People of God
"For you are the sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus."
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{MISSION AND IDENTITY}
- The Message of the Gospel - (The church is called to proclaim the Good News of the kingdom of God in every inhabited corner of the earth) - {PDF Copy}
- Kings and Priests - {PDF Copy} - (Disciples reign with Jesus and fulfill their royal role as “priests” who render service in his Tabernacle)
- Neither Jew nor Greek - (To return to the custodianship of the Law would mean to erect again the divisions between Jewish and Gentile believers) - {PDF Copy}
- Jesus and Caesar - (Jesus refused political power when it was offered by Satan. Should we not do likewise?) - {PDF Copy}
- End-Time People of Jesus - {PDF Copy} - (The church is the battlefield where the final war is being waged between the Lamb and the Ancient Serpent Satan)
- Redeemed of the Earth - {PDF Copy} - (In Revelation, the redeemed people of God is composed of men and women from every nation purchased by the death of Jesus)
- The Sign of the End - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus declared the end will not come until “this gospel of the kingdom of God is proclaimed to all nations” – Matthew 24:14)
- Sons of Light - (The Day of the Lord will mean salvation to the “sons of light” who remain ever vigilant and prepared for it) - {PDF Copy}
{GIFT OF THE SPIRIT}
- The Fulfillment of the Feast - (Acts 2:1-4 -The long-anticipated time of fulfillment arrived in Jesus with the gift of the Spirit) - {PDF Copy}
- Spirit, New Covenant and New Creation - (The Gift of the Spirit is a sign of the New Covenant and a foretaste of the New Creation) - {PDF Copy}
- Abraham and the New Covenant - (With the ascension of Jesus, the gift of the Spirit arrived with blessings for all believers – The promise of Abraham) - {PDF Copy}
- The Life-Giving Spirit - (There is no life without the Spirit of God, for it is His Spirit that creates, animates, sustains, and restores all life, and now, only through Jesus) - {PDF Copy}
- The "Last Days" in Acts - (The outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost marked the start of the last days) - {PDF Copy}
{TO FOLLOW JESUS}
- Greatness in HIS Kingdom - (Mark 10:35-45 - To be a member of the kingdom of God requires a life of self-sacrificial service for others) - {PDF Copy}
- Appointed to Tribulation - (Disciples of Jesus escape “wrath” but endure “tribulation” - To which they have been “appointed”) - {PDF Copy}
- Tribulation of the Church - (In Revelation, faithful saints experience tribulation, whereas, the unrepentant undergo wrath) - {PDF Copy}
- The Beast Wages War - {PDF Copy} - (The language of war is employed to portray the assaults of the Dragon against the saints who follow the Lamb)
{NEW COVENANT}
- Spirit, New Covenant, and New Creation - (The Gift of the Spirit is a sign of the New Covenant and a foretaste of the New Creation) - {PDF Copy}
- Neither Jew nor Gentile - (Galatians 3:26-29 - To return to the custodianship of the Law would mean to erect again the divisions between Jewish and Gentile believers) - {PDF Copy}
- Incomparable New Covenant - (In his death, Jesus inaugurated the promised and vastly superior new covenant, rendering the old one obsolete) - {PDF}
{LAW OF MOSES}
- The Law's Jurisdiction - (According to Galatians, the jurisdiction of the Torah reached its termination point with the arrival of Jesus) - {PDF Copy}
- Having Begun in the Spirit -- (The receipt of the Spirit while in an uncircumcised state is irrefutable proof that Gentile Christians are accepted by God – Galatians 3:1-4) - {PDF Copy}
- Why, Then, the Law? - (Galatians 3:19 - If a man is not justified by the works of the Law, what was the purpose of the Torah given at Sinai?) - {PDF Copy}
- Food and Calendars - (Paul argued for tolerance within the church on food regulations and observing holy days because the “shadows” have found their fulfillment in Jesus) - {PDF Copy}
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