Class 11:Moving Forward

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Dial 1: Humility

• When we read Scripture,we need to come with a humble, listening heart.

• When we read Scripture, we need to allow it to shape us.

• When we read Scripture, we need to be looking for a Who before a what.

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What did the author want the original audience to hear?

Historical ContextLiterary Context Context•“What did this mean to them in their

environment?”

THEN

NOW

Dial 3: Theology

• What does Scripture say about the character of God?

• Who is this God?

• Theology = the study of the nature of God

Describe the God of the Bible• love (1 John 4:16)• jealous (Ex. 20:5)• wrath flows from him (Job 20:28)• good (Ps. 25:8)• merciful (Deut. 4:31)• gracious & compassionate (2 Chr. 30:9)• just (Ps. 99:4)• eternal (Heb. 13:8)• doesn’t change (Mal. 3:6)• changes his mind (Ex. 32:14)• present everywhere (Jer. 23:23-24)(Ps. 139:7-10)• disappears (Mark 15:34)• converses with Satan (Job 1:6)• hardens hearts (Ex. 7:3)• righteous (Ps. 145:17)• holy (Rev. 4:8)• beyond our understanding (Is. 55:8-9)• I Am Who I Am (Ex. 3:14)

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Do you know the God of the Bible?

Exodus 33-34; 20:6

Jesus Christ

•Colossians 1:15-20

•image of the invisible God

•John 14:8-14

•Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.

Why did you get baptized?

Romans 6:1-4

What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

Baptism isn’t about what we get, but about Who

we connect with!