
stonthelit
eral
resur
rect
ionoft
hei dent
ical
body-hai
r,t
oothandnail
-thatwaslai
d
undertheground.

FourThi
ngsmaybesai daboutt heresurrecti
onbody :
1.I
tisnotnecessari
lyidenticalwi
ththatwhi chdescendedi nt
othegr
ave.
2.I
twillhavesomeor ganicconnectionwi ththatwhichdescendedi
ntothe
grav
e.
3.I
twillbeabodywhi chGod, inHissov er
eignt
y, wi
l
l best
ow.
4.I
twillbeabodywhi chwi l
l beavasti mprovementov ert
heoldone(i
ncor
rupt
orglori
fi
edbody)ICor .15:42

B.TheBodyoft heBel i
ever
Phi
l3:21;IJohn3: 2;ICor .15:49
Characteri
sti
csoft heBel iever‘
sResur r
ecti
onBodyAsSetFor thICor .Chap.15:
1.Iti
snotfleshandbl ood(v .
50,51:Heb.2:14;IICor.5:1-
6;Luke24: 39)-―f lesh
and bones―sonotpur espir
it;arealbody .
2.Iti
sincorrupti
ble(v.42)-nodecay ,si
ckness, pai
n.
3.Iti
sglori
ous( v.43)–t hetransfi
gurati
on( Mat.17; Rev.1:13-17)
4.Iti
spower ful(v.43))–nott i
red,orweak; nolassit
ude;nowspi ri
tiswi l
li
ng,but
thefl
eshisweak‖ ;notsot hen.
5.Iti
saspi r
itualbody( v.44)-Herethesoul isthelif
eoft hebody ;therethespir
it
wil
l bet hel i
feofthebody 6.Itisheav enly(
v .47-49)

C.TheResur r
ecti
onBodyoftheUnbeli
ever
TheScript
uresar
estrangel
ysil
entonthi
ssubj
ect
.Isther
eapur
poseher
eto
i
gnorethewicked?Int
hestoryofther
ichmanandLazarusnonamei
sgivent
othe
godl
essrichman;why?

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IV.TheTi meOfTheResur recti
on
1.TheResur rect
ionOftheRi ghteous
John6:39,
40,44-―TheLastDay s‖.Thi
sdoesnotmeanadayoft went
y–fourhours,
Butaperiodoft i
me.
ICor.15:23;IThes.4:14-
17-Inbot hthesepassagestheresurr
ecti
onofthe
beli
everis connectedwi t
ht hecomi ngofChri
st.Thi
sev entusher
sinthelastday
;
i
tistreat
edasa separateanddi sti
nctthi
ng.

2.TheResur r
ectionoft heWi cked
Astherei sadi fferenceintheissue(John5: 28,20; Dan.12:2)sot hereisati
me
betweent her esur r
ect i
onoft herighteousandt hatoft hewi cked.
I
nICor .15: 21-24usedexpr ession “then’meani ngt henextinorder ,
theGreek
denot i
ngsequence, notsimultaneousness.
Rev.20:4-6–at housandy earsel apsedbet weent heresurr
ectionoft heri
ghteous
andt hewi cked.
John5: 28-29;Dan.12: 2;Rev .
20:12–al lshowt hatt heresurrecti
onoft hewickedis
alway sconnect edwi tht hejudgment, andt hattakespl aceatthecl oseandnotatt he
beginningoft hedayoft heLord.

V.TheReplyToSkept
ici
sm
Sadduceesr
eject
edt
hedoct
ri
neofr
esur
rect
ionoft
hedead(
Act
s23:
8)

A.OurLord‘
sDecl aration
OurLor ddecl aredthatitwasHewhowasal iveafterdeath,toli
vefor
ever
mor
e.
(
Rev.1:18)
1.I
twasEndor sedandAssur edbyJesus:
a.Byr eferencet otheOl dTest ament( Mat.22:31,32)
b.Asr ecor dedi nt
hegospel sm( Luke14: 14;Jn.5:21,25,
28,29)
c.Bypr ophesy i
ngHi sownr esurrecti
on(Mat .17:9;Mk.8;31;Luke13:
31)
HeCal l
edI tBySev eralNames:
1.Ther esurrect i
onoflife(John5: 29)
2.Resur r
ectionoft hel
astday( John6: 39;11:
24)
3.Resur r
ectionoft heJust( Luke14: 14)

