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Soteriolgy-Micah Bray (What is the Gospel? (The gospel message (The gospel…

- - - - The Gospel Triangle
        
        This contains the Gospel at the top, and foundational information below it.
        
        The Gospel is from the top to this line
        
        Jesus is divine
        
        What sin is
        
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        This is foundational information
  - - - Jesus
- - - - Certain terrible sin
      - Claiming not to believe in God
      - Denying that Jesus is God or that he died for your sins
        
        Also called apostasy
    - - If you believe in Jesus' works then you have eternal life
        
        John 6:47
        
        He who believe has eternal life
        
        John 5:24
        
        Those who believe have passed from death to life
      - You are sealed by the Holy Spirit "in Christ"
        
        Ephesians 1:13-14
        
        The Holy Spirit is the seal of our salvation
        
        Ephesian 4:30
        
        The symbol seal most likely refers to God;s preservation and ownership
      - We are secure because we are kept by Jesus
        
        John 6:37-40
        
        Jesus promises to lose none of the ones who are his
        
        Romans 8:31-39
        
        Nothing can seperate believers from the love of God
        
        Neither angels nor powers
        
        Neither the past nor the future
        
        Paul doesn't mention sin because Jesus has already taken care of it
  - - - Thankfully, our good works are not a condition to being saved
      - Examining our good works, or lack thereof is to look at the wrong person for our salvation and not Jesus
    - - Thankfully, our emotions are not a condition ti being saved
      - Just like our citizenship is not emotionally based neither is our heavenly citizenship (I don't feel like an American citizen)
- - - - Accepted Jesus as my savior
      - Giving it all to Jesus
      - Prayed the prayer
      - Let Jesus into your heart
      - Lay your burdens at the foot of the cross
  - - - What is faith?
        
        To believe, to trust, to rely on
        
        Faith demands an object
        
        Faith is used almost 100 times in just in the gospel of John
        
        Faith is valuable before God
        
        Faith is worthless or invaluable if its object is something other than God or his Word
        
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- - - - Definition: To purchase sinners out of the slave market of sin
        
        Slavery in the ancient world was very common
        
        A person could become a slave by being born a slave, a captive in wars, or self-sale into slavery
        
        The classic illustration of redemption is Israel crossing the Red Sea after Moses leads them out of slavery in Egypt
      - The scripture speaks or people being slaves of sin and the Devil
      - Even as believers we can live in captivity to sin/slaves to sin
        
        They scripture portrays people who sin as slaves to sin
        
        Believers are said to be free from the authority of sin
        
        Dead to sin
        
        Thus our redemption means that sin while still presents in us is not our master: We have a choice whether to walk in the flesh or the Spirit
      - One day our bodies will be redeemed: Freed from the presence of sin
    - - Definition: A process where we work with God to live according to the Spirit and have our behavior become more Christ-like
        
        Comes from a Greek word meaning to be Holy or set apart
        
        The idea is to be set apart from sin and apart to God
      - Sanctification is viewed from 3 different phases
        
        The Past: We are viewed as sanctified
        
        1 Corinthians 1:2- To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy
        
        The Present: We are viewed as in the process of being sanctified
        
        1 Thessalonians 5:23- May God himself the God of peace sanctify you through and through
        
        The Future: We have a hope for completed sanctification
        
        1 John 3:2- Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is
      - 3 Aspects of our sanctification
        
        Jesus prays that we might have the same relationship: Christ “in” us and we are “in” Christ
        
        Jesus’ dwelling in is through the Holy Spirit
        
        Both are found in Jesus’ High Priestly prayer John 17:20-23
        
        Jesus is “In” the Father and the Father is “In” Jesus
        
        Jesus prays that we might have the same relationship: Christ “in” us and we are “in” Christ
    - - Definition: The act of God where he places believer into his family
      - Benefits of being adopted by God
        
        As believers we are considered his children and call him Father (Abba)
        
        As God's children we have unhindered access to God
        
        Never let your sin prevent you from talking to the Lord
        
        We are always able to call upon him for help
        
        As his children we are in a community with many other children
        
        As his children, God disciplines us
        
        We are not abondoned
        
        The concept of discipline is closely related to the concept of training
        
        God disciplines us for what is truly our good
        
        Our parents do the best they can and we respect them
        
        God actually disciplines us for what is truly good
        
        When discipline is reviewed, God's children grow in Holiness
        
        Hebrews 12:7
        
        God's children are to endure hardship as God's training/discipline
        
        Hebrews 12:7
    - - To be declared Righteous
        
        NOT made righteous
        
        To be pronounced righteous
      - An illustration:
        
        The Courtroom
        
        Character
        
        God's Law
        
        Prosecuting Attorney
        
        Human Beings (Us)
        
        Defendant
        
        God
        
        The Judge
        
        Jesus
        
        Defense Attorney
        
        The Action
        
        The defense attorney(Jesus) steps in, but does not defend us
        
        He agrees we are guilty
        
        Offers to take the punishment that we deserve for us
        
        The right standing with the court, Jesus asks for it to be given to us
        
        Judge considers offer, and punishes Jesus
        
        He gives us the right standing which Jesus had
        
        Prosecuting Attorney (God's Law) reads out the transgressions we have committed
        
        We leave the court justified (Declared legally righteous
        
        We are not innocent
        
        We are made righteous
        
        We are pronounced righteous
      - Justification is available to all those who believe
      - Justification is a free gift from God
      - Justification is by grace
        
        No small print/strings attached
        
        There is no boasting because it was undeserved
      - Justified by faith and not by law
        
        Our good works (either before or after believing) cannot earn out justification
        
        only our faith or belief in Jesus' death for our sins justifies us
      - Results of justification
        
        We have bold access to God
        
        Romans 5:1-2
        
        Jesus has take our condemnation and we are legally righteous before God
        
        This should create humility before God and others
    - - All those who believe the gospel are identified with Christ
        
        This is like being in a club; the “In Christ” club
        
        Ephesians 1:13-14- All those who hear the Gospel and believe the Gospel are sealed in the Holy Spirit
      - Characteristics of those identified with Christ
        
        We are blessed with all Spiritual blessings [Ephesians 1:3]
        
        We are holy and blameless before God [Ephesians 1:4]
        
        We are no longer under condemnation [Roman 8:1]
        
        We are given all things that pertain to life and godliness [2 Peter 1:3]
        
        We are a citizen of Heaven [Philippians 3:20]
        
        We are dearly loved [Romans 8:31-39]
        
        We are freed from the authority of sin [Romans 6:1-13]
      - what is true of Jesus is true of us
      - what does this practically mean for Christians
        
        We should see ourselves from God’s perspective as identified with Jesus; This is our true identity before God
        
        We do not work for this identity
        
        We should not try and earn our own identity
        
        We should view other believers from God’s perspective as identified with Jesus
    - - To “walk according to the Holy Spirit” means for a Christians to daily live his/her life in dependence upon the Holy Spirit to produce the character of Christ in him/her
      - Paul also recognizes that he needs the Holy Spirit to produce the character of Jesus through him
        
        Colossians 1:17-29
        
        John 15: 1-8-Abide in him to produce good fruit
        
        Romans 8:1-4- Walk in the Spirit we produce righteous action/characters
        
        Galatians 2:20-Christ in Paul
        
        Galations 5:16-26-The Fruit of the Spirit
      - Paul recognizes that he has both the old nature (i.e. the flesh) and the new nature (i.e. A desire to please God)
      - Paule describes the struggle he experiences when he desires to do good but he finds that sin is right there with him [Romans 7:14-25]
      - It is important to remember the image of the tree and roots: Sin produces sins in both believers and unbelievers