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o God's kingdom is both a present reality (inaugurated and a future hope (realized)
the kingdom is not here in its fullness
We are currently living in the in between (between Jesus's resurrection and 2ndcoming)
True or False: what is true about the "eschaton" is already a reality in the Christian life
True
What is the "already" portion of already/not yet?
-We have the power of the Spirit -Church is doing God's work on the earth
What is the "not yet" portion of already/not yet?
-World under condition of sin -Our lives not fully transformed -Effects of sin still present -Christ not visible to entire world
OT view of the end
The present age: Satan's time
The coming age: God's time
What is the end signaled by?
signaled by resurrection of the dead
NT view of the end
The present age: The evil age
Crossover of the ages: The Spirit is here, but it is still not fully God's kingdom
The coming age: The fullness of the kingdom
God's kingdom OT background
They thought the kingdom was coming NOW
End Times/"The Elbow" focuses on...
Focus on how the shift from redemption to consummation occurs
True or False: The events of the world affect the church's interest in the end of the world
True
God promised what 3 things to Israel?
Blessing to nations The promised land Have a kingdom (rule)
The dispensational view says what about the 1,000 yrs
that Jews that believe in Christ will rule during the 1,000 years
What is a key passage for the debate about the millennium?
Revelation 20
Amillennialism
The millennium is spiritualized
No literal fulfillment of prophecy
No role for Israel
Postmillennialism
Things will get better and better until the kingdom of God is upon us
The church age brings about the millennium
No role for Israel
Premillennialism
Second coming comes before millennium
2 types of premillennialism
Historic premillennialism Dispensational premillennialism
Historic premillennialism
GENERIC millennium (not Jewish)
Dispensational premillennialism
Cedarville doctrinal statement
7yrs tribulation
Pretrib
Official 2ndcoming is after the tribulation, before the millennium
Jewish-focused millennium
Millennium
Early reign of Christ
Dramatically introduced by the 2nd coming
A great tribulation will precede millennium
Satan and his minions will be bound during the millennium
What is the only passage that focuses on rapture besides Revelation?
1 Thessalonians 4
Importance of eschatology
We have hope
Big picture timeline
Creation
Fall
Redemption
Consummation
Picture of Redemption through time
o Adam and Eve o Abraham and Israel o Jesus o Church
Universal church
every believer: past, present, future
All Christian (you can't be a part of it without being a Christian)
Local church
specific group of Christians in a specific location
Could be mixed between believers and unbelievers, people may call themselves Christians but not believe
Church
have holistic focus while trying to serve all types of people within the church's five ministries
Parachurch
any ministry outside of a local church that is doing part of the church's assigned task
Have luxury if specializing in particular type of ministry to a particular church
Works alongside the church
Usually specialized when it comes to the type of ministry
Usually targeted to a specific people group
Church and parachurch tension
Church's side: take money and workers away
Parachurch side: the church's lack of opportunity or intentionality requires parachurches
Goals in dispelling tension between church and parachurch
The church needs to not envy the para, and the para needs to remember that they don't meet all the needs of the person
Ministries of the church
teaching fellowship worship service evangelism
Teaching
Educating people with God's truth
Including sermons, Sunday school, MOPs, worship service, children's church
Fellowship
Incorporating God's people into a family where they can be known, cared for, held accountable, and encouraged
Important to be part of a group of 4-5 or less
Worship
Worship is celebrating God's presence and honoring Him with our lifestyles
Service
Demonstrating God's love by meeting the needs of others with love
Evangelism
Communicating the good news with those who don't yet have a personal relationship with Him
Biblical evidence for the 5 ministries of the church
Matt 22:37-38, Matt 28:19-20
"teaching them to obey"-teaching
"baptizing them"-fellowship
"love the Lord your God" - worship
"love neighbor"-service
"make disciples" - evangelism
Why be so purposeful in the 5 ministries of the church?
To clarify the direction of the ministry
Minimize conflict throughout the ministry
Maximize excitement for the ministry
Factors in choosing a church
-Biblical doctrine -ministry philosophy -trust leadership? -life-changing community -can I serve here?
What is important to consider in Biblical doctrine?
"essential" vs "nonessential"
Definition of evangelical (David bebbington 1989-the most widely accepted definition)
Biblicism
Crucicentrism
Conversionism: belief that humans need to be converted
Activism: belief that faith should influence one's public life
Biblicism
high regard for the Bible
Crucicentrism
focus on Christ's crucifixion and its saving effects
Conversionism
belief that humans need to be converted
Activism
belief that faith should influence one's public life
Another definition of evangelical (Garth rusell)
A shared authority (Bible)
Shared experience (conversion)
Shared mission (worldwide evangelization)
Shared vision (spiritual renewal of church and society)
Ministry philosophy of the church
5 ministries
Represent all God's kingdom or just the ones like us (ages, ethnicity, socioeconomic)
Roman Catholic Church structure
· Hierarchy · Authority · Tradition · Uniformity · Power in numbers?
