THINGS EVERY BELIEVER SHOULD KNOW
Justification by Faith = (A legal decree made in heaven by God that the believer is no longer in a state of condemnation but a state of Justify i.e. a verdict of not Guilty. Reference: Romans 1:17 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Galatians 2:16 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ
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Galatians 3:11 11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith: Quoting Hab 2:4
3]Imputation of Righteousness = (A legal decree made in heaven by God placing the righteousness of Christ into the believers account by and through the Cross making the believer righteous in Gods sight. (the believer has no righteousness of his own. Reference (Rom 3:1-19).
Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
Romans 4:3-4 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. 4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
The Sin Nature = (Is the cruse inherited because of the fall in the Garden of Eden that was put on everyman and everywoman born into this world. i.e. mans broken sinful condition, = the fundamental problem with all mankind inherited from the 1st Adam, all the works of the flesh, hatred, immorality, lust ,envy , greed,
Romans 7:18 8 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing:[/SIZE]
Romans 5:20 20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
4.Antinomianism = Is the doctrine that faith in Christ frees the Christian from obligation of morality, and that one can keep living the same lifestyle as before conversion. (I can do whatever I want to do and grace will cover it )
Romans 5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:[/SIZE]
Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
5.Asceticism(the doctrine that a person can attain a high spiritual and moral state by practicing self-denial, self-mortification. (The Act of inflicting pain upon one’s self.[/SIZE]
1 Timothy 4:1-3 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats,[/SIZE]
6 Government of Law = (The sphere or the jurisdiction that the believer falls into by trusting in ones own ability, ones own strength, ones own righteousness to earn merit with God. i.e. living by a set of rules or regiment places one in this Government.
Romans 7:8-9 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Government of Grace = (The sphere or the jurisdiction that the believer falls into by trusting in what Christ has provided for mans redemption. i.e. Faith in the finished work places one into this Government. Refers to the believers position (In Christ
Galatians 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
8. What is a Spiritual Law? A Law is a set of rules or regulations that governs our behavior. Exp: The laws of aerodynamics overrule the laws of gravity and thus allows men to fly in airplanes. Well according to this verse, the spiritual law of Life in Christ Jesus has super ceded the law of sin and death.[/SIZE]
9. The Law of the Mind = This Law was devised sometime in eternity past in the mind of God and is found in Romans 7:23. This Law is the believer’s will Power, personal strength, motivation, intellect, Etc. also is the weakest of the next 3 that will be defined
Romans 7:23 - 8:1 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
10. The Law of Sin and Death = (When the believer operates in a sinful lifestyle this Law will always apprehend them. When the believer is operating on his own personal will power and strength, this Law will apprehend them. When one has an addiction this Law will always push it further. This Law will always be carried out in anyone who walks after the Flesh and not after the Spirit.
Romans 8:2 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
11. The Law of God = The Law of God is the Ten Commandments, given to Moses at Mt Sinai. This Law demands our performance but gives us no assistance. When the believer uses these Laws the believer will fail and be apprehended by the Law of Sin.
Romans 8:7 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
12. The Law of the Spirit of life = This is the strongest of all Laws. It is found in Romans 8:2.This Law is able to break all cycles of sin as long as the believer’s object of faith is the Cross of Christ i.e. the finished work. The Government of Heaven operates in this Law only. The help of the Holy Spirit comes when one is operating properly in this Law. This means faith in Christ and what he accomplished for us at the Cross. [/SIZE]
Romans 8:2 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
13. Spiritual Adultery = This Doctrine is found in the 1st 6 verses of Romans chapter 7.
This is the act of a believer removing his or hers Faith from Christ and what he has done at the Cross, to his or hers own efforts for sanctification and Righteousness.
(When one turns away from The Faith i.e. Gods Redemption plan. And places Faith in Law, or rules for Salvation. When one decides faith (our 1st Love) is not working and reverts to Law (another Lover)
Romans 7:2-4 2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.[/SIZE]
14. The Promised Seed = The promised seed refers to Jesus, Paul uses the analogy in Gal Chapter 3 bringing back to the minds of the Galician church the doctrine 1st given to Abraham (Justification by Faith). the understanding is this, when one trusts in the Promised seed (Christ) this brings the Believer justification, all those that believe Faith is the way are the Children of Abraham.
Galatians 3:29 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Galatians 3:19 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
15. Self Denial = Is the believer who is Denying his own strength, own ability, will power, motivation, own wisdom, own knowledge, intellect.
Luke 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Luke 14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
16. Identification with Christ = The understanding of what the Finished work on the Cross has given to the Believer, understanding the union we have in Christ. The idea of the believer living no longer in the old body of Adam (the body of sin), but has been transferred (immersed) into the Body of Christ to live from a new power source.
Romans 6:3-5 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
17. Walking in the Spirit = how one orders his or hers behavior on a daily basis, by trusting completely in Christ and what he has accomplished at the Cross. Which will bring the Help of the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 5:16-18 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
18. Walking after the flesh = refers to one walking after his own desires, own will, own agenda, and lusts. This refers to the works of the sinful nature.
