Understanding the Gospel (9 Parts)

September 2016 (Part 9)

Previous Parts:

The Righteousness of God • Justification by Faith • The Two Adams • The Two Counterfeits • From Under Law to Under Grace • Life in the Spirit • The Love of God • The ‘In Christ’ Motif

Beyond Belief
     The promise, the power, and the reality of the everlasting gospel

The Biblical Definition of Sin

The Church – An Extension of Christ

The Church Has One Foundation (Matt. 16:13-19) • The Birth of the Church (Acts 1,4,5) • The Essential Ingredients (Acts 2:1-4) • The Only Solution (Acts 3:12-21) • A Spirit-Controlled Church (Acts 4:31-35) • Behind the Opposition (Acts 5:27-33) • Growing Pains (Acts 4:31-35) • The Issue is Jesus (Acts 7:51-60) • Counterfeit Christianity (Acts 8:9-13) • God’s Chosen Man (Acts 9:10-16) • Times of the Gentiles (Acts 10:9-16) • None Excluded (Acts 11:11-18) • Releasing God’s Power (Acts 12:1-7) • Most Powerful Force (Matthew 5:13-16) • A Called-Out People (John 15:18-21) • Our Highest Priority (Colossians 1:23-29) • A Gifted People (Ephesians 4:10-16) • Powered by the Spirit (Luke 24:45-49) • Shaping the Saints (Ephesians 4:11-16) • One Body in Christ (Romans 12:2-5) • Fulfilling God’s Mission (Revelation 10:9-11) • The Wise Choice (Joshua 24:14-18) • Trust and Obey (Hebrews 11:7-10) • The Church Triumphant (Revelation 15:2-4)

The Cross of Christ

Crucify Him! • Forsaken of God • Born Crucified • The Resurrection

The Divine-Human Family

The Head of the Family • All in Him • Christian Experience

The Dynamics of the Everlasting Gospel

The Sin Problem • God’s Redemptive Love • The Gospel Defined • The Two Adams • The Cross of Christ • Righteousness by Faith • The Joyous Experience of Salvation • The Principle of the Cross • The Ministry of the Holy Spirit • Law and Grace • The Sabbath Rest

Ephesians, Queen of the Epistles

Riches in Christ (1:1-14) • Spiritual Wisdom (1:15-23) • Unconditional Good News (2:1-13) • Christ Our Peace (2:14-22) • The Divine Mystery (3:1-12) • Rooted and Grounded in Love (3:13-21) • Walking in Unity (4:1-6) • Spiritual Gifts (4:7-16) • The New Life in Christ (4:17-32) • The Christian Walk (5:1-21) • The Christian Home (5:22-6:9) • Putting on the Whole Armor (6:10-24)

The Everlasting Gospel

The Birth of the Advent Movement and the Everlasting Gospel Defined • The Love of God and the In Christ Motif

Explaining the Gospel

The Birth of the Advent Movement • The Everlasting Gospel Defined • The Fruits of the Gospel and the Hope of the Gospel • The Love of God • The In Christ Motif

Revealing the Gospel in Galatians

The Galatian Problem (1:1-10) • The Origin of Paul’s Gospel (1:11-24) • Only One Gospel (2:1-10) • Justification by Faith Alone (2:11-21) • You Foolish Galatians (3:1-9) • The True and False Gospel (3:10-14) • Law Versus Promise (3:15-29) • From Slaves to Sons (4:1-11) • The Effects of Legalism (4:12-20) • The Two Covenants (4:21-31) • Freedom in Christ (5:1-12) • True Christian Freedom (5:13-15) • Spirit Versus Flesh (5:16-26) • Christian Relationships (6:1-10) • Legalism vs. Gospel (6:11-18) • The Two Counterfeits

The Gospel in a Nutshell

Gospel Issues in Adventism

The Everlasting Gospel • Objective & Subjective Salvation • The In Christ Motif • The Doctrine of Substitution • The Humanity of Our Saviour • Justification & Sanctification • The Assurance of Salvation • The Two Atonements • The Sanctuary Message • The Significance of 1844 (2 Parts) • The Investigative Judgment • The Sabbath/Sunday Issue • The Time of Trouble • The Remnant • The 144,000

