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Understanding the Difference Between Law and Gospel

Learn the distinctions between the law and the gospel and how they lead us to obey God. Explore the concept of the Trinity and understand the unity of the three persons. Discover the ecumenical creeds and their expressions of the gospel.

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Understanding the Difference Between Law and Gospel

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  1. Lesson 14The Trinity Built On A RockUnit 4: One God in Three Persons

  2. 1. What’s the difference between the law and the gospel?

  3. 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 However, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him”— 10 but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 1 Corinthians 2:9-10

  4. 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 However, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him”— 10but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

  5. 1. What’s the difference between the law and the gospel? The differences between the law and the gospel are: 1) where they’re found

  6. 1 John 4:10This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:10

  7. 1 John 4:10This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

  8. 1. What’s the difference between the law and the gospel? The differences between the law and the gospel are: 1) where they’re found 2) who does what

  9. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

  10. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

  11. 1. What’s the difference between the law and the gospel? The differences between the law and the gospel are: 1) where they’re found 2) who does what 3) what they promise

  12. Romans 12:1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Romans 12:1

  13. Romans 12:1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.

  14. 1. What’s the difference between the law and the gospel? The differences between the law and the gospel are: 1) where they’re found 2) who does what 3) what they promise 4) how they lead us to obey God.

  15. The Differences Between Law and Gospel The Law: The Gospel: Written in the Bible AND in our hearts Written ONLY in the Bible

  16. The Differences Between Law and Gospel The Law: The Gospel: Tell US what WE have to do and not do Tell us what GOD has already done through JESUS

  17. The Differences Between Law and Gospel The Law: The Gospel: Threatens to send us to HELL Promises to give us ETERNAL LIFE

  18. The Differences Between Law and Gospel The Law: The Gospel: Makes us obey out of FEAR Enables us to obey out of LOVE

  19. The Ecumenical Creeds – Expressions of the Gospel Ecumenical: Dealing with the whole church Creed: Short statement of what we believe

  20. The Ecumenical Creeds – Expressions of the Gospel Services without communion Apostles’ Creed A summary of what the apostles believed Simplest summary of faith in the Trinity

  21. The Ecumenical Creeds – Expressions of the Gospel Nicene Creed A creed that defends the Trinity, written in Nicea Communion services A more exact defense of the doctrine of the Trinity

  22. The Ecumenical Creeds – Expressions of the Gospel Athanasian Creed A creed that defends the teaching about Jesus, named after Athanasius Trinity Sunday A detailed defense of the doctrine of the Trinity and of who Jesus was

  23. 2. How many Gods are there?

  24. 1 Corinthians 8:4 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is no God but one. 1 Corinthians 8:4

  25. 1 Corinthians 8:4 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is no God but one.

  26. Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Deuteronomy 6:4

  27. Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.

  28. 2. How many Gods are there? There is only one God.

  29. Matthew 3:16-17 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” Matthew 3:16-17

  30. Matthew 3:16-17 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

  31. Person: A being that exists by itself In God, it means the Father, the Son or the Holy Spirit – there are 3 Persons.

  32. 2. How many Gods are there? There is only one God. But he reveals himself to us in three separate persons (the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit).

  33. John 15:26 When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me. John 15:26

  34. John 15:26 When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me.

  35. Matthew 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:19

  36. Matthew 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

  37. 2 Corinthians 13:14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14

  38. 2 Corinthians 13:14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

  39. Trinity: Three persons in One God Triune: Three persons in One God (the adjective) These two words are NOT in the Bible. But they do express what the Bible teaches.

  40. 2. How many Gods are there? There is only one God. But he reveals himself to us in three separate persons (the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit). But there is still only one God. We call this teaching “the Trinity.”

  41. 3. What is the Triune God like?

  42. John 4:24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth. John 4:24

  43. John 4:24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth. Spirit: Has no body (although Jesus has a body)

  44. Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. Psalm 90:2

  45. Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. Eternal: Has no beginning and no ending

  46. James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17

  47. James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. Immutable: Unchanging.

  48. Luke 1:37 For nothing is impossible with God. Luke 1:37

  49. Luke 1:37 For nothing is impossible with God. Omnipotent: Almighty or all powerful.

  50. 1 John 3:19-20 This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence 20 whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 1 John 3:19-20

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