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Intro . Our highest desire should be to be disciples- good and faithful servants. Zeal without wisdom Leave the elementary teachings about Christ… Study to show yourself approved. Always be ready to give an answer for the hope that is within you. . Review of “In the beginning: God”.

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  1. Intro • Our highest desire should be to be disciples- good and faithful servants. • Zeal without wisdom • Leave the elementary teachings about Christ… • Study to show yourself approved. • Always be ready to give an answer for the hope that is within you.

  2. Review of “In the beginning: God” • Started where Scripture started. • God is incomprehensible yet knowable • God’s attributes • Infinite qualities • Personal / moral qualities • How it all works in balance • Things God can’t do. • Trinity: “God” is inclusive of his personalities and qualities. • WIIFM –(example: if God is everywhere then it’s both reassuring and convicting)

  3. THE WORK OF REDEMPTION Discipleship Ministry The Living Word Christian Fellowship

  4. LESSON OUTLINE • GOD’S WILL/ PLAN/ EXPECTATIONS • SIN • THE LAW • HOW THE LAW LEADS TO GOD? • JESUS WAS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW • WHY JESUS? • WHY GRACE?

  5. REDMEPTION re·deemPronunciation Key  (r -d m )tr.v.re·deemed,re·deem·ing,re·deems • To recover ownership of by paying a specified sum. • To pay off (a promissory note, for example). • To turn in (coupons, for example) and receive something in exchange. • To fulfill (a pledge, for example). • To convert into cash: redeem stocks. • To set free; rescue or ransom. • “redemption” vs. “salvation”. • What are we saved from? • Why are we redeemed?

  6. THE TRINITY IN THE WORK OF REDEMPTION • Always working together. • Father is the Initial Cause. • Son is the mediating cause. • Sprit completes the work. • The work of Redemption • The Father Desires all men to be saved. (2Peter 3:9) • The Son was sent to be the ultimate sacrifice, so that all men may be saved. (John 3:16) • The Spirit: • Prepared a body for Jesus, through the impregnation of the virgin Mary. • Convicts People to come to Christ (since nothing in men’s sinful heart will attract him to God)

  7. GOD DESIRES FOR MAN • VERY IMPORTANT: GOD MAD MADE MAN FOR HIS PLEASURE. • He didn’t need man (unlike a “monad”.) • He foresaw what God will do. • To commune with Man(& women) in eternity. (Genesis Chapter 2-3) *But God knew that man was going to sin. • For man to be holy just as HE is holy.(Lev 20:26) *But God knew that man was going to sin.

  8. GOD’S DESIRE FOR MAN (cont.) • In the end, his plan is still fulfilled. (Ephesians 1:4) • Man is able to be with God for eternity. • Man is still able to be holy. • Both are accomplished in Christ • k

  9. SIN • ARCHARY TERM that means “missing the Mark”. • SIN IS DISOBEDIENCE OF GOD’S LAW. • Sin of commission- things you weren’t supposed to do, but still did. (thou shall not) • Sin of omission-things you were supposed to do, but didn’t do. (thou shall) • (examples) • ENTERED THE LIVES OF MEN THOUGH ADAM –Romans 5:12 • From then it infected us like a disease. • Death crept in (the wages of sin is death) • And we’ve been passing it down ever since. • B

  10. SIN ACCOMPLISHES TWO THINGS: • GUILT • Subjective (different effects) • Can be Suppressed • PUNISHMENT • Cause & Effect. (Natural Law) • Spiritual death: Sin separates Man from God. • I am the way the truth and LIFE…. • Sin separates us from God • Physically alive but spiritually dead--- Valley of Dry Bones. • Eternal Death: The end result of Spiritual death. Basically hell.

  11. SIN AND THE LAW • The Law was designed to bring lead us God, but not in the obvious way (to do good and please God.) • The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.(1 Cor15:56) • Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin. (Rom 3:20) • The Law made us aware of sin. (Romans 7:7) • Because law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression. (Rom 4:15) • Even worse- If you break one commandment you broke it all (James 2:10) • *the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil Law= knowing what is right and wrong.

  12. THE LAW LEADS US TO GOD • If this is all true How does the Law lead us to God? • You realize that you cannot make it on your own. • Your Good is not good enough. • You need a bridge to get you across this wide separation. • You need a savior. • GOD SENT HIS SON.