Study of Hebrews

Christ, God’s Final Word (1:1-3) • Christ, Greater than the Angels (1:4-2:4) • Christ, God Who Exalted Man (2:5-18) (2 Parts) • Christ, Greater than Moses (3:1-6) • Warnings From Israel’s History (3:7-19) • Christ, The True Sabbath Rest (4:1-13) (5 Parts) • Christ, Our Great High Priest (4:14-5:10) (2 Parts) • The Cost of Abandoning Christ (5:11-6:12) (2 Parts) • The Certainty of God’s Promises (6:13-20) • Preeminence of Christ’s Priesthood (7:1-7:28) • Christ, Priest of a Better Covenant (8:1-13) • The Heavenly Sanctuary (9:1-28) (2 Parts) • Christ’s Perfect Sacrifice (10:1-22) • The Peril of Unbelief (10:23-29) • Faith Defined (11:1-6) • Heroes of Faith (11:7-40) • Christ, The Supreme Example (12:1-4) • God’s Refining Process (12:5-11) • Living Under the New Covenant (12:12-29) • The Intended Life (13:1-24)

The Holy Spirit

The Third Person of the Godhead (John 14:16, 17, 26) • Once Saved, Always Saved (Hebrews 10:35-39) • The Spirit in Mission (John 16:7-11) • The Spirit in the Believer (Romans 8:9-17) • In the Life of the Church (1 Corinthians 12:4-31) • The Fruit of the Spirit – Agape (Galatians 5:19-23)

The Laodicean Message
     Christ’s urgent counsel to a lukewarm church in the last days

Introduction • Laodicea is Addressed (Revelation 3:14) • Laodicea is Evaluated, Part 1 (Revelation 3:15-16) • Laodicea is Evaluated, Part 2 (Revelation 3:15-16) • Laodicea is Deceived (Revelation 3:17) • Laodicea is Counseled (Revelation 3:18) • Laodicea is Rebuked (Revelation 3:19) • Laodicea Must Repent (Revelation 3:19) • Laodicea Must Open the Door (Revelation 3:20) • Laodicea Must Overcome (Revelation 3:21) • Laodicea is Sealed (Revelation 7:1-7) • Laodicea is Faultless (Revelation 14:1-5)

The Love of God

The Objective Facts of the ‘In Christ’ Motif

The Parables of Jesus

The Perils of an Empty Heart (Luke 11:24-26) • New Wine in Old Bottles (Luke 5:36-39) • The Royal Marriage Feast (Matthew 22:1-14) • The Pharisee and the Publican (Luke 18:9-14) • The Unmerciful Servant (Matthew 18:21-35) • The Two Debtors (Luke 7:36-50) • The Hidden Treasure (Matthew 13:44) • The Priceless Pearl (Matthew 13:45-46) • The Growing Seed (Mark 4:26-29) • The Rich Fool (Luke 12:13-21) • The Barren Fig Tree (Luke 13:6-8) • The Wheat and the Weeds (Matthew 13:24-30) • The Ten Virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) • The Ten Talents (Matthew 25:14-30) • The Embarrassed Host (Luke 11:5-10) • The Two Sons (Matthew 21:28-32) • The Closed Door (Luke 13:24-30) • The Parable of the Wise Steward (Luke 12:35-40) • The Parable of the Soil (or “The Parable of the Sower”) (Luke 8:4-8) • The Parable of the Mustard Seed (Mark 4:30-32)

Romans: The Clearest Gospel of All

Introduction (1:1-17) • The Wrath of God (1:18-32) • The Sin of Self-Righteousness (2:1-3:8) • Universal Sin and Guilt (3:9-20) • Righteousness by Faith (3:21-23) • Legal Justification (3:24-26) • The Law and the Gospel (3:27-31) • In Defense of Justification by Faith (4:1-25) • The Fruits of Justification by Faith (5:1-5) • Unconditional Love (5:6-10) • Adam, a Type of Christ (5:11-14) • The Two Adams (5:15-18) • The Reign of Sin and Grace (5:19-21) • Baptized into Christ (6:3-6) • The Danger of Libertinism (6:1-13) • Not Under Law – Under Grace (6:14-15) • Slaves of God (6:16-23) • Delivered from Under the Law (7:1-6) • Exceedingly Sinful (7:7-13) • O Wretched Man (7:14-25) • The Truth as It is in Christ (8:1-3) • Life in the Spirit (8:4-13) • The Blessed Hope (8:14-30) • Agape Never Fails (8:31-39) • The True Israelite, Parts 1-4 (9:6-13) • The Jewish Tragedy (10) • God Keeps His Promise (11) • Born Crucified (12:1-3) • The Body of Christ (12:4-8) • Into His Likeness (12:9-21) • Loyal Citizens (13:1-7) • Fulfilling the Royal Law (13:8-14) • Dealing with the Weak (14) • Bearing One Another’s Burdens (15) • One in Christ (16)

