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Glorification

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable,
and the mortal with immortality,
then the saying that is written will come true:
"Death has been swallowed up in victory."
"Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?"
The sting of death is sin,
and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God!
He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm.
Let nothing move you.
Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,
because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

See what great love the Father has lavished on us,
that we should be called children of God!
And that is what we are!

The Church: Spiritual Identity

you also, like living stones,
are being built into a spiritual house
to be a holy priesthood,
offering spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ...
... you are a chosen people,
a royal priesthood,
a holy nation,
a people belonging to God,
that you may declare the praises of him
who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Assurance of Salvation

May God himself, the God of peace,
sanctify you through and through.
May your whole spirit, soul and body
be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The one who calls you is faithful
and he will do it.

God Is Supreme

God, the blessed and only Ruler,
the King of kings and Lord of lords,
who alone is immortal
and who lives in unapproachable light,
whom no-one has seen or can see.
To him be honour and might for ever. Amen.
1 Timothy 6:15, 16, NIV84.

Worldview: Our Designer

“God, who has saved us and called us to a holy life--
not because of anything we have done
but because of his own purpose and grace.
This grace was given us in Christ Jesus
before the beginning of time,
but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Saviour, Christ Jesus,
who has destroyed death
and has brought life and immortality to light
through the gospel.”

Running from Temptation: Pursuing Righeousness

Flee the evil desires of youth,
and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace,
along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

The Church - Our Mission

but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;
and you shall be My witnesses
both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria,
and even to the remotest part of the earth.

Your Home as a School -Principles of Instruction

These commandments that I give you today
are to be upon your hearts.
Impress them on your children.
Talk about them when you sit at home
and when you walk along the road,
when you lie down
and when you get up.
Tie them as symbols on your hands
and bind them on your foreheads.
Write them on the door-frames of your houses
and on your gates.

The Church - Equipping

So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,
to equip his people for works of service,
so that the body of Christ may be built up
until we all reach unity in the faith
and in the knowledge of the Son of God
and become mature,
attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Motive and Goal in Discipline

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger,
but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Your Home as a Hospital

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Against such things there is no law.

Worldview: Our Designer

“In the beginning
God created the heavens and the earth.”

Worldview: Our Purpose

God blessed them and said to them,
“Be fruitful and increase in number;
fill the earth and subdue it.
Rule over the fish of the sea
and the birds of the air
and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

Your Home as a Church

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful.
Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace
for those who have been trained by it.

God is Unchangeable

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

God is Soveriegn

I know that Thou canst do all things,
And that no purpose of Thine can be thwarted.
Job 42:2, NASB

The Millenium

Now is the judgment of this world;
now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth,
will draw all people to myself."

Consequences of the Fall: Sin and Misery

"I have told you these things,
so that in me you may have peace.
In this world you will have trouble.
But take heart! I have overcome the world."

God is Spirit

God is spirit,
and those who worship Him
must worship in spirit and truth.
John 4:24, NASB.

Assurance of Salvation

I will walk among you and be your God,
and you will be my people.

Worldview:Our Calling for the Least and the Lost

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.

Your Home as a Mission

Jesus called them together and said,
“You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,
and their high officials exercise authority over them.
Not so with you.
Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served,
but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Church: Authority

18 ... on this rock I will build my church,
and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,
and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

The Second Coming of Christ

So you also must be ready,
because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
"Who then is the faithful and wise servant,
whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household
to give them their food at the proper time?
It will be good for that servant
whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

Worldview 2: Sent Into a Fallen World

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ,
so that whether I come and see you or remain absent,
I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit,
with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

Dealing With Cultural Influences

He who walks with the wise grows wise,
but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Corrective Discipline

He who spares the rod hates his son,
but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.

The Right Target: the Heart

Above all else,
guard your heart,
for it is the wellspring of life.

Running from Temptation: Pursuing Righteousness

How can a young man keep his way pure?
By living according to your word.
I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands.
I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.

Worldview: Our Place in Creation

“When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?
You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned him with glory and honour.”
Psalms 8:3-5, NIV84.

God is Eternal

Lord, you have been our dwelling-place throughout all generations.
Before the mountains were born
or you brought forth the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

Worldview: Our Maker's Due

“Come, let us worship and bow down;
Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
For He is our God,
And we are the people of His pasture,
and the sheep of His hand...”

Worldview 2: Waiting for Deliverance

He will wipe every tear from their eyes.
There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain,
for the old order of things has passed away.

Worldview: Our Evidence for God

For since the creation of the world
God's invisible qualities-
his eternal power and divine nature-
have been clearly seen,
being understood from what has been made,
so that men are without excuse.

Sanctification

Therefore, 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.
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world,
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is-
his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Worldview 2: Waiting for Deliverance

He was delivered over to death for our sins
and was raised to life for our justification.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have gained access by faith
into this grace in which we now stand.
And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

Worldview 2: Response to Pain

Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings,
because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
perseverance, character; and character, hope.
And hope does not disappoint us,
because God has poured out his love into our hearts
by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

Justification

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,

Worldview: Accepting Suffering

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing
with the glory that will be revealed in us