New Testament Survey

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New Testament Survey

• Paul The Missionary Theologian

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What we want to Look At

• Pauls Theology of God
• Pauls Theology of Humanity
• Pauls Theology of Justification by Faith
• Pauls Theology of Church as Community
• Pauls Theology of a Life of Freedom with
  Responsibility
• Pauls Theology of Future and Present Hope

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Questions about Process

• Was Pauls Theology systematic and single in
  focus or, did it develop new insights as it went
  along?
• Did he have CORE beliefs that remained constant
  from the beginning of his writings all the way
  through to the end?
• How did his life experiences get expressed in his
  understanding of God and his writings?

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God The Center

• God, The House 1 Cor. 31-15
• Foundation? Eph. 220-22
• God as both foundation and house Romans 1136,
  from him -- 1 Cor. 86
• God, All Comprehensive Eph. 1, and Eph. 311ff
• God as Father - Romans 815, Gal. 46, 2 Cor.
  12,3

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God the Son - Jesus

• The foundation is Jesus, 1 Cor. 311
• The ONE Lord aspect, 1 Cor. 86
• The Incarnational Relationship, Phil. 21ff
• The Gospel of Christ Gal. 16,
• Above the Law Gal. 216-21
• The fulfillment of Promise, Gal. 315-47
• The basis of freedom, Gal. 51-6
• The Preeminence of Christ, Col. 115-20
• The bottom line 1 Cor. 151,2

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Humanity and Its Need

• Creation, Fall and Consequences Romans 512-21
  819-23
• Human aspects of nature
• Flesh,
• Body
• mind, heart, soul, and spirit.

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The Flesh

• 1. Sarx -- The stuff of which we are made
• 1 Cor. 616
• Or do you not know that the one who joins
  himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For
  He says, "The two shall become one FLESH."
• 1 Cor. 1539
• All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is
  one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts,
  and another flesh of birds, and another of fish.

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The Flesh

• Ephes. 531 For this reason a man shall leave
  his father and mother and shall be joined to his
  wife, and the two shall become one FLESH.
• Ephes. 612
• For our struggle is not against flesh and
  blood, but against the rulers, against the
  powers, against the world forces of this
  darkness, against the spiritual forces of
  wickedness in the heavenly places.
• 2 Cor. 127
• Because of the surpassing greatness of the
  revelations, for this reason, to keep me from
  exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in
  the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment meto
  keep me from exalting myself!

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The Flesh

• Ephes. 215
• by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which
  is the Law of commandments contained in
  ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the
  two into one new man, thus establishing peace,
• Col. 124
• Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake,
  and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His
  body, which is the church, in filling up what is
  lacking in Christ's afflictions.

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The Flesh

• 2. Sarx -- The tendency of a Fallen nature
• 1 Cor. 1550
• Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and
  blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God nor does
  the perishable inherit the imperishable.
• Galatians 613
• For those who are circumcised do not even
  keep the Law themselves, but they desire to have
  you circumcised so that they may boast in your
  flesh.

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The Flesh

• Philip. 32-4
• Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil
  workers, beware of the false circumcision 3
  for we are the true circumcision, who worship in
  the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and
  put no confidence in the flesh, 4 although I
  myself might have confidence even in the flesh.
  If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in
  the flesh, I far more

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Romans 83-13

• For what the Law could not do, weak as it was
  through the flesh, God did sending His own Son
  in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an
  offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,
  4 so that the requirement of the Law might be
  fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the
  flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those
  who are according to the flesh set their minds on
  the things of the flesh, but those who are
  according to the Spirit, the things of the
  Spirit. 6 For the mind set on the flesh is
  death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and
  peace, 7 because the mind set on the flesh is
  hostile toward God for it does not subject
  itself to the law of God, for it is not even able
  to do so, 8 and those who are in the flesh
  cannot please God.
• 9 However, you are not in the flesh but in
  the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in
  you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of
  Christ, he does not belong to Him. 10 If Christ
  is in you, though the body is dead because of
  sin, yet the spirit is alive because of
  righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who
  raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who
  raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give
  life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who
  dwells in you.
• 12 So then, brethren, we are under
  obligation, not to the flesh, to live according
  to the flesh 13 for if you are living
  according to the flesh, you must die but if by
  the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of
  the body, you will live.

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The Flesh

• Humanity (Rom. 320, 1 Cor. 129)
• The Outward and Visible as opposed to the inner
  and spiritual (1 Cor. 55, 2 Cor. 71)
• Can refer to Human relationships rather than
  Spiritual ones (Rom. 41, 93)
• The sphere of or mode of human existence (Gal.
  220, Phil 122,24)
• By nature, weak and mortal (2 Cor. 411,75)
• What sometimes is trusted (Gal. 612-13)

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Sin

• Harmartia - to miss the mark
• Universal (Romans 1 - 323, 512-21)
• Consequential (Romans 623, 77-13)
• Not just disobedience, or failure to live up to
  Gods standard Rather,
• It is the failure to acknowledge God as God, and
  the unwillingness to allow his Lordship in
  living. (Romans 12)

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Salvation Justification by Faith

• 27 xs - In Gal. (9xs) and Romans (15xs)
• Not by works Gal. 310,12
• Through Christ
• Christ as a curse for us Gal. 313
• Christ as an atonement for sin Rom. 325
• Christs trading of sin for righteousness -- 2
  Cor. 520-21
• All of it through Gods Grace -- Romans 324,
  416, 515 His free and unmerited favor (Rom.
  44)

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Salvation Justification by Faith

• Justification Legal metaphor To make
  righteous? To Declare Righteous (Romans
  324-30)
• Also, Redemption as in setting slaves free, (Isa.
  431-4, 523 Psalm 1308 Gal. 313, 45)
  because of Jesus death Rom. 324, Eph. 17
• Also, Reconciliation and Salvation

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FAITH

• Follows Grace, and Opposite of Works (Rom.
  117, 322 Gal. 32,5)
• Believing/Trusting completely Gods word,
  promises (Romans 418)

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Church as Community

• Not enough to know God and live in a right
  relationship with him!
• The Community of the King is Church (Eph.
  120ff, 310-13,21 Col. 118ff
• A Body. 1 Cor. 1017, 1212-17
• With a Head Col. 118,219
• A Building (1 Cor. 316-17, Eph. 221)

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Ministries for NT Church Development
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What did Jesus Intend in terms of Church and
Structure/Mission?

• Jesus foretold the Kingdom, and it was the
  Church that came! -Alfred Loisy
• Kingdom occurs 126 times in Gospels
• Church (ekklesia) occurs 3 times
• The Coming of the Kingdom always presupposes a
  people who will receive it!

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THREE ASPECTS OF CHURCH

• Matthew 2818-19
• And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying,
  "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and
  on earth. 19 "Go therefore and make disciples
  of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of
  the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

MAKE DISCIPLES
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THREE ASPECTS OF CHURCH

• Matthew 2818-19
• "God authorized and commanded me to commission
  you 19 Go out and train everyone you meet, far
  and near, in this way of life, marking them by
  baptism in the threefold name Father, Son, and
  Holy Spirit.

MAKE DISCIPLES
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DISCIPLES

• CHRISTIAN 3 TIMES IN N. T.
• DISCIPLE 264 TIMES IN GOSPELS AND ACTS
• WHAT IT MEANS?