Mainline denominations church structure
· Association · Doctrinal perspective · Similarity · Power in cooperation
Independent church structure
· Self-governance · Autonomy · Bible · Uniqueness · Power in independence: focus on Bible
Evaluating hierarchy
Authority of the Bible (rather than church tradition) and Christ as the head of the church are easy to support (Colossians 1, Ephesians 5)
Joining with other local churches in associations: supporter can enable more efficient ministry (education/seminary, missions, publishing), but Baptists have always drawn the line at anyone dictating doctrine or anything that matter to a local (autonomous) church
the NT model of hierarchy
The NT model has paul appealing to local churches to govern themselves in terms of church discipline, choosing leadership, doing ministry and giving to others (1 cor 6, 1 tim 3, titus 1)
The only hierarchy visible is Paul's attempt to gather offerings rom the churches to help out the Jerusalem churches in poverty and in garnering missionary support for himself (romans 15-16)
Acts 15 Jerusalem council
Dixon opinion on hierarchy
"it doesn't mean that stronger hierarchy are anti-biblical, but since this enters a debate where the Bible is silent, they are at best extra-biblical and I think of it as slightly scary territory, where I personally wouldn't want to be"
Baptist church leadership
Many Baptist churches have historically held to a single head pastor verses "multiple pastors" where the issues was usually one of central location of authority or power
More recently in the last 30 yrs, multiple eldership models of shared authority among men who all qualified as pastors (1 tim 3) have become more common
What hasn't changed is the two fold distinction between the higher-level leaders (pastors) and lower-level leaders (deacons) 1 tim 3
Elder board
equally in charge, each get a vote
True or False: elders=pastors
He says that elders = pastors (the same thing)
Their job is to teach, lead church
Deacons
serve community, people of church
Pastors
the ones with higher standards and are tasked with being able to teach
NT passages on church leadership
Overseers speaking about responsibility fir the flock -titus 1:7
Elders speaking of wisdom and qualification -titus 1:9
Pastors speaking of their nurturing role as a shepherd -eph 4:11
Most important part of leadership
Based upon the Biblical information given about the leadership of the church, it is clear that integrity and character are -by far- the most important
The core of functional leadership
Leaders who show wisdom and character development, who are self-less, who have led their families well, are the core of a functional leadership
Passages on elders
· 1 tim 3:1-7 · Titus 1:5-9
Passage on deacons
· 1 tim 3:8-13
Should some governing and teaching roles be reserved for men?
No-egalitarians
Yes-complementarians
(Make sure your church asks what THE BIBLE teaches about this)
Complementarian argument
Equality of essence is clear
Trinitarian parallel
Gen 1:26-27 o Both made in God's image o Both made to rule the earth
Gal 3:28 o Gender absolutely irrelevant when it comes to redemption
1 cor 12: 7-11 o God distributes his gifts to his people as he wills o Gender is not a factor in particular gifts (Not saying that women can't teach) o But it doesn't preclude possibility of prescribing how those gifts would be used in the church
Trinitarian parallel
Father = Son = Holy Spirit
Male = Female
· 1 cor 15:28 · 1 cor 11:3
Passages for male/female differentiation
Genesis 2 · Order of creation 1 cor 11:8, 1 tim 2:13 · Adam was given instruction to not eat fruit (before eve created) which highlights ironic statement: "to man who was with her" · Eve created to be adam's helper (paul 1 cor 11:9-10) · Adam named eve which indicated in OT culture a right of authority (actually named her twice)
Gen 3:1-13 · Despite the fact eve was tempted and then gave it to Adam, he is held responsible by God and God seeks Adam to inquire who they were hiding · Paul teaches that the line of sin in the human race begins with Adam (romans 5:12)
Gen 3:16, 4:7 · Parallel structure of eve's curse to "want to rule" over Adam and sin's "desire to master Cain" · Sin isn't cause of role differentiation (egalitarian) but disrupts designed differentiation
Ephesians 5:22-23 · Parallel of headship between man and Christ · If it's "just cultural", then it loses its impact
Biblical examples for male/female differentiation
Leadership Israel-male
Christ chose male leadership (However, it is interesting to note the Jesus did much with women that was actually against the social customs of His day)
Male leadership in the church
Male leadership in the home
Meta-discussion: three sources of information
Biblical directives
Personal experience
Cultural moment
Intermural debates
both sides have same authority - Bible
examples: · Calvinism vs Arminianism? · Lose salvation? · Mode of baptism? · Sign gifts?
Culturally influenced debates
· Creator or no Creator? · Homosexuality? · Role of women?
Differentiating between intramural debates and culturally influenced debates
· Kind of tough to be one or the other without crossover · Cultural values can influence views of Scriptureàwhere problems come in
Key questions to consider on challenging topics
What (Who) is my final authority?
Is Scripture clear?
If it's fuzzy... · Btw: people disagree about what is clear and what is fuzzy · What are the tension points? · What is the evidence when it comes to those tension points? · Whom do I trust? · Has my personal experience blinded me or influenced me adversely? · Has culture confused me? Is my desire to be acceptable to culture influenced me? · Consider theological scaffolding and Dixon's "games theory"
Dixon's "games theory"
Jenga effect-if you take out or change how you interpret that piece of Scripture, will it make your whole Theological system fall?