  13. THE NEED • THERE IS SIN • THERE IS LAW (THAT DOESN’T MAKE ANYONE RIGHTEOUS) • THERE IS PUNISHMENT • THERE IS THE INABILITY OF MAN • THERE IS A NEED FOR A SAVIOR.

  14. GOD PROVIDES A WAY • “ For onto us a child is born, unto us a son is given”. (Isaiah 9:6) • Doesn’t mean the same thing. • The Physical Jesus was born… • The son (God the Sod) has always existed- John 1:1 • JOHN 3:16- For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son…(you know the rest). • s

  15. OLD TESTAMENT LAW • 2 Main ideas that keep popping up. • PRIEST AND PROPHETS (Number 3) • SINFUL MAN COULDN’T GO STRAIGHT TO HOLY GOD • BRIDGES OVER THE GAP OF SIN • SACRIFICE (Leviticus) • HOLY GOD CAN’T TOLERATE SIN SOMETHING MUST DIE. • SUBSTITUTE: Symbolized death for the sinner. • HAD REQUIREMENTS • CLEAN / SANCTIFIED • NO DEFORMATIES • MALE • LAYING OF HANDS

  16. JESUS AND THE LAW • Read Hebrews 7:23-28 / 10:11-14 • Because he lives forever, he is a priest forever. • Because he was a perfect man, he was a perfect sacrifice…. (LAMB OF GOD) • God designed a flawless introduction of a savior into the world of man. *Just as through one man sin entered the world, also through one man all are saved.(Rom 5:18-19) • The relationship of Jesus & the (old) Law. • The (old) Law was only designed to lead us to Christ. (Galatians 3:24-25) • ; • Jesus fulfilled the Law. * (I did not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it. Matthew 5:17)

  17. GENIUS OF GOD WITH THE LAW • God introduced the Laws in the past • So that the transition was seamless. • Couldn’t be a seen as a new idea. • God shows he is in control. • He stayed within his own laws. (omniscience) • Power- he can move things around like that. • Knows the past /present /future. • God does not change his mind/plans ..otherwise he is: • Unpredictable • He doesn’t know • This shows that God planned it all along. (1pet 1:19-21)

  18. IN CHRIST ALONE • Acts 4:12Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” • One Mediator… 1Tim 2:5 • He is the only one who could/have fulfilled both requirements. • Because has eternal he is a priest forever • Because he was man, his death was a sufficient sacrifice for our sins. • This exclusivity offends others (will cover later)

  19. GRACE- gaining something you don’t deserve • Saved by grace and not by works so that no man can boast (Eph 2:9) • No way to accomplish our own righteousness (Isaiah 64:6) • The Law was not designed to make one righteous. • Breaking one law means you broke them all. (James 2:10) • Everyone has broken it. (Romans 3:23) • It wasn’t by our own efforts or goodness are we able to get to God.

  20. KINSMAN REDEEMER • Selling of the Land (Leviticus 25:23-25) • God gave them land. • If they became poor and had to sell it: • It cannot be sold permanently. • If the owner can’t buy it back, a relative can buy it back and preserve its original ownership. • Ruth & Boaz (Book of Ruth) • Husband died and had to sell the land • Boaz was a close relative and was able to return the land back to the family • Jesus: the Kinsmen redeemer. • God owned us. • We became separated by sin. • Jesus bought us back by his blood.

  21. SUMMARY • God knew before hand that man will sin because of freewill. He already had a plan. • God still made man for his purpose. • When Adam sinned, God set his plan in action. • He introduced the foundation early in the Law. • The same Law • Lead men to God by exposing sin. • Made the intro of the savior to be a familiar concept. • The savior fulfilled both requirements • Priest • Sacrifice • Jesus is the only one that done that. • Only Mediator between God and Man • Only name that men might be saved • d

  22. GOD’S ORIGINAL PLAN is still fulfilled. • THE PLAN • To commune with Man(& women) in eternity. • For man to be holy just as HE is holy. • In the end, his plan is still fulfilled. (Ephesians 1:4) • Man is able to be with God for eternity. • Man is still able to be holy. • Both are accomplished in Christ • In the end we were brought back to God. * We are redeemed!

  23. WIIFM • Whatever god plans he fulfills. • it causes me to lean on God more, realizing that I cannot be good on my own. • God wants me to be with him for eternity. • He loves me so much that he gave his son.

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