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THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRUE GOD–MEMORY VERSE: MATT. 28:19

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THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRUE GOD
MEMORY VERSE: MATT. 28:19
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:”
I. THE EXISTENCE OF GOD ESTABLISHED.

A. The Existence Of God Established By Reason.

1. There is a universal belief in the existence of God.
a. This universal belief declared by the Bible. Acts 17: 28,29; Rom. 1:19-21,28,32, 2:15
b. Missionaries and explorers find that primitive people have a belief in God. “The existence of God and a future life is everywhere recognized in Africa.” So said David Livingstone, pioneer missionary and explorer in Africa.
2. The Universal Law of Cause and Effect. For every effect there must be a cause. Examples: watch, car, T.V., etc.

a. Intelligence and purposeful tendency in created things The planets and solar system. All matter can be compared to this. Molecules, electrons, neutrons, etc. Created creatures have intelligence and/or instinct.

b. Personality of man cannot be explained apart from God. c. The power that it takes to run the earth and all the universe came from God.

B. The Existence Of God Established By Scripture.

1. See all the Scriptures under (a) page 4 of Confession.

2. See also Jer. 10:10-16; Hab. 2:18-20. Contrast things said about the true God and the idols in these two passages.
3. The Scriptures declare there is only one God. 1 Cor. 8:6; Eph. 4:6
II. THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.
A. He Is Holy.  This includes Righteousness and Justice.

1. He is declared to be holy. Ex. 15:11, I Pet. 1:16; Rev. 4:8; Isa. 6:3

2. See other Scriptures under.

B. He Is Love.  This includes Grace and Mercy. Love cannot be the fundamental attribute of God, because love always requires a standard, and this standard is found only in holiness.

C. The Many Attributes Of God.

We cannot study these at this time, but they are: Life, Spirituality, Personality, Tri-Unity, Self-existence, Eternity, Immutability, Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Omniscience, etc.

D. He Is Worthy Of Our Love.  Mark 12:30; 1 John 4:10.
III. THE TRI-UNITY OF GOD.

The word “Trinity” is not found in the Bible, but the Scriptures teach the doctrine of the Trinity.

A. The Trinity Of God Declared By Scripture.

1. Declared at the baptism of Christ. Matt. 3:16,17

2. Declared in the Great Commission. Matt. 28:19
3. Declared in Paul’s benediction. 2 Cor. 13:14
4. Also see: (c)-2 John 15:26; 1 John 5:7; Eph. 2:18

B. There Is Unity & Equality In The Godhead.

1. Unity of the Father and the Son. John 10:30; Deut. 6:4

2. Unity of the Father, the Son and the Spirit taught throughout the Scriptures.

C. The Three Are Recognized As God In The Scriptures.  The Trinity found in OT, but we will mostly use the NT.

1. The Father is recognized as God. John 6:27; I Pet. 1:2

2. Jesus Christ is recognized as God. John 1:1; 20:28; Titus 2: 13, 1 Tim. 3: 16.
3. The Holy Spirit is recognized as God. Acts 5:3,4; Gen. 1:2; John 3:8. Many other Scriptures prove that He is God.

What is your relationship to God?
(1) Is He your Father?
(2) Have you been born again?
(3) Are you serving God?
(4) Do you love God?
(5) Do you obey Him?
(6) Does His Spirit lead you?

THE DOCTRINE OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED–MEMORY VERSE: GAL. 3:10

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THE DOCTRINE OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED
MEMORY VERSE: GAL. 3:10

The difference between the Righteous and the Wicked, is not because of their works, but because of God’s mercy and grace. A good illustration of this may be found in the two thieves that were crucified with Christ. They were both thieves and deserved to die, yet one went to heaven and the other one went to hell. What was the difference between the two? Christ was the difference.
I. THE RIGHTEOUS.

A. The Righteous Are Different In Nature.
1. The righteous have experienced a new birth. John 1:11-13; 3:3
2. The righteous have received a new nature. 11 Cor. 5:17
3. The righteous have a new love. I John 4:19; 4:7,8
4. The righteous have a new occupation. Rom. 6:17,18; I John 5:1,2
B. The Righteous Are Different In Standing.
1. Their sins are under the blood and are all forgiven.
2. They have been redeemed. I Pet. 1:18,19
3. They are justified. Rom. 5:1; 3:24
4. They stand in the righteousness of Christ. Rom. 4:1-8. Once we are saved, our standing always remains the same in Christ. Our state may vary from day to day, but we should be striving to bring our state up as close to our standing as possible. Rewards will vary according to our faithfulness in obeying His Word in our works. I Cor. 3:9-15.
C. The Righteous Are Different In Destiny.
1. Christ is coming for His own. John 14:1-3
2. The righteous shall be like Jesus. I John 3:1,2
3. The righteous will be with the Lord forever. I Thess. 4: 13-18
II. THE WICKED.