B.Test
imonyofAngel
s
Angel
stest
if
iedt
hatHear
osef
rom t
hegr
ave(
Mat
.28:
5-7;
Luke24:
1-7)

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 C.TestimonyoftheApostl
es,theDisci
plesandt
heChurch
Theyal
ltest
ifi
edthatJesusarosefr
om thegraveandappear
edandtal
kedwi
tht
hem,
aft
er
Hewascaughtawayf rom t
hei
rsightbodi
lyint
oheaven
(Luke24:13;
24:3;
John20:24,
25)

VI
.Thir
teenResur rect ionIncident s
1.Thesonoft heSar eptowi dow, rai
sedbyEl i
jah( IKi
ngs17: 17-23)
2.Thesonoft heShuhammi t
ewomanr aisedbyEl i
sha( I
IKings4: 32-
37)
3.ThebonesofEl ishar ev i
vedwhent hebodyofadeadmanwascasti ntothegr ave(II
Kings13:20- 21)
4.Jair
usdaught er( Mat .9:18-2j6
5.They oungmani nt heci t
yofNai n( Luke7: 11-18)
6.Lazarus(John11: 42-44)
7.JesusHi msel f( <Mat .27:52-53)
8.Manysai ntsaf terJesusar ose( Mat .27:52-53)
9.Dorcas,raisedbyPet er( Acts20:9)
10.
Euthycusr aisedbyPaul( Acts20: 9)
11.
Thef i
rstresur rectatt hecomi ngofJesusf orHi speople(ICor .15:
23, 51,52;IThes.4:
14
-17)
12.
Thet r
ibulati
onsai ntsr ai
sedatt heendoft hetri
bulati
onper iod(Rev .20:4-5)
13.
Thesecondr esur rection–Rev .20:11-14-ThisiscalledbyJohn―t her esurrecti
onunto
damnat i
on‖ ,
John5: 29and―t oshameandev erlast
ingcont empt,―Dan.12: 2

I
nreali
ty,ther
ear eonlyt wor
esurrecti
ons:
1.Thefir
stresurrect
ion, embr
acing:Christandallthosewhowererai
sed,immediat
ely
fol
l
owi ngHisresurrecti
on,t
hosewhor isewhenJesuscomesf orHi
ssaints,andt
hose
who r i
seattheendoft het
ribul
ati
onper i
od.
2.Thesecondr esurr
ectionwhichincl
udesal l
thewickedofal
lti
me( Rev.20:11-
15

C.THEJUDGMENT
I
.TheFactoft heJudgment
1.Dist
inctl
yTaughti
ntheBi
ble
Psa.96:13–―ForHecomet htojudget
heear
th‖

97
 Bothr ewar dandpuni shmentar ei nvol
v edint heideaofj udgment.
2.TheNewTest ament
(
Acts17: 31; Heb.9: 27)
3.TheConsci enceofAl lManki ndCor robor
at esTheTeachi ngoft heScriptur
eWith
Regar d Tot heCer taintyofaComi ngJudgment
Thisi strueofbot ht heindividual anduni v
er salconsci ence.Thisisenforced
by Eccle.11: 9;12:14–abookwhi chi si nav eryreal senseabookofwor l
dly
phi
losophy, nar r
ating, asitdoes, theexper i
encesandobser vat
ionsofaman
whojudgedal lthings fr
om t hev i
ewpoi ntof―undert hesun‖
4.TheResur rect i
onofJesusChr istI saSur eandCer t
ainPr oofWhichGodHasGi ven
to
MenofaComi ngJudgment
Acts.17:31–Ther ei sadayofj udgmentcomi ng,theev idenceofwhi chliesinthe
fact Oft heresurrectionofJesusChr ist.
5.TheExt entofJudgment
Mat t
hew12: 36-Ev eryidlewor dthatmenshal lspeak, shallbeaccount abl
e.
IICori
nthian5: 10–Bel ieversar eaccount ableofal l
theirwor ks

I
I. TheJudge-JesusChr ist
Allj
udgment sar ecommi tt
edt oHi m –John5: 21-23,27
OtherScript
ures:IITim.4:1;IICor.5:10;Acts10;42;17:31
TheManoft hecrossistheManoft het hrone.Notetheexpr ession―BecauseHeisthe
SonofMan‖ ,thati
ndicat
esHi sf i
tnesst ojudge.Hecansy mpathi
ze.ButHeisequalwi
th
TheFat her.ThistooindicatesHiscompet encytojudge, fori
timpl
iesomnisci
ence.
The textswhichspeakofGodasj udgingthewor l
dar et obeunderstoodas
ref
erri
ngt oGodt he Son.Noappeal canbemadef r om theSontot heFat
her.

