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The Epistles of Paul

Understanding the New Testament. The Epistles of Paul. How did Paul utilize the Old Testament without moving into legalism?. Legalism.

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The Epistles of Paul

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  1. Understanding the New Testament The Epistles of Paul

  2. How did Paul utilize the Old Testament without moving into legalism? Legalism

  3. And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Man without Christ Ephesians 2:1-2

  4. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. Man without Christ Ephesians 2:3

  5. Man without Christ • Dead in sin (Ephesians 2:1). • Children of wrath (Ephesians 2:3). • Slaves of sin (Romans 6:20). • In Adam (1 Corinthians 15:22).

  6. Sin is so much a part of the being of man that it can be described as “flesh.” Man without Christ

  7. How do we get there from here? Man without Christ Man in Christ

  8. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)… (Ephesians 2:4-5). Man in Christ

  9. …and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:6-7). Man in Christ

  10. Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. tou/to – neuter singular ca,riti, – feminine singular sesw|sme,noi– masculine plural participle pi,stewj – feminine singular

  11. Ephesians 2:8-10 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

  12. 1 Corinthians Practical Lessons on Unity

  13. Corinth

  14. Corinth • A smelting pot of many peoples. • Pagan cults. • Immorality. • Church plagued by division. • Divorce • Trend to glorify the scientific and philosophical and to ridicule the spiritual. • The role of men and women in the church. • Questions of the uses and misuses of the spiritual gifts.

  15. 1 Corinthians 1:10-11 10 Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree, and there be no divisions among you, but you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment. 11 For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe's people, that there are quarrels among you.

  16. Chapters 7-10 Chapters 11-16 Questions Errors • Single & Married • Meat & Idols • Women & Worship • Lord’s Supper • Gifts • Resurrection First Corinthians Chapters 1-6 • Divisions • Need for Unity • Necessary • Divisions Unity

  17. What is eschatology?

  18. What did the eschatology of the Old Testament look like?

  19. Old Covenant New Covenant Moses A Prophet like Moses

  20. Old Covenant New Covenant God will come suddenly to His Temple God comes into His Temple

  21. What additions did Jesus make to that Eschatology?

  22. Destroy this Temple and I will raise it up in three days

  23. “Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.” (Matthew 24:2)

  24. “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come” (Matthew 24:14)

  25. “…the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (Matthew 24:15)

  26. Son of Man lifted up Eschatology of Jesus Son of Man • Elect gathered • World judged • Eternal kingdom Gospel to be preached to the nations

  27. What additions did the book of Acts make to that Eschatology?

  28. Acts 3:19-21 Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; 20 and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, 21 whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.

  29. Jesus dead buried risen ascended Eschatology of Acts Son of Man • World will be judged • Eternal kingdom “…until the period of restoration of all things”

  30. What additions did Paul make to that Eschatology?

  31. The First Epistle to the Thessalonians An Encouraging Expectancy

  32. A shared salvation history Chapter 1 • God’s choice of you (1:2-5). • Your imitation of Christ (1:6-8) • Your turning to God (1:9-10)

  33. Chapters 2-3 Paul’s ministry in Thessalonica A shared salvation history Chapter 1 1 Thessalonians 2:9. For you recall, brethren, our labor and hardship, how working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

  34. Chapters 2-3 Paul’s ministry in Thessalonica A shared salvation history Chapter 1 1 Thessalonians 3:1-2. Therefore when we could endure it no longer, we thought it best to be left behind at Athens alone, 2 and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you as to your faith,

  35. Chapters 2-3 Chapter 4 Paul’s ministry in Thessalonica Exhortation to walk in a worthy manner A shared salvation history Chapter 1 • The principle stated (4:1) • Sexual purity (4:3-8) • Responsible work (4:9-12). • A Promise of Comfort in the face of Death (4:13-18).

  36. 1 Thessalonians 4 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven... (4:16). Matthew 24 He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet (24:31). With the trumpet of God... (4:16). They will see the Son of man coming... (24:30). And they will gather together His elect from the four winds... (24:31). We who are alive shall be caught up together... (4:16). …coming on the CLOUDS of the sky... (24:30). We... shall be caught up together with them in CLOUDS (4:17).

  37. Chapters 2-3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Paul’s ministry in Thessalonica Exhortation to walk in a worthy manner Living in light of Christ’s return A shared salvation history Chapter 1 • Living in light of the Day of the Lord (5:1-11). • Attitudes toward Christians workers (5:12-13). • Closing instructions (5:14-28). What God has done in our lives How we are to live as a result of what God has done

  38. What did the New Testament Church look like?

  39. In what ways was the New Testament church similar to the church today?

  40. In what ways was the New Testament church different from the church today?

  41. The First Epistle to Timothy From Father to Son

  42. Macedonia ASIA MINOR GREECE Ephesus

  43. In the face of false teachings Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapters 3-4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Instructions… For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to fruitless discussion, 7 wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions. (1 Timothy 1:6-7)

  44. In the face of false teachings Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapters 3-4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Instructions… • A call for men to pray (2:1-8). • A call for women to adorn themselves modestly and with good works (2:9-15) About men and women

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