Christian Beliefs Final

6 Ways to discover spiritual gifts

1. Entreat God to reveal His will and plan for your life

2. Explore the possibilities

   1. Study what the Bible says about spiritual gifts

   2. Pray earnestly for reception of Holy Spirit and gifts

   3. Read all you can

   4. Dialogue with Godly Christians who are exercising their gift

   5. Take the spiritual gift assessment

3. Experiment with as many as possible

4. Examine your feelings

5. Evaluate your effectiveness

6. Expect confirmation from the body of Christ

2 Purposes of God’s law

1. Protects

2. Points out sin

Ceremonial Law

• Spoken by Moses

• Written by Moses in a book

• Placed outside the ark

• Ended at the cross

• Sacrifices, offerings, a “shadow” of the cross

Moral Law

• Spoken by God

• Written by God in stone

• Placed inside the ark

• Stands forever

• Eternal principles to stand for all times

God’s Three-Fold Blessing

• Rested

• Blessed

• Sanctified

Criteria for determining what is a clean meat

• Must chew the cud and have a split hoof if they’re land animals

• Must have fins and scales if they’re sea animals

How many language does the word for seventh-day mean the sabbath?

140 languages

How many times is the sabbath mentioned in the book of Acts?

84 times

When did the first Sunday law occur and by whom?

Constantine in the 4th century

NEWSTART

N-Nutrition

E-Exercise

W-Water

S-Sunlight

T-Temperance

A-Air

R-Rest

T-Trust in Divine Power

How long did God’s church hide in the wilderness to escape the persecution of the papal church?

A time, time, and half a time- 1260 days/ literal years

Six distinctive marks of the remnant church

1. Arise after 1798

2. Hold fast to the truths of God’s word

3. Keep all of God’s commandments

4. Have the testimony of Jesus

5. Be a world-wide missionary movement

6. Proclaim the 3 angels’ message

Seven descriptions of the manner of Christ’s coming

1. Literal

2. Visual

3. Audible

4. Glorious

5. Dramatic

6. Decisive

7. Joyous

Two dangers of the Pretribulation Rapture Theory

1. Teaches “Second Chance” for unbelievers

2. Teaches “False Security” for believers during the tribulations

Spiritualism

• Teaches soul is reborn into a new body after death

• Claims dead are not dead

• Claims living can communicate with the dead

Reincarnation

• The soul is reborn into a new body after death

• Life is a cycle of birth, death, and rebirth

Purgatory

• A temporary state of purification four souls who are not yet ready for heaven

• Mainly Catholic Doctrine

• Intermediate state before final judgement

Atheism belief about death

• No belief in God or an afterlife

• Death is final

Biblical Teaching about death

• Death is just a rest until final coming

• Resting until resurrection day

3 Reasons God gave us the sabbath

1. Day to Reflect

2. Day to Recharge

   1. Circadian Rhythm, work 6 days and rest on the 7th, rubber band analogy

3. Day to reconnect

1260 year prophecy

• A time, times, and half a time = 1260 days/literal years

• time= 360 days + times = 720 days + half a time = 180 days = 1260 days/literal years

• Daniel 7:25 says believers will be given into the hands of the papal church for time, times, and half a time. So the church of God will have to hid for 1260 days or literal years.

2300 day/year prophecy

• In Daniel 8:14

• 70 sevens

• 70 weeks x 7 = 490 days

• In Daniel 8:14, God says that in 2300 days, the sanctuary will be cleansed

• The starting point of the prophecy was in 457 BC, when Artaxerxes gave the decree to rebuild Jerusalem