Many people seem to think that only those who murder, steal and deny the existence of God, are wicked. In truth, all of the unsaved, even the good moral ones are wicked according to God and His Word.
A. The Wicked Different In Nature.
1. The wicked have experienced only one birth. John 3:6
2. The wicked are by nature the children of wrath. Eph. 2:3
3. The wicked are the children of Satan. John 8:44
4. The wicked have a sinful occupation.. Rom. 3:9-18
B. The Wicked Are Different In Standing.
1. The wicked stand condemned. Rom. 3:19,20
2. They stand in a world of wickedness. I John 5:19
3. They stand under the curse of the law. Gal. 3:10
4. They have no righteous standing. Isa. 64:6; Gal. 3:22
C. The Wicked Are Different In Their Destiny.
Every lost sinner who refuses to repent of sin, and believe in Christ as Saviour, has a terrible destiny to face.
1. The wicked are under the sentence of death. Ezek. 18:4 James 1:15; Rom. 6:23, John 8:24
2. Eternal hell is their destiny. Psa. 9:17; Rev. 20:15, Luke 16:22-26
In view of the above, how important it really is to believe in Christ as Lord and Saviour. The remedy for sin is to be found in Christ alone. Eph. 2:8,9; Titus 3:5; II Cor. 5:21; John 5:24.

THE DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTION, PART 2–RETURN OF CHRIST AND RELATED EVENTS–CONT.

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THE DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTION, PART 2
RETURN OF CHRIST AND RELATED EVENTS
(Continued)
Memory Verse: Rev.20:6
I. HIS SOON COMING FOR THE SAINTS.
A. He Is Coming Bodily For His Saints.
1. This is promised by the Holy Spirit through 3 witnesses.
a. The witness of Christ. (d)-1 John 14:3
b. The witness of the angels. (d)-2 Acts 1:11
c. The witness of Paul. (d)-3 I Thess. 4:16
2. His coming will be sudden. (d)-4 Matt. 24:27
3. The day and hour of His coming is not known. (d)-5-7 Matt. 25:13, 24:22
4. We should be looking for His coming. (d)-6-8 James 5:8; Heb. 9:28
5. The saved are to prepare for His coming.
a. By purifying ourselves. I John 3:2,3
b. By completing the work He has given to each of us. Mark 13:34-37; Matt. 24:45-51
c. By reaching our loved ones and others, with the gospel. Matt. 24:37-42
B. The Order Of Events At His Coming.
1. The dead IN CHRIST (saved dead) shall rise, and will receive glorified bodies. (e)-1-2-3. I Thess. 4:16; I Cor. 15:42-44,52
2. The living Christians will be given glorified bodies, and shall go up to meet the Lord in the air. (f)-1-2-3 I Cor. 15:51-53; I Thess. 4:17; Phil. 3:20-21; I John 3:2
II. THE SEVEN YEARS OF TRIBULATION.
We believe that there will be a 7 year tribulation period between the rapture of the Saints and Christ’s coming to reign with His Saints. Therefore we do not believe that the church or any of the Saints of this dispensation will go through the tribulation period. We can only treat this subject briefly, because of space.
A. What The Raptured Saints Will Be Doing.
1. The Saints will be rewarded at the Judgment Seat of Christ. II Cor. 5:10
2. The marriage supper of the Lamb. Rev. 19:7-9
3. Worshiping and praising God.
B. The Reign Of Anti-Christ.
1. It will cover the 7 year period. Rev. 618
2. The church is not mentioned once in all this period.
C. The Ruin Of Anti-Christ. Rev. 19:11-21
III. HIS SECOND COMING WITH THE SAINTS.
A. He Is To Rule On David’s Throne.
1. This was prophesied in the O.T. (g)-2 Isa. 9:6-7
2. This was promised by the angel Gabriel. (g)-1 Luke 1:32
3. This was preached by Peter on the day of Pentecost. (g)-3 Acts 2:29-30
B. His Reign Will Be Different Than Other Rulers.
1. The power of His reign. (h)-1-5 I Cor. 15:25; Rev. 20:1-3
2. The quality of His reign. (h)-2-3 Isa. 32:1, 11:4-5
3. The extent of His reign. (h)-4 Psa. 72:8, Zech. 14:9
4. The length of His reign. (h)-5-6 Rev. 20:4,6
5. The people who shall reign with Him. (h)-5-6 Rev. 20:4,6

THE DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTION,–THE RETURN OF CHRIST AND RELATED EVENTS

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THE DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTION,
THE RETURN OF CHRIST AND RELATED EVENTS
Memory Verse: Matt. 24:42
I. THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.

