Ephesians 1:6
"... to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the beloved."
Is God's acceptance of Christians conditional or unconditional?
What does God's assurance have to do with the eternal security of the believer?
Resources:
Blessing of Acceptance
https://www.livinggodministries.net/living.god_ministries/radio_archive/audio_files/ephesians_012_1_6_blessing_of_acceptance.mp3
"This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people"
This verse was used to support that Christians are still obligated to obey the law, at least the Ten Commandments. Let's explore what this verse means and others like it that talk about God's promise to give us a new heart.
What does it mean for God to give us a new heart?
Does God write the Ten Commandments on our hearts?
Resources:
Obsolete
https://www.livinggodministries.net/living god_ministries/radio_archive/audio_files/hebrews_33_ch8_6_13_o
bsolete.mp3
1 Corinthians 12:12-13
"The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink."
Is it more important to know who baptizes us or what we are baptized in?
Were we all given water to drink or something else?
Resources:
Baptism of the Spirit
https://www.livinggodministries.net/living_god_ministries/radio_archive/audio_files/baptism_14_24kbps_baptism_of_the_spirit.mp3
Why is the resurrection so important?
What do most Christians miss about the resurrection?
Is there such a thing as a half Gospel?
Key Verses:
Genesis 2:7
Genesis 2:16-17
John 1:29
2 Corinthians 5:19
1 John 2:2
Romans 5:10
Resources:
What is the Gospel?
https://www.livinggodministries.net/living_god_ministries/radio_archive/the_gospel.htm
Romans 7:4-6
4 Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. 5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.
What does it mean that we have died to the law?
How does this relate to those who say that Christians are still under the law?
Resources:
Fruit for God
https://www.livinggodministries.net/living_god_ministries/radio_archive/audio_files/romans_42_fruit_for_god_7_4_6.mp3
13 They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. 14 Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 15 Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see." 16 Therefore some of the Pharisees said, "This Man is not from God, because He does not [a]keep the Sabbath" Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them.
What were the Pharisees concerned about when the healed blind man was brought to them?
Were the Pharisees more concerned about who Jesus was or when Jesus healed the blind man?
Resources:
The Healing of the Man Born Blind 2 of 6
https://www.livinggodministries.net/living_god_ministries/radio_archive/audio_files/gospel_of_john_043_9_8_17_blind_man_2_ext.mp3
2 Corinthians 3:6-12
John 1:17
"For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ."
If grace and truth came through Jesus Christ, then why did He teach the law?
Was Jesus teaching Christians how to live by teaching the law?
Resources:
Testimony of John
https://www.livinggodministries.net/living_god_ministries/radio_archive/audio_files/gospel_of_john_003_1_6_28_testimony_of_john_ext.mp3
2 Timothy 4:3-4
3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
What is "sound doctrine"?
What does it mean to "suit their own desires"?
What do people with "itching ears" do?
Why do they "turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths"?
Resources:
Different Gospels
https://www.livinggodministries.net/living_god_ministries/radio_archive/audio_files/galatians_05_different_gospels_1_6.mp3
Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. 2 As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. 3 For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do-living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. 4 They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.
What does it mean to be "done with sin"?
What is the "will of God"?
Are we still "pagans"?
Were the "pagans" surprised?
Resources:
The Will of God
https://www.livinggodministries.net/living_god_ministries/radio_archive/will_of_god.htm
Done with Sin
https://96tolife.blogspot.com/search?q=done+with+sin
Philippians 4:10-13 10 I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength. What does Paul mean by living in plenty and living in want? How did Paul learn to be content? In what way does Jesus give us strength? Resources: Your Identity in Christ https://www.livinggodministries.net/living_god_ministries/radio_archive/identity.htm
