A PENTECOSTAL

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CHAPTERS 3 & 4

#3. THE DEITY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS THE ETERNAL SON OF GOD. THE SCRIPTURES

DECLARE:

A. HIS VIRGIN BIRTH (MATTHEW 1:23; LUKE 1:31,35).

B. HIS SINLESS LIFE (HEBREWS 7:26; 1 PETER 2:22).

C. HIS MIRACLES (ACTS 2:22; 10:38).

D. HIS SUBSTITUTIONARY WORK ON THE CROSS (1 CORINTHIANS 15:3; 2

CORINTHIANS 5:21).

E. HIS BODILY RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD (MATTHEW 28:6; LUKE

24:39; 1 CORINTHIANS 15:4).

F. HIS EXALTATION TO THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD (ACTS 1:9,11; 2:33;

ROMANS 8:34; PHILIPPIANS 2:9–11; HEBREWS 1:3).

INTRO TO CHAPTER 3

HISTORY TELLS US THAT JESUS WAS A FIRST-CENTURY JEW

WHO LIVED IN PALESTINE DURING THE REIGN OF TIBERIUS

CAESAR. MANY ARE WILLING TO GIVE JESUS HONOR,

TEACHING THAT HE WAS A PROPHET OR A GREAT MAN.

HOWEVER, CHRISTIANS TEACH THAT JESUS IS MORE THAN

A MAN. HE IS GOD. THIS CHAPTER WILL EXAMINE WHAT

THE BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT JESUS. FIRST, WE WILL LOOK AT

THE PERSON OF JESUS AND SHOW THAT HE IS BOTH GOD

AND MAN. SECOND, WE WILL LOOK AT THE WORK JESUS

CAME TO DO.

GROUP DISCUSSION:

WORKSHEETS #6 AND #7

STATEMENTS WE COMMONLY SEE PEOPLE SAY ABOUT JESUS:

•JESUS IS A GOOD MAN, BUT HE IS NOT GOD

•JESUS WAS AN EXTREME RADICAL WHO THOUGHT HE WAS GOD

•THERE IS NO PROOF THAT JESUS IS GOD

•JESUS WAS IMMUNE FROM TEMPTATION BECAUSE HE WAS PART

GOD

•JESUS CANNOT REALLY KNOW HOW WE FEEL BECAUSE HE IS PART

GOD

•WHY SO IMPORTANT TO BELIEVE JESUS IS GOD? WE CAN SIMPLY

BECAUSE JESUS IS EXALTED IN HEAVEN, HE...

•ACTS 2: 33: SENT THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BAPTIZE BELIEVERS

•JOHN 14: 2-3: GIVES US ASSURANCE OF OUR SALVATION

•ROMANS 8: 34: IS SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

INTERCEDING FOR US

3 Divine Offices/Roles

#4 THE FALL OF MAN

MAN WAS CREATED GOOD AND UPRIGHT; FOR

GOD SAID, “LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE,

AFTER OUR LIKENESS.” HOWEVER, MAN BY

VOLUNTARY TRANSGRESSION FELL AND THEREBY

INCURRED NOT ONLY PHYSICAL DEATH BUT ALSO

SPIRITUAL DEATH, WHICH IS SEPARATION FROM

GOD (GENESIS 1:26–27; 2:17; 3:6; ROMANS 5:12–

19).

CHAPTER INTRODUCTION

ALTHOUGH CREATED BY A GOOD GOD, THE WORLD IS

FILLED WITH EVIL. WHERE DID THIS EVIL COME FROM?

ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, ALL OF THE WICKEDNESS

AROUND US IS CAUSED BY SIN. SIN HAS SERIOUS

CONSEQUENCES. SIN DOES NOT JUST AFFECT HUMANKIND;

IT AFFECTS ALL OF CREATION. BECAUSE EVEN THE SMALLEST

SIN BRINGS ETERNAL JUDGMENT, IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR US

TO FIND A SOLUTION. THE ONLY SOLUTION TO SIN IS THE

DEATH OF JESUS ON THE CROSS. TO TRULY UNDERSTAND

THE CAUSE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ADAM’S SIN, WE WILL

EXAMINE OTHER EVENTS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO ADAM’S

FALL. IN THIS CHAPTER WE WILL STUDY THE SOURCE OF SIN,

THE CREATION OF HUMANITY, AND HOW SIN BLOCKS GOD’S

PURPOSE FOR ALL PEOPLE.

UNDERSTANDI

NG THE

SOURCE OF SIN

1. WHY WOULD A GOOD, ALL-POWERFUL GOD ALLOW EVIL TO EXIST?

SATAN INITIALLY HAD THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE. NOT ONLY DID GOD CREATE SATAN AS A GOOD

BEING, BUT HE ALSO CREATED SATAN WITH FREE MORAL CHOICE. SATAN DID NOT HAVE TO

SERVE OR OBEY GOD; HE HAD A CHOICE. UNFORTUNATELY, HE CHOSE TO REBEL AGAINST GOD.

HUMAN BEINGS ALSO HAVE THIS ABILITY TO CHOOSE. THESE CHOICES HAVE BROUGHT EVIL INTO

THE WORLD. GOD USED THE FALL OF SATAN, AND HE ALLOWS SATAN TO TEST HUMANITY.

SATAN’S PRESENCE PROVIDES MEN AND WOMEN WITH A CHOICE OF WHOM THEY WILL SERVE.

2. WHAT SEEMS TO BE SATAN’S PURPOSE?

SATAN KNOWS THAT HE IS DEFEATED AND THAT HIS END IS COMING. HE TAKES HIS ANGER AND

BITTERNESS OUT ON HUMANKIND AS A WHOLE, AND ESPECIALLY ON BELIEVERS. HE WORKS

AGAINST THE PURPOSES OF GOD AND IS BEHIND ALL OF THE EVIL IN THE WORLD TODAY.

3. HOW CAN WE OVERCOME SATAN?

GOD HAS GIVEN HIS PEOPLE ALL THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE VICTORIOUS OVER SATAN.

THAT VICTORY BEGINS WITH FORGIVENESS THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS. IN REVELATION

12:11 WE READ OF A GROUP OF SAINTS STANDING BEFORE THE THRONE WHO HAVE OVERCOME

SATAN “BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND BY THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY.” JAMES WROTE

THAT WE SHOULD SUBMIT OURSELVES TO GOD, “RESIST THE DEVIL, AND HE WILL FLEE” (JAMES

4:7). PAUL TELLS US TO RECOGNIZE WHO OUR ENEMY IS, PUT ON OUR SPIRITUAL ARMOR, AND

USE SPIRITUAL WEAPONS (EPHESIANS 6:12–18).

REVELATION 12: 11

“THEY TRIUMPHED OVER HIM (SATAN) BY THE

BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND BY THE WORD OF THEIR

TESTIMONY; THEY DID NOT LOVE THEIR LIVES SO

MUCH AS TO SHRINK FROM DEATH.”

God’s Purpose:

God’s plans for humankind has

NOT changed!

JESUS IS GOD’S SOLUTION FOR OUR

SINS

▪ROMANS 5:12 ▪ROMANS

3:23

▪ROMANS 6:23 ▪HEBREWS

9:27

▪ROMANS 5:20–21 ▪2 COR 5:17

▪MATTHEW 20:28 ▪1 JOHN 2:2