Galatians 5:19-21 9 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like:
Justification by Faith = (A legal decree made in heaven by God that the believer is no longer in a state of condemnation but a state of Justify i.e. a verdict of not Guilty. Reference: Romans 1:17 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Galatians 2:16 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
fficeffice" />Galatians 3:11 11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith: Quoting Hab 2:4
3]Imputation of Righteousness = (A legal decree made in heaven by God placing the righteousness of Christ into the believers account by and through the Cross making the believer righteous in Gods sight. (the believer has no righteousness of his own. Reference (Rom 3:1-19).
Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
Romans 4:3-4 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. 4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
The Sin Nature = (Is the cruse inherited because of the fall in the Garden of Eden that was put on everyman and everywoman born into this world. i.e. mans broken sinful condition, = the fundamental problem with all mankind inherited from the 1st Adam, all the works of the flesh, hatred, immorality, lust ,envy , greed,
Romans 7:18 8 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing:[/SIZE]
Romans 5:20 20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
4.Antinomianism = Is the doctrine that faith in Christ frees the Christian from obligation of morality, and that one can keep living the same lifestyle as before conversion. (I can do whatever I want to do and grace will cover it )
Romans 5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:[/SIZE]
Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
5.Asceticism(the doctrine that a person can attain a high spiritual and moral state by practicing self-denial, self-mortification. (The Act of inflicting pain upon one’s self.[/SIZE]
1 Timothy 4:1-3 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats,[/SIZE]
6 Government of Law = (The sphere or the jurisdiction that the believer falls into by trusting in ones own ability, ones own strength, ones own righteousness to earn merit with God. i.e. living by a set of rules or regiment places one in this Government.
Romans 7:8-9 8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Government of Grace = (The sphere or the jurisdiction that the believer falls into by trusting in what Christ has provided for mans redemption. i.e. Faith in the finished work places one into this Government. Refers to the believers position (In Christ
Galatians 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
8. What is a Spiritual Law? A Law is a set of rules or regulations that governs our behavior. Exp: The laws of aerodynamics overrule the laws of gravity and thus allows men to fly in airplanes. Well according to this verse, the spiritual law of Life in Christ Jesus has super ceded the law of sin and death.[/SIZE]
9. The Law of the Mind = This Law was devised sometime in eternity past in the mind of God and is found in Romans 7:23. This Law is the believer’s will Power, personal strength, motivation, intellect, Etc. also is the weakest of the next 3 that will be defined
Romans 7:23 - 8:1 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
10. The Law of Sin and Death = (When the believer operates in a sinful lifestyle this Law will always apprehend them. When the believer is operating on his own personal will power and strength, this Law will apprehend them. When one has an addiction this Law will always push it further. This Law will always be carried out in anyone who walks after the Flesh and not after the Spirit.
Romans 8:2 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
11. The Law of God = The Law of God is the Ten Commandments, given to Moses at Mt Sinai. This Law demands our performance but gives us no assistance. When the believer uses these Laws the believer will fail and be apprehended by the Law of Sin.
Romans 8:7 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
12. The Law of the Spirit of life = This is the strongest of all Laws. It is found in Romans 8:2.This Law is able to break all cycles of sin as long as the believer’s object of faith is the Cross of Christ i.e. the finished work. The Government of Heaven operates in this Law only. The help of the Holy Spirit comes when one is operating properly in this Law. This means faith in Christ and what he accomplished for us at the Cross. [/SIZE]
Romans 8:2 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
13. Spiritual Adultery = This Doctrine is found in the 1st 6 verses of Romans chapter 7.
This is the act of a believer removing his or hers Faith from Christ and what he has done at the Cross, to his or hers own efforts for sanctification and Righteousness.
(When one turns away from The Faith i.e. Gods Redemption plan. And places Faith in Law, or rules for Salvation. When one decides faith (our 1st Love) is not working and reverts to Law (another Lover)
Romans 7:2-4 2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.[/SIZE]
14. The Promised Seed = The promised seed refers to Jesus, Paul uses the analogy in Gal Chapter 3 bringing back to the minds of the Galician church the doctrine 1st given to Abraham (Justification by Faith). the understanding is this, when one trusts in the Promised seed (Christ) this brings the Believer justification, all those that believe Faith is the way are the Children of Abraham.
Galatians 3:29 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Galatians 3:19 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
15. Self Denial = Is the believer who is Denying his own strength, own ability, will power, motivation, own wisdom, own knowledge, intellect.
Luke 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Luke 14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
16. Identification with Christ = The understanding of what the Finished work on the Cross has given to the Believer, understanding the union we have in Christ. The idea of the believer living no longer in the old body of Adam (the body of sin), but has been transferred (immersed) into the Body of Christ to live from a new power source.
Romans 6:3-5 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
17. Walking in the Spirit = how one orders his or hers behavior on a daily basis, by trusting completely in Christ and what he has accomplished at the Cross. Which will bring the Help of the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 5:16-18 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
18. Walking after the flesh = refers to one walking after his own desires, own will, own agenda, and lusts. This refers to the works of the sinful nature.
Galatians 5:19-21 9 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like:
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