Jesus proves He is the Son of God
-He cast out demons of two men and put the demons in pigs
-He healed a paralyzed man and forgave sin
-He walked on water and helped Peter to walk on water too
-He rose a man from the dead
-God revealed from a cloud that Jesus is the Son of God *(the transfiguration)
    -Jesus says, "Don't tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead," because he knows some people won't understand what had happened on the mountain until after t...
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Pages 125 - 150 (it is an okay study guide, but Mr. Larson didnt give us notes or highlighting over pages 131 - 150.)
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-the creation - when God created everything in perfect harmony
-the fall - the event in which sin entered God's creation
    -Genesis 3:15 - It was in the Garden of Eden that God promised Satan and Adam and Eve that one day a Child would be born Who would crush Satan's head.
    -1 John 3:8 - the Child God promised would...

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Pgs. 1-30
-In the first book of God's Word, Genesis, we find that the world was not always the way it is now. When God first created it, everything was absolutely perfect.
-But God has an enemy who hates Him, a fallen angel named Satan.
-After Adam and Eve disobeyed God, God cursed Satan and told him that one day a Savior would be born Who would crush Satan's head and destroy his evil works.
-D-Day: in Normandy, France. was the turning point in WWII. the war was basically over, but some people ke...

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pgs. 355-364
-Christians look for truth in the Bible
-Muslims look for truth in the Koran
-New Agers look for truth within themselves...they believe they themselves are God.
-truth to a New Ager is: local, subjective, and relative...not universal, objective, and absolute
-Brad Pitt is a New Ager and he said: Do "what feels right for you"!
-New Agers believe that each person must determine what is right and what is wrong for himself or herself. (so do naturalists)
-New Agers also believe people have ...
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What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection?
At the resurrection, believers, raised in glory, will be publicly recognized and declared not guilty on the day of judgment and will be made completely happy in the full enjoyment of God forever.
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What benefits do believers receive from Christ when they die?
When believers die, their souls are made perfectly holy and immediately pass into glory. Their bodies, which are still united to Christ, rest in the grave until the resurrection.

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Bible Study Guide – New Age (Quiz 1)

True/False

1.       True       Christianity is theistic.

2.       False     Islam is atheistic.

3.       False     The New Age movement is theistic.

4.       False     The New Age worldview is a new worldview.

5.       False     New Agers do not have a belief about God or people.

6.       True       The power and energy in Star Wars is similar to a God-character.

7.       True       New Agers look within themselves for truth.

8.       False     ...

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What benefits in this life go with or come from justification, adoption, and sanctification?
The benefits that in this life go with or come from justification, adoption, and sanctification are: the assurance of God's love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Spirit, and growing and persevering in grace to the end of our lives.
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What is sanctification?
Sanctification is the work of God's free grace by which our whole person is made new in the image of God and we are made more and more able to become dead to sin and alive to righteousness.
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To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
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What is adoption?
Adoption is the act of God's free grace by which we become His sons with all the rights and privileges of being His.
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What is justification?
Justification is the act of God's free grace by which He pardons all our sins and accepts us as righteous in His sight. He does so only because He counts the righteousness of Christ as ours. Justification is received by faith alone.
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"Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. But he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will come."
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What benefits do those who are effectively called share in this life?
In this life, those who are effectively called share justification, adoption, sanctification, and the other benefits that either go with or come from them.
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What is effective calling?
Effective calling is the work of God's Spirit, Who convinces us that we are sinful and miserable, Who enlightens our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and Who renews our wills. This is how He persuades and makes us able to receive Jesus Christ, Who is freely offered to us in the gospel.
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Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time not to bear sin but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.

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How does the Holy Spirit apply to us the redemption Christ bought?

The Spirit applies to us the redemption Christ bought by producing faith in us and so uniting us to Christ in our effective calling.

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How are we made to take part in the redemption Christ bought?

We take part in the redemption Christ bought when the Holy Spirit effectively applies it to us.

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    This is what the Lord says:
        "Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans,
                            who rely on human strength
                and turn their hearts away from the Lord."
                                                                Jeremiah 17:5


God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us new people so that we would do good works. God had planned in advance those good works for us. He had planned for us to live our lives doing them.    Ephesian...
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Q28: How is Christ exalted?

Christ is exalted by His rising from the dead on the third day, His going up into heaven, His sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and His coming to judge the world at the last day.

 

 

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How is Christ exalted?
Christ is exalted by His rising from the dead on the third day, His going up into heaven, His sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and His coming to judge the world at the last day.

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Who Makes the Rules?

• Where do naturalists believe moral awareness, moral laws, and moral values come from? Most naturalists believe that people are responsible for creating them.
• What kinds of laws do naturalists create? Laws for Meeting Our Needs and Laws for Fulfilling Our Wants
• What does the Christian worldview declare about moral laws? that God gives people moral laws based on His absolutely holy character in the hearts (or conscience) of all people and through His written Wo...