A. The Evidence Of His Resurrection.

1. The testimony of the angel. (a)-1 Matt. 28:6,7

2. The testimony of Jesus to the 10 apostles. (a)-2 Luke 24:39
3. His invitation to Thomas. (a)-3 John 20:27
4. The declaration of the Scriptures. (a)-4 I Cor. 15:4
5. The empty tomb. (a)-6 Luke 24:3-6
6. The change wrought in the apostles.

a. After His death they were disheartened and afraid. John 20:19; Luke 24:21 (There are other verses that show this also).
b. After He revealed Himself to them in His resurrection body, they were very bold in preaching and witnessing about the resurrection. They would die rather than give up this precious doctrine.

(1) Hear Peter on the day of Pentecost. Acts 2:22-36.
(2) Hear him again in Acts 3:14,15.

(3) Note him before the Sanhedrin and others. Acts 4:10,33; 5:29-32

7. Stephen saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God. Acts 7:54-56

B. The Importance Of The Resurrection. Read I Cor. 15:12-19

1. Without it, preaching would be vain. v. 14

2. Without it, faith would also be vain. v. 14
3. Without it, we would be false witnesses. v. 15
4. Without it, we would still be in our sins. v. 17
5. Without it, the dead in Christ have perished. v. 18
6. Without it, all our hope would be in this life, and this would make us of all men most miserable. v. 19
II. HIS ASCENSION AND PRESENT WORK.

A. He Ascended To The Right Hand Of The Throne Of God.

1. The disciples saw Him ascend bodily. (b)-1-2-4 Acts 1:9; Luke 24:51; Mark 16:19
2. The Angels testified of His ascension. (b)-2 Acts 1:11
3. The Scriptures declare His ascension. (b)-6-7 Heb. 8:1; 12:2
4. Christ testified of his own ascension. (b)-5 Rev. 3:21

B. He Intercedes For Us Before The Throne Of God.

1. Christ is the one mediator between God and man. (c)-1-2 Heb. 8:6; I Tim. 2:5

2. Our High Priest is touched with the feeling of our infirmities. Heb. 4:14-16; (c)-4 Heb. 2:17
3. He ever lives to make intercession for us. Heb. 7:25
4. We have Him as our “advocate” (representative), with the Father. (c)-3 I John 2:1
5. He is perfect (complete) in all that He does for us. (c)-5 Heb. 5:9-10

Continued in Lesson #22

THE DOCTRINE OF THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS–JOHN 10:4, 27; MATTHEW 16:24

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THE DOCTRINE OF THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
JOHN 10:4, 27; MATTHEW 16:24
Memory Verse: JOHN 10:28

The doctrine of eternal security has been much disputed; but it is a true doctrine because it is based upon the Word of God. The “perseverance of the saints” is altogether due to the “perseverance of the Saviour.” We believe in both the “perseverance of the saints” and the “preservation of the saints.” They are indeed inseparable doctrines. We do not believe that the doctrine of eternal security was ever meant to comfort those who have professed salvation, but who want to live in sin. We fear that much loose teaching has done just that!
I. THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS.

A. Only Real Believers Will Endure.

1. Continuance is not a condition of discipleship, but rather it is the manifestation of it, John 8:31, “Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

a. We do not continue in the faith, in order to be saved, but we continue in the faith because we are saved, Colossians 1:21-23, “And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22- In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: 23- If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;”
b. Jesus said that His sheep follow Him, John 10:27, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

2. Abiding in Christ is a reality to the real believer, 1 John 2:27,28, “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. 28- And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
3. The true believer is in the world, not of it, 1 John 2:15-17, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16- For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17- And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.” 1 John 4:4, “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” See further, John 5:1-5
B. Real Believers Have A Persevering Attachment to Christ.
1. Unsaved professors have no such mark, 1 John 2:19, “They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.” See Matthew 13:19-21
2. Saved people have this mark, John 6:66-69; Job 17:9; “The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.” Matthew 13:23, “But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
II. THE PRESERVATION OF THE SAINTS.
A. A Special Providence Watches Over Their Welfare.
1. God is able to control all things for our good. (c)-1 Rom. 8:28
2. God supplies all our needs. Matt. 6:30-33
3. God’s work is continual. (c)-3 Psa. 121:3
4. The angels are instruments of God for the saints. (c)-4 Heb. 1:14; Psa. 91:11,12
B. The Saints Are Kept By The Power Of God.
1. We are kept by God’s power. (d)-1 I Pet. 1:5; 11 Tim. 1:12
2. God will finish what He starts. (d)-2 Phil. 1:6
3. Eternal life is the only kind God gives. (d)-3 John 10:28;
4. The saved cannot be removed from the Lord’s hand. (d)-3-4 John 10:28,29
5. Nothing can separate the saints from the love of God. (d)-6 Rom. 8:35-39
6. He has promised never to leave us. Heb. 13.5
7. He is able to keep us from falling and to present us faultless. Jude 24,25
8. The Spirit dwells within us. I John 4:4
9. Saints are the Sons of God. I John 3:2
10. We can know we have eternal life. I John 5:9-13
11. We are sealed by the Holy Spirit. Eph. 4:30