A Work of Power Uses of the Law: To Engage God’s Spirit (6) Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout ...
A Work of Warning Uses of the Law: To Engage God’s Spirit (5) “And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment…” John 16:8 The Holy Spirit works with the Law of God from within His residence in our souls, illuminating and renewing our minds, cleansing our ...
A Work of Instruction Uses of the Law: To Engage God’s Spirit (4) “And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness…” John 16:8 The Spirit of God is alone able to teach us the things that pertain to salvation: “Spirit of God, my Teacher be!/ Showing the ...
Lesson #102: Prayer: His Kingdom Advanced aaa Shorter Catechism Q & A #102 Q. What do we pray for in the second petition? A. In the second petition (which is, Thy kingdom come) we pray, That Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed; and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced, ...
A Work of Conviction Uses of the Law: To Engage God’s Spirit (3) “And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin…” John 16:8 We have already seen that the Law of God is able to define and expose sin, so that sinners might see their need for repentance and ...
An Inward Work Uses of the Law: To Engage God’s Spirit (2) …for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. Philippians 2:13 I frequently hear from others that keeping the Law of God leads to hypocrisy and self-righteousness, like the Pharisees of old. ...
The Promise of the Father Uses of the Law: To Engage God’s Spirit (1) And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will ...
Eternal Glory Uses of the Law: To Clarify the Good News (7) But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth where righteousness dwells. 2 Peter 3:13 The believer’s ultimate hope of glory awaits us beyond time and history, in new heavens and a new earth ...
Hosanna! April 17, 2011 Lesson: Mark 11:1–11 Key Verse: Mark 11:9 aaa Introduction Christ came as a King with a kingdom to His temple, which He called “My house of prayer.’ The song of David proclaims this twofold activity of the Messiah, saying, “Praise waits for thee, O God, in Zion; and unto ...
The Christian’s Keeping April 10, 2011 Lesson: Jude 17–25 Key Verse: Jude 24–25 aaa Introduction The Christian has something the wicked do not have, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, of whom the universal Church testifies, that “the third person of the Holy Trinity, of one and the same essence, majesty, and glory ...