Twister-get yourself all turned in knots trying to make it fit
The Holy Spirit is ______________________________
God's personal empowering presence
Pneumatophobia
Choose to ignore (even downplay?) the Holy Spirit
Trying to "capture the wind"
Emotional excesses of "others"
Pneumatomania
Obsession with Holy Spirit
Constantly talk about HS
Link every happy occurance with HS's work
Every wish can be achieves If you just trust/believe in HS
Make other believers feel "less than Christian" without same experience
Names of the Holy Spirit
Spirit of God · Creation Gen 1:2; 2:7 · Re-creation/redemption 1 Cor 2:11
Holy Spirit · True source of our holiness Ps 51:11
Spirit of Christ · Reflects fact He has been sent by Jesus o John 14:26 · Synonym with "Spirit of God"
True or False: The Holy Spirit has no direct, personal actions
FALSE!
Not impersonal, driving force
There's a "HE" not an "it" -Searches 1 cor 2:30 -Helps -intercedes rom 8:20 -Teaches 1 cor 2:13 -Calls out gal 4:6 -Dwells 2 tim 1:14
Luke 4:14 Acts 10:38
God's presence to the nation of Israel
Holy Mountain
Tabernacle
Tabernacle to temple
Temple to "little temples": Day of Pentecost
Deity
This is similar to the progress of revelation that we saw with the biblical development of the OT Messiah through to the Jesus Messiah of the gospels and epistles
Remember the lesson from the comparison of the Nicene Creed?
325 AD
"...And in the Holy Ghost"
Athanasius and the Holy Spirit
Athanasius argued that the baptismal formula in Matthew 28 demonstrated the deity of the Spirit along with the Father and Son. His argument eventually prevailed although the patristic fathers hesitated to apply the name "God" since Scripture didn't explicitly do so (pg. 102-103).
Historically, 3 factors helped establish the teaching of the deity of the Spirit:
All the titles of God are applied to the Spirit, such as "holy"
The functions of the Spirit are those of deity, such as creating and renewing
The inclusion in the Baptismal formula: "In the name of the Father, Son, and Spirit"
True or False: Lying to the Holy Spirit is lying to God
Lying to HS is lying to God- Acts 5:3-4
The filoque debate:
· Doesn't matter theologically, but certain people are in a certain church because of this · John 15:26- "When the advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father- · the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father- he will testify about me". · Issue: how do you describe the eternal relationship of the 3 persons of the trinity?
Remember difference between ontological trinity and economic trinity
Did the HS "proceed" from the Father or both the Father and the Son?
Ontological: equal in person
·Father= Son= HS ·They are all God · Economically: different in function · The Son serves the Father · Question is: how does the HS fit into this? · Is the HS equal to the son or is it the servant to the Son and the Father -Sooo.. Christ "proceed" or be "eternally generated" from the Father without denying Jesus was ever created · Simply description of relationship in economic trinity · Speaks to HS's economic relationship to other 2 persons of Trinity
Why the filoque debate matters
the early church ended up splitting largely sue to this issue:
Western fathers (roman catholic) argued that the Spirit proceeded from both Father and the Son
Eastern fathers claimed procession was only from the Father
Holy Spirit Functions
Ministry in creation and recreation
Apostles lives and ministries: Doing the same miracles, Called signs of an apostle 2 cor 12, Inspiration of the message in Scripture
The revelation of God to humanity: His role in authorizing Scripture (Inspiration) AND His role in helping us understand Scripture (illumination)
Ministry to the world: Restraining evil
Convicting the world
Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit
denying the divine nature of the sign natures empowered by the HS is denying the best testimony to the Messiahship of Jesus (aka if you think that Jesus' power was coming from the devil and not from the HS)
The Holy Spirit in Apostles lives and ministries
Doing the same miracles
Called signs of an apostle
Inspiration of the message in Scripture
The Holy Spirit's role in Convicting the world
Sin-they don't believe in Jesus
Righteousness-Jesus is gone and the HS reminds us of the standard
Judgment- Satan is judged already and his team will go down too
The Holy Spirit's ministry in the believer's life
Moves into a more personal relationship to heighten out self-awareness (to understand my own motives and actions) in light of God's truth, to awaken new desires and motives and giving the power to obey. This new life uniquely and powerfully identifies us as God's children in his family (in contrast to circumcision) and insures that we will continue as such
The Holy Spirit and Delinianation
Convicts
Regenerates
Indwells
Baptizes
Seals
Grieve
As another "filling" is not a mysterious, secret thing, but another metaphor of being utterly identified and overtaken by God...it affects EVERYTHING you do
Regenerates
gives new set of motives, desires and power to live
Indwells
makes the personal presence of God a reality resulting in a assurance and witness to others
Baptizes
identifies the believer as a member of God's new community
Convicts
heightens self-awareness of our lives and sin
Grieve
to disappoint one of has a close and personal interest in my life
Scripture passages for Spiritual gifts
1 Cor 12
Romans 12:6-8 1 cor 12:7-10 1 cor 12:28 Eph 4:1
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