I
II
.TheNat ureoftheJudgment
ThejudgmentoftheBibl
edifferastot i
me, pl
ace,subjectsandresult
s.
1.ThereIsAJudgmentThatIsAl r
eadyPast–t heJudgmentAtt heCross
(John5:24;12:
31;I
ICor.5:
21;
Gal.3:13;LIPet.2:
24)
Atthisjudgmentbar,
Satanwasj udgedandhi spowerov erthebel
ieverbr
oken.
Her
e al
sot hesi
nsofthebeli
everswer ejudgedandputaway .

2.Ther
eI sAPresentJudgmentWhi
chIsTaki
ngPlaceDai
lyI
ntheLif
eoftheBel
i
ever
(ICor.11:
31,
32;5:5;ITi
m.1:
20;I
ISam.7:
14,
15
Thisconti
nualj
udgmentmustbegoingoninthel
if
eofthebel
iev
erort
here

98
wil
lbe j
udgmentf or
m Godbecauseoftheconsequentf
ail
uret
ogr
owingrace.
Theremustbe const
antandconti
nual
judgi
ngofsinasitcomesupint
he
bel
iever
‘sl
i
fe.(
IJohn1:5-
7)

3.Ther
eIsAFutureJudgment
A.TheJudgmentSeatofChr i
st
Thi
sjudgmenttaughtbyPaul
appear
sinRomans14:
10andI
ICor
.5:
10

 WhenDoesThi sJudgmentOccur?
Thetwov er
sesabovebothindi
catethatthisisapersonalappearanceorst andi
ngin
thepresenceofJesusChr i
sttobejudged.Ifthisi
nter
pretat
ioniscorrectthenitmust
occuraftertherapt
ureofthesai
ntsfrom t
hisear t
handbef orethereturnofJesus
Chri
sttot heEartht
oestabli
shHiskingdom uponear t
hf oronethousandy ears.

 WhereDoesThi sJudgmentTakePl ace?

Therapt
ureofthesaintsremov esthechi ldrenofGodf rom t
heear thi
ntothever
y
presenceoftheLordJesusChr i
stintheai r.(IThes.4:16-
17)
Somewher eawayf r
om t heearthintheai rbefor etheverypresenceoft he
One Whodeliv
eredt hem.,allthesaintsshal l
bejudgedaccor dingt
ot hei
r
works.The mostimportantofal l
identi
fyingst atementswi t
hr egardtothe
pl
aceoft hi
s j
udgmenti s―int hepresenceoft heLord”

 WhoI sToBeJudged?
I
nRomans14: 10,Paul
isspeakingt othosewhoaresavedaboutthei
rjudgi
ng
l
ookingdownont heirfel
lowbrethr
en.Thi
sisaj udgmentoftheLor
d
r
ewardi
ng Hisser
v antsjustasitpi
ctur
edi
nt heParabl
eJesusgavein
Mat
thew25:14-30.

 WhatI sThePurposeOfThi sJudgment ?

PaulstatedinIICor
int
hian5:10–―…t hateveryonemayr eceiv
et hethingsdone
inhisbody, accordi
ngtot hathehathdone,whet heri
tbegoodorbad. ‖
Atimeofj udgmentisat i
meofr ewardf ordeedsdone.Thisisrecordedin
Rev. 11:18and22:12.Incorrupt
ibl
ecrownswi llbegiv
entothosef ai
thfull
y
ser
vedt
he
Lord.

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B.TheJudgmentOfTheLi
vi
ngNat
ions

 WhenDoesThi sJudgmentTakePl ace?

―Whent heSonofManshal lcomei nHisglory‖ist
hekeyphrasetoindi
catethe
ti
mingoft hisjudgment.Itwill
takeplaceatt hecomingofChri
stwithHissai
nts.
(Rev.19:11-16)
Mat t
hew25: 31-46(JudgmentofNat ions).TheBattl
eofArmageddon
i
mmedi atelyfoll
owsandt hentheest abl
ishmentoftheMill
enni
alkingdom upon
theearth.Itwoul dseem plausi
blethenthatthejudgmentofnati
onsoccurs
betweent heBat tleofArmageddonandt hebeginni
ngoftheMill
ennium.

