Hello out there! It's been about a month since I last posted on here, and I apologize for that. It has been a busy few weeks at church with VBS and other events going on. Plus, losing my notes last time to the digital realm really put me in a fit! But now, I'm back and will catch up with things on here soon! Thank you for your understanding!
This is a message from Dr. Anthony George's Wednesday night Bible study. Here's the link to the audio message from FBA's website. My notes are only meant to be a guide to assist in your Bible study. Enjoy! :)
John 8:31-32
What did the Jews think about these words?
The priceless gift of freedom:
- The mark of Christian authenticity is allegiance to Scripture.
- Proof that we are a disciple of Christ.
- There is no discipleship without allegiance to His Word.
- How would we know who Jesus is, without the Bible?
- Everything we know about Jesus is found in the Bible. That is why it is so contradictory when people believe one but not the other.
- The Word of God is a mark of righteousness.
- What is righteousness? Without a strict standard definition of righteousness,
- The Word of God is absolute truth.
- The Word of God is the criterion by which the world will one day be judged.
- God's Word is the
- The Word of God is a mark of righteousness.
- 1 Peter 1:23 NKJV
- We must either choose The Word or The World. We cannot follow both; only one allegiance may stand.
- 1 John 2:15-17 NKJV
- Church is where a man of God opens the Word of God to the people of God.
- We are people of the Word.
- Our faith must be intellectually informed.
- Our faith is based on our knowledge of the scripture.
- Scripture is faith's fuel. We must know it for it to work.
- Faith cannot rest on emotion, circumstances, what others say, or religious traditions.
- Our faith must be intellectually informed by the Word of God.
- Knowing the Word does not me an just knowing your favorite verse, or a proof text. Acts 20:27
- Acts 17:11
- We should react by our faith, not by what ethnicity or culture we might identify with. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 NKJV
- Corral your thoughts to submit to truth.
- Now more than ever, Christians should be critical thinkers.
- A critical thinker does not accept blindly the script put before them.
- Foolish are those who attempt to rewrite their scripts based on their changing emotions.
- God has already finished the script for your life.
- Be careful that your faith does not rest on emotionalism that has its highs and lows.
- Our faith must guide our emotions, not the other way.
- Our faith should reveal truth to our circumstances.
- Romans 12 renew our minds
- Faith should not be dependent on our emotions, environment, or
- We must not depict a perfect past.
- Ecclesiastes 7:10 NKJV
- We must not despair at a miserable present.
- Romans 8:18 NKJV
Jesus' purpose is to being true freedom into our lives.
- Without Christ, we are slaves to skin.
- Jesus wants to save us from self.
- Our reactions must be biblically based. We all have a carnal mind. Sometimes we react based on our ungodly influences, culture, or our upbringing.
- It's possible to live in a free country but still live in bondage. The freedom from Christ is one that is spiritual and is the only freedom that can set us free for eternity.
- Jesus is the only source for everlasting freedom.
- Romans 12:17-21 NKJV Paul quotes from Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.
- James 1:19-20 NKJV we are not called to be people of anger, but to be people of love. God can free us from our anger.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9 NKJV
- Jesus gives us freedom to believe in Him.
- Transfer of identity
- What matters now isn't what family you're from, but that you're a Child of God.
- What matters now isn't what ethnicity you identify with, but that you have an identity with Christ.
- Philippians 3:20 NKJV
- Revelation 21:27 NKJV
- Stop looking for a perfect heaven down here, because there's only one Heaven and its not here.
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