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Becoming a Christ-follower Part 1

Becoming a Christ-follower Part 1. Ed Riddick, August 4 , 2013. Definition of “Evangelical”. B iblicism Conversionism Crucicentrism Activism Thinking. “ your word is truth ” John 17:17 . Luke 1:46-55 .

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Becoming a Christ-follower Part 1

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  1. Becoming a Christ-followerPart 1 Ed Riddick, August 4, 2013

  2. Definition of “Evangelical” • Biblicism • Conversionism • Crucicentrism • Activism • Thinking

  3. “your word is truth” John 17:17

  4. Luke 1:46-55 “And Mary said: “My soul exalts the Lord, And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. “For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave; For behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed. “For the Mighty One has done great things for me;

  5. Luke 1:46-55 “And holy is His name. “And His mercy is upon generationaftergenerationToward those who fear Him. “He has done mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart. “He has brought down rulers from their thrones, And has exalted those who were humble.

  6. Luke 1:46-55 “He has filled the hungry with goodthings; And sent away the rich empty-handed. “He has given help to Israel His servant, In remembrance of His mercy, As He spoke to our fathers, To Abraham and his descendants forever.”

  7. I. Notice the context

  8. II. Features of Mary’s Song 1. How God is treating her 2. Based on how God has always treated His people 3. How God will treat those who’ve mistreatedHis people (vindication)

  9. III. Mary’s song clearly indicates that scripture can be understood, but 1. Not all at once • You won’t understand Scripture all at once“His delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.” Ps. 1:2 • ““I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.” John 16:12

  10. III. Mary’s song clearly indicates that scripture can be understood, but 2. Not without faith and effort • Luke 1:45 “Blessed is she who believed there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her

  11. III. Mary’s song clearly indicates that scripture can be understood, but 2. Not without faith and effort • “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15 • “His delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.” Ps. 1:2

  12. III. Mary’s song clearly indicates that scripture can be understood, but 3. Not without ordinary means: hand illustration

  13. III. Mary’s song clearly indicates that scripture can be understood, but 4. Not without the reader’s willingness to obey it • Luke 1:38 “Be it done to me according to your word.” • Heb. 5:14 “But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.”

  14. III. Mary’s song clearly indicates that scripture can be understood, but 4. Not without the reader’s willingness to obey it • Josh. 1:8 “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” • Ps. 119:33 “Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end.”

  15. III. Mary’s song clearly indicates that scripture can be understood, but • Not without the help of the Holy Spirit • ““But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.” John 16:13 • 1 Corinthians 2:12-14

  16. III. Mary’s song clearly indicates that scripture can be understood, but 6. Not without human misunderstanding • “So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.” 2 Peter 3:14–16

  17. III. Mary’s song clearly indicates that scripture can be understood, but 7. Never completely. • 1 Cor13:12 “Now we see in a mirror dimly; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.” • Deut. 29:29 “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.”

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