 WhereDoesThisJudgmentTakePlace?
SinceJesusChri
stcomestotheeart
hinpowerandgreatgl
ory,overpower sthe
forcesofevi
lint
hebatt
leofArmageddonandbri
ngsthesaint
swithHi m,itis
l
ogi cal
toassumethatt
hisj
udgmenttakespl
aceonthepresentearth.I
tisa
j
udgmentofmor t
albei
ngspresentatt
hatti
me,soitwouldbenecessar yforitt
o
takeplaceontheear
th.

 WhoI sToBeJudged?
Sincenor esurrecti
oni sment i
onedwi thr egardtot hisjudgment ,thepeoplej udged
arethosewhoar ealiv eintheirmor talbodiesatt heendoft heBattleof
Armageddon.Thesear ethosewhohav esur viv
edt heent ir
eSev entiet
hWeekof
Daniel.SomeI sraeli
teshav ebeenspeci al
lysealedbyGodsoast oguaranteet heir
survi
val t
hrought hi
sper i
loust i
me.Thesev enthchapt erofRev elati
onment ions
thehundr edandf ortyt housandI srael
itesthatwi llrecei
v etheseal ofGodbef or e
thewr athofAnt i
-Christisv entedagainstt hem.Thenat i
onsar ethosewhodeal
withIsraelt
hrought hegr eattri
bulati
on.The―Br ethren‖arepr obablytheJewi sh
remnantwhohav eturnedt oChristduringt hegreatt ri
bulati
on.Thi sisajudgment
ofnationsthatar eli
ving; t
hereisnoment i
onoft hedead.
Thisistheonl yjudgmentment ionedi nthescr ipt
ureswhi chdepictsasepar ati
on
betweent herighteousandt hewi ckedatt hesamet ime.

 WhatIsThePurposeOfThi
sJudgment
?
Thi
sjudgmentsepar
atest
heri
ght
eousfr
om t
hewi
ckedamongt
hosewhoar
elef
t

100
 ali
veaftert heBatt
leofAr mageddon.Theyar ejudgedaccordingt othei
rwor ks.;
part
icularl
yt hei
ratti
tudetowardt hetreatmentoft heJewsdur i
ngt heti
meofAnt i-
Christ
‘sgr eatef
forttocompl et
elyanni hi
l
atethem.Theyar ejudgedaccor dingt othei
r
works,buti tsohappenst hattheirwor kscorrespondstotheirindivi
dualspiri
tual
conditi
on.(Mat .25:46).Theser i
ghteousoneshav ebeensav edsincethetimeoft he
rapt
ure, perhapsasar esultofthepreachingoft het wowitnessesment ionedi n
Revelati
on11.

 WhatI sToBeTheResul tOfThi sJudgment ?

Whent hisjudgmenti scompl eteandt hesent enceiscar r
iedoutasgi ven,
there wil
l beonlysavedmor talsleftont heear t
h.Allthewickedhav ebeen
carriedaway i
ntoev erl
astingpuni shment .Thoser i
ghteousmor talswhoar e
l
eftont heear t
hat thistimewi l
lbet heoneswhoshal lrepopulat
et heeart
h
duringt heMi llenni
al kingdom ofChr i
st,whi chisestabli
shedimmedi at
ely
foll
owi ngt hisjudgment. Ther ef
oreatt hebegi nni
ngoft hemi l
lennialrei
gnof
Christont heear t
htherewi l
lbe nooneofr esponsibl
eagewhoi san
unbel i
ev er.Thisisanewbegi nningf orthe
Lord‘ scr eati
onandwi llbet hemostgl orioussoci et
yonear thsincet hedays
of Adam andEv einthegar denofEdenbef oret hefal
l.

C.TheGreatWhi
teThr
oneJudgment
Rev.20:
11-
15

 WhenDoesThi sJudgmentOccur ?
KeyVerse–Rev .20:7-11
Accordi
ngtot hi
sscr iptur
et hej
udgmentwillbeaft
ertheMill
ennium andaft
erthe
fi
naldestr
uctionofSat ani ntheBattl
eofGogandMagogment ionedinv er
seeight
.
Thedeadj udgedatt hisjudgmentshallbecastuntothelakeoffi
rewher eSat
an, t
he
beastandthef al
sepr ophethav eal
readybeencondemned.

 WhereDoesThi sJudgmentTakesPl ace?

