Revelation and Reason – God Revealed God reveals Himself in many ways, such as His Son, His Holy Spirit, His Word, creation, and recorded history. But, He also proves Himself by the future through prophecy. God’s mighty works and power are everywhere displayed. God is the only accurate prophet. A God that transcends time and space is incomprehensible. But, God…
Critical, Doctrinal Points of God’s Grace Grace defined—(several factors involved): Grace is all that God is free to do for mankind because of Christ—His cross sacrifice. FACTORS: God is free to express His love toward us because of Christ and what Christ accomplished on the cross. The important thing in divine love is character, NOT sentimentality. God loves us because…
Expressing the Inexpressible How can I express the inexpressible? Perhaps… silence? If I listen to music, music expresses itself. If I watch and listen to creation all around me, creation expresses itself; if I look closely, I see beautiful expressions inexpressible. I perceive that the inexpressible must, by necessity, express itself. We must learn to look and listen to the…
God’s Perfection Bible doctrine enters the mind as knowledge. By faith, it is transferred to the believer’s human spirit and becomes wisdom. Wisdom then gives us God’s own divine viewpoint, feeding our spirit and nourishing and refreshing our soul. God’s perspective gives us power and vision to make godly decisions. Through His Holy Word, God’s perfection enters us in this…
Seven Metaphors of God and Man A Summary of the Seven Metaphors 1. The Sheep and the Shepherd. a. This is the leadership metaphor. b. The chief shepherd leads by means of his voice. The mind-thinking of Jesus Christ is now preserved in the completed canon of Scripture. c. The leader has the best intentions for the…
The Doctrine of Grace MAN IS THE RECIPIENT AND BENEFICIARY OF GRACE BECAUSE OF CHRIST Second only to the Doctrine of the Deity of Christ, the most important study we will ever undertake is the Doctrine of Grace—God’s graciousness. We cannot even begin to know our Great God and Savior until we metabolize His grace. The word grace in the…
Jesus Christ the God-Man It is extremely important that we understand the uniqueness of our Lord. He is our Savior. Who could ask for anything more? But God, without asking anything more, gave us so much more in the unique person of His Son, even when we were not alive to earn it or to ask for it. The grace…
God’s Plan Genesis 1:1 through 2:8 is like a target with concentric lines leading to a bullseye; a beginning point between man and God; a place where truth becomes reality and reality becomes false. God’s Plan centers around Christ, the Personification of Truth. Each facet of Scripture is designed as a directive, pointing to the bullseye—Christ. Humanity has a sin…
The Doctrine of the Trinity Webmaster’s Note: A deeper understanding of both God and the Word comes not only from accurate Bible study materials and proper instruction, but also from you. When you take your time, meditate upon key points, and look up given verses for yourself, your walk with the Lord takes on a whole new meaning. We encourage…
The Unfailing Love of God God is the mature believer’s superhero on the stage of human history. Threads of spiritual heritage from the wisdom of ages are sewn together to form the mosaic of God’s love throughout the ages. God’s love for us was poured out for us in eternity past, with the result that our love for God is…
The Duality of Christ Jesus did not think of His deity as more important than our souls. The very nature of deity precluded the fact that any member of the trinity could be judged for sin. Eternal life can neither be born, nor die; holiness cannot have anything to do with sin; omnipresence cannot be reduced to one point (the…
Humanity, Deity, Blasphemy Humanity is anointed. Deity is Eternal God. Blasphemy is rejecting Christ. God came to rescue humanity from sin-darkness, which is separation from God. Jesus, in His humanity, is the long-awaited Messiah—the Davidic Messiah of Israel. Jesus is the anointed one, sent from God, baptized for power by the Holy Spirit of God the Father, thereby uniquely empowered…
Divine Sonship and the Fatherhood of God Childlike closeness is central to the believer’s sonship with Father God. This is the heart of the Gospel. By faith in the cross-work of Christ, we are adopted by God as His children. At salvation, God restores the believer and we are called “privileged to God,” our “Abba” (Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:6). Christ…
God’s Sovereignty and Human Freedom God is sovereign over the universe and human affairs. Divine sovereignty and human freedom co-exist. I really like the statement in Daniel 4:35: “All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does what He wants with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who…
God – The Need of Man The Bible (God’s inspired Word) is the true narrative that answers the greatest questions of life. God has provided His truths of reality (His and ours) and His divine solutions. The Bible brings true reality into proper perspective. We cannot hear God as plainly if w do not read/study His Word. Believers must be…
Comprehending What Seems to be Incomprehensible To truly know and even begin to understand God, our Creator, you must allow God to tell you what He is like. God is so far above us that we can best know Him by studying His own revelations of Himself. The revelations in nature, in life, and in the Bible help us to…
Common Arguments against God, Salvation, and Biblical Truth The “I want nothing to do with organized religion” argument is based on the rules and corruption of human-created religion. This argument is valid. God Himself stands apart from organized religion. Religion is many things, and they all involve humans making life difficult for other humans by imposing man-made, empty ritual and…
The Breath of God The Word of God was literally “breathed” into the writers of scripture by God the Holy Spirit. This breath is the same breath that God breathes into every human being at physical birth. His breath gives life to all creation, including His living Word—the Bible (The original Greek translated as living is literally alive) Hebrews 4:12….
Religion or Relationship Someone once wisely said: “I left the rituals of religion for a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.” Authentic Christianity is not a religion—religion is ritual without reality. Christianity is a personal relationship with the only living God, through faith in Christ Jesus (John 14:6; Acts 4:12). Read Christ’s harsh words of condemnation regarding religion and religious people…
God’s Uniquely-Born Son “Uniquely-born” Son is a more accurate translation from the original, and more accurate, than “only begotten” or “one and only.” To begin our lesson, we will address one important question: How is it that we are ‘born sinful?’ Well, we are born as a duplicate of Adam as he was, spiritually, after the fall. We share his…