Final Prep for

Theo 114

From ppt #1

•From ppt slide #10...know the definition of

“biblical doctrine”

•The Assemblies of God doctrines are called,

“Statement of Fundamental Truths” and sometimes

the “16 Fundamental Truths of the A/G” (Slide

#8)

•Understand what ‘natural law” is and know that

natural law cannot be a standard (measurement)

for righteous living because we are sinners

(fallen) and cannot be righteous by nature

alone (Slide #12)

•The Bible is God inspired and not like any

other book... (Slide #13)

Ppt #2 Chapters 2 and 3

Chapter 2

•One of the major proofs that God exists is that He

exists in creation (Slide #2)

•To be saved, you must believe that Jesus is the

divine Son of God

•We know that Adam and Eve were real people who were

the original ancestors of the human race. (Slide #4)

•We know that pride was the first sin committed by

Satan causing God to through him out of heaven (Slide

#5)

•We often struggle with ‘white lies’, thinking nothing

wrong, however, white lies destroy the foundation of

our relationship with God...as we give excuses for

unholiness (Slide #8)

•Throughout history, there were lots of ‘apostasy”

taught and confusing the doctrine of Who Jesus is.

Apostasy is defined as ‘turning one’s back on

Christ after having tasted the heavenly gift

(salvation).

•Know the Calvinistic acrostic of TULIP (page 36 and

Chapter 4 Slide #6)

•The A/G view of becoming holy is called

‘progressive sanctification’, simply meaning, ‘the

process of becoming more like Jesus’ (Slide #15 &

Chpt 5-Slide 7)

•As we move toward the doctrine of the Baptism of

the Holy Spirit, know that those who desire a

healthy spirit-filled life should have daily

communion with the Lord, pray in the Spirit, and

daily walk in the Spirit (pg 44)

•We sometimes experience a delay in being filled

Chapter 6

•There are 3 distinct purposes for Speaking in

Tongues (another language):

1) Being filled with the Holy Spirit, this

is the initial physical evidence of being

baptized in the Spirit –tongues does not

have to be interpreted.

2) Your private/devotional language of

worship –is not interpreted...this is

between you and God

3) The Gift of Speaking in Tongues –I Cor

12 –14 –says this is a gift for the

congregation and must be interpreted (Slide

Chapter 7

•Note: we cannot teach about the Gifts of the Holy

Spirit without comparing them side by side to the

Fruit of the Spirit. Paul gives the contrasts of

the fruit of the Spirit by identifying the works of

the flesh in Galatians 5

Four major Scripture passages list gifts and

ministries of the Holy Spirit:

1 Corinthians 12:8–10;

1 Corinthians 12:28–30;

Romans 12:4–8; and

Ephesians 4:11–12.

Note: that prophecy is the only gift that is

mentioned in all 4 groups of texts. (Slide #7 of

•Prophecy—the utterance of a divine truth in a person’s own language, as

prompted by the Holy Spirit. Since this gift lacks the supernatural physical

evidence of other gifts, a word of caution is in order. We should never speak

our own thoughts and words and attribute them to God unless we know for

certain it is truly the Holy Spirit prompting us. See 1 Peter 4:10–11.

Edification of believers and glory to God, not to oneself, must be our

guideline. (Chapt 7, Slide #11)

Chapter 8

Gifts of leadership in the body of Christ include

apostolic and prophetic ministry, evangelists,

pastors and teachers (Ephesians 4:11) as well as

helps, administration, and leading (1Corinthians

12:27–28). Ministries of giving generously, showing

mercy, and encouraging others also are important to

the church (Rom 12). Each ministry is designed to

help the body of Christ fulfill its God-given

•Positional gift of “apostles” has been questioned if

still valid today. A/G believes ‘yes’, it is valid,

however, there is biblical reasons for not

establishing a formal position as the Apostle and

Prophets today. So, yes, the positional gifts of

apostles and prophets exists today, however, to make

a formal authoritative position today has no

Biblical support. (Chapter 8, slide #4)

•Romans 12 identify several other serving

gifts...gift of generosity is demonstrated through

the bountiful giving of money, possessions, and

giving of self beyond just giving tithes. (Slide #4)

•One of the purposes for the Baptism of the Holy

Spirit is for believers to become effective

•Humility is the right heart attitude for believers

to be used by the Holy Spirit (Slide #6, Chapter 8)

Chapter 9

•In John 16, Jesus calls the Holy Spirit, the

Paraclete = the One Who comes along side of

you...the Counselor, the Comforter, Helper and

Advocate are English translations of Paraclete.

(Slide #9, Chapter 9)

•We see in Romans 8: 26, that the Spirit prays

through us by groanings that words cannot express,

we often call that experience ‘praying in the

Spirit’ (Slide #10)

•The Church Age and the Age of the Spirit are

synonymous...started on the Day of Pentecost and

Chapter 10

•When looking at sickness, death, etc., we know that

it came into the world as a result of the Fall of Man

and Satan uses sickness and diseases to oppress

mankind as a part of the sin curse he caused. (Slide

#2)

•We know that since the Fall of Man, God has declared

that physical death is the end waiting for every

person (Chapt 10, page 63)

•We know Jesus still heals because healing is a part

of His atonement –Is 53 (Slide #4 & #5)

•The Lord will use both His divine intervention and

medical doctors for healing (Slide #3)

•We can develop a communion with Jesus for healing by

guarding our time to meditate on Jesus through

reading God’s Word (pg 61)

•James 5 gives us the Biblical pattern for

Chapter 11

•Keep in mind, our physical bodies will not be fully

redeemed (healed) until death and we gain our

resurrected/immortal bodies (Slide #10)

Chapter 12 Our Blessed Hope

•As we await His imminent (true business) return,

Jesus spoke of an increase of persecution and

calamities to occur (Matt 24-28) {Slide #2}

•As A/G members, we are pre-tribulation rapture

believers (Slide #3)

•Paul teaches in II Thess, that the trumpet of the

Lord will sound, the dead in Christ shall rise first

Know this:

•Consider the “Day of the Lord” starts at the rapture

(catching up of the believers) until the 2nd Coming

of Christ (Slide #8)

Chapter 13

•The Great Tribulation is defined as God’s judgement

on unbelievers. This time period includes seals,

trumpets, and bowls of judgement as defined in the

Book of Rev. (Slide #11)

•Events in heaven during the tribulation include:

(Slide #8)

(1) the judgment seat of Christ, where believers’

works are judged (I Cor 3: 13) sometimes known

as the bema judgement and

(2) the Marriage Supper of the Lamb (Revelation

•Rev. 20 tells of the Great White Throne

Judgement...one of the saddest section of the

Bible...the wicked dead will be resurrected,

judged, and cast into the lake of fire for

eternity... (page 77)

•Consider: Slide #13 refers to the ‘sins that so

easily entangle us’ from Heb 12... these sins refer

to our unbelief and our failure to mature in

Christ...

1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a

great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off

everything that hinders and the sin that so easily

entangles. And let us run with perseverance the

race marked out for us, 2fixing our eyes on