Iti
snoteasytodet er
mi netheexactplaceoft
hisj
udgmentfornoscri
ptur
e
speci
fi
cal
lystat
esit.Howev er,
therei
sasuggest i
oninRev.20:
11thati
tmaybe
somewhereawayfrom thisearthandthisheavensi
ncethesearementi
onedas

101
 f
leei
ng awayf
rom t
hepr
esenceoft
heOneont
het
hrone.

 WhoI sToBeJudged?
Rev.20:11-15-Thosej udgedattheGreatWhit
eThroneJudgmentarethe
Chri
st‘
sr ejecter
sofallageswhoar erai
sedfr
om thedeadandthosewhoare
notslai
n inthel astBat
tl
eofGogandMagog, butwhosoughttorebel
against
thegovernment ofChr i
standfol
lowedSatanagai
nstthe―campofsaints‖

 WhatI sThePur poseOfThi sJudgment ?

Rev
.20:12-13–―AndIsawt hedead, smallandgr eat, st
andbef oreGod, …‖
Sincethisj udgmentisaj udgment―accor dingt othei rwor ks,
”itwould
seem t
hatt herewi l
lbevaryi
ngdegr eesofet ernalpuni shment.Thef act
thattheyare j
udgedoutoft hebooksandnotoutoft hebook, whichisthe
bookofl i
fe,sayst hat thesepeopl ehav enothadt her ighteousnessofGod
i
mput edt othei
raccount.I tcan beconcludedt hent hatast her
ear etobe
diff
erentrewar dsf orthosewhoi nher i
t eternall i
fethatt herewi ll
bealso
bev aryi
ngdegr eesofpuni shmentf ort
hosewho areunbel ievers.
ConsiderMat thew23:14–―Woeunt oy ou,ScribesandPhar i
sees,
hypocrit
es!.
.. Yeshal lr
eceivet hegreaterdamnat i
on.‖

 WhatI sToBeTheResul tOfThisJudgment?

Thisist
hefinalj
udgmentofallj
udgments.Fol
lowingthi
sther
ewi l
lbenever
bea needforjudgmentagain.Al
ltheri
ght
eouswillbei
nimmor tal
bodies
conti
nuall
y worshippi
ngandpr ai
singGodintheheavenagesandallthe
unri
ghteouswill
bei n thelakeoffirewher
eSatan,theBeastandtheFalse
Prophetare.

D.JudgmentOfTheFall
enAngel
s
Bel
i
ever
sareassoci
atedwi
thChr
isti
nthi
sjudgment(
ICor
.6:
3)
Jude6;I
IPet.2:
4

D.THEFI
NALDESTI
NYOFTHEWI
CKED

I
. Diff
erenceBet
weenFutur
eoftheRi
ght
eousandWicked
I
sa.3:
10,11–Thati
tshal
lbewel
lwit
hther
ight
eous,
andwoetot
hewi
cked.Thatt
her
e

102
 i
stober etr
ibut
ionf
orsi
nandar ewar
dfort
her i
ghteousmustbehel
dtobebey
ond
quest
ion,andmustberecogni
zedasanunchangeablel
aw.

I
I. TheWickedAr
eSaidTo“DieInThei
rSi
ns”
John8:21,
24;Rom.
6:23;
Rev.21:
8

II
I.TheWi ckedAr eNotAnnihil
ated
Psa.37:20; Oba. 16IIThes.1:
9Mat t
.25:
41,7:13
Nosuchi nterpretati
onast hatputuponthesepassagesbyanni hil
ati
ontheory.Whatneedis
ther
eofar esurrectionifthewickedaretobeanni hil
atedatdeath,orwhyshoul dt
heybe
rai
sedf r
om t hedeadi fonlytobeatonceexti
ngui shedforever?Againtherei
snosucht hi
ng
as―unconsci ouspuni shment ‖
.Youcannotpunishany t
hingthati
sunconscious.Canyou
punishast oneorahouse?Puni shmentcantakepl aceonl ywherethereisconsci
ousnesson
thepartoft heonesuf feri
ng.