Romans Paraphrase
     A loose paraphrase on “the clearest gospel of all”

The Sanctuary

God’s ‘Show and Tell’ (Hebrews 8:4-6) • Redemption Unfolded (Exodus 25:1-9) • God With Us (Hebrews 10:5-10) • The “In Christ” Motif (1 Corinthians 1:30-31) • Christ Our Substitute (Luke 24:25-27) • Christ our Righteousness (Hebrews 9:11-12) • We Behold His Glory (John 1:14-17) • Ichabod (1 Samuel 4:12-22) • The Sanctuary Polluted (Daniel 8:9-12) • Behold the Lamb (John 1:29-31) • Strange Fire (Leviticus 10:1-3) • Christ Our Passover (Luke 22:15-20) • Entering God’s Sanctuary (1 Corinthians 3:16) • God’s Ark of Safety (1 Peter 3:18-22) • You are God’s Temple (2 Corinthians 6:16-18) • The Church:  The Body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:24-27) • The Vision of Daniel 8 (Parts 1 and 2) (Daniel 8:9-19) • 1844 and the Cleansing of the Sanctuary (Daniel 9:22-27) • Bread of Life (John 6:51-58) • Christ our High Priest (Hebrews 8:1-6) • The Two Choices (Romans 5:15-18) • The Investigative Judgment (2 Corinthians 5:10) • Yom Kippur (Leviticus 16:7-10) • Afflicting the Soul (Leviticus 16:19-21) • A Sabbath of Rest (Leviticus 23:27-32) • Vindication of the Gospel (Isaiah 54:5-10)

The Saviour of Mankind

Introduction • The Gospel Defined • Views of Modern Scholarship • The Significance of Christ’s Humanity to Us • Christ Our Redeemer • Christ, The Believer’s Example • Objections Considered • Jesus Christ, The God-Man Saviour • The Fall and Restoration of Man

Saviour of the World  (First Chapter Only)
     A study of the humanity of Christ in the light of the gospel

The Sermon on the Mount

Laying the Foundation (Matthew 5, 6, and 7) • The First Beatitude:  Poor in Spirit (Matthew 5:3) • The Second Beatitude:  Penitence (Matthew 5:4) • The Third Beatitude:  Meekness (Matthew 5:5) • The Fourth Beatitude:  Hunger & Thirst (Matthew 5:6) • The Fifth Beatitude:  Merciful (Matthew 5:7) • The Sixth Beatitude:  Pure in Heart (Matthew 5:8) • The Seventh Beatitude:  Peacemakers (Matthew 5:9) • The Eighth Beatitude:  Suffering for Christ (Matthew 5:10-12) • Salt of the Earth (Matthew 5:13) • Light of the World (Matthew 5:14-16) • Christ Fulfills the Law (Matthew 5:17-19) • Letter vs. Spirit (Matthew 5:20-28) • Mortifying the Flesh (Matthew 5:29-30) • Christian Lifestyle (Matthew 5:31-42) • Perfect Love (Matthew 5:43-48) • True Benevolence (Matthew 6:1-4) • Concerning Prayer (Matthew 6:5-8) • The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-15) • True Fasting (Matthew 6:16-18) • Investing in Heaven (Matthew 6:19-24) • Cure for Anxiety (Matthew 6:25-34) • The Speck of Sawdust and the Plank (Matthew 7:1-6) • Our Benevolent God (Matthew 7:7-11) • The Golden Rule (Matthew 7:12) • Two Ways (Matthew 7:13-14) • The Fruit Test (Matthew 7:15-20) • False Peace (Matthew 7:21-23) • Rock or Sand (Matthew 7:24-27) • Voice of Authority (Matthew 7:28-29)

The Supreme Sacrifice

The Three Angels’ Message (Revelation 14)

What is the Three Angels’ Message? (14:6-7) • The First Angel’s Message (14:6-7) • The Second Angel’s Message (14:8) • The Third Angel’s Message (14:9-11) • Fruits of the Three-Fold Message (14:12-13) • Two Harvests of the Three-Fold Message (14:14-20)

The Truth As It Is In Christ

The Two Adams
     An Exposition of Romans 5:11-21

The Two Became One
     Two Distinct, Opposite Natures United in One Person, Jesus Christ, at the Incarnation

The Two Phases of Salvation