I
V.TheWi ckedAr et oBePuni shed
Romans2: 8-9
Wr ath–indi cat
est hesettl
edmi ndofGodt owardsthepersi
stent
lywi
cked(
John3:36)
I
ndi
gnation–t heout breakoft hewrathatt hedayofjudgment .
Tr
ibulati
on–sev ereaf fl
i
cti
on(Mat .13:21,24:
9;Rev.7:14)
Angui
sh–t ort
uringconf inementinast r
aitplacewit
houtr el
ief
,asi
nadungeonorinst
ocks.
(
Mat.25:42,46;I
IThes.1: 7-9)

1.Et
ernal
Means―ev er
lasti
ng‖asenduring―foreverandever‖,or―untot
heagesoft he
ages‖(Rev.19:3;
20:10;
14:11)
2.Puni
shment
3.Fi
re
Thisisoneoft hemostconst anti
magesunderwhi cht hetor
mentandmi seryof
thewickedisrepresented.Fi
reisasy mbolofthediv
inejudgmentofwr at
h(Matt.5:22)
-unquenchablefire-Mat.3:12;Rev
20:
12 4.Dar kness
Thiswordisusedt odescribethecondi
tionofthelost.(
Mat t
.8:
12;14:
32;22:13;
24:51;
Luke13:28)

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E.THEFI
NALREWARDOFTHERI
GHTEOUS

Rewar
d-recompenseonereceiv
esforamanneroflieordeeddoneasa―wage,
f bri
be
or gi
ft.
”
Psa.91:8;I
ITi
m.4:7,8;Mi
cah7:3;Jer
.40:
5)
-recompenseorpayGodgr ant
stoHischi
ldrenforsanct
if
ieddeedsofser
vice,
whenthisl
if
eisover.(Matt.
16:
27;ICor
.3:8,
14;Rev.22:
12)

I. TheBeli
everShallReceiv
eHisFi
nalRewar
dInTheFut
ure
ICor
.3:10-
15andst udyt hetwopar
abl
esinMatt
hew25:
20-23andLuke19:
12-
19

II
. TheNat ur
eoft heBel iever’sRewar d
1.HeshallReceiveACr own
TheScript
uresspeakofanumberofcr owns:
a.Cr ownofLife-shal lbegi ventot hosewhof ai
thfullyli
veamar t
y r
‘sli
fe,enduring
serioust r
ialsandt est ing.( James1: 12; Rev .2:10)
b.Cr ownofGlory–shal lbegi ventof aithf ulpast ors,shepher dsofGod‘ sflock,over
whi chtheHolySpi ri
thasmadet hem ov er seers.( IPet.5:2-4; John
17:22;Heb.2: 9)
c.Cr ownofRighteousness–shal lbegi v ent ot hosewhol oveHi sappear ing,fai
thful
l
y
ser v
eassol di
er soft hecr oss, foot mendoi ngt heKi ngs‘ business,and
stewar dsoft heMast er‘shousehol d(I ITim.4: 7,8)
d.Cr ownofRejoicing–Shal lbegiv ent ot hosewhowi tnesswel lassoul winnersfor
Jesus.(IThes.2: 19,20; Dan12: 1-2;Psa.126: 5-6)
e.Incorrupt
ibl
eCr own–shal l bepreser v edt ot hosewhodi sciplinet hei
rownbodi esto
sanctifi
edtesti
monyofChr isti
anmi nistryf ortheLor d.(ICor .9:25-27)

2.TheSeven(7)―Ov ercomes―I nRev elat

ion(Chapters2&3)
a.
Caneatoft heTr eeofLif
e, whichisint hemidstoft heParadiseofGod.
(Rev.
2:7)
b.
Shallnotbehur toftheseconddeat h.(Rev.2:11)
c.
Heshal lr
eceivea―st onewi t
hanewnamewr i
ttenther
e‖.Thereon;Tothe
beli
everalso willbegi v
ent oeatoft he―hi ddenmanna‖ .(Rev.
2:17) d.Aut hor
it
yov erthenations.(Rev .2:26,
27)
e.Heshallbearr
ayedi nwhi tegarment s,andhisnameshal linnowisebebl ott
ed
outof theBookofLi f
e.( Rev.3:4-
5)

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 f.Thebel
iev
erwil
lbeapi
ll
arint
hetempl
euponhim hi
sownnewname,
.(Rev
.
3:
12)
g.―Iwill
givet
ohimtosi
tdownwit
hmeinmythrone‖(Rev3:
21)

Ref
erences:

DefenseoftheFai
th…………………………by :Al
ber
tGar
ner
CredendaI
I…………………………………. .
.by
:JohnE.Owen Gr
eat
Doct
ri
nesoftheBible………………….
.by
:Wi
ll
iam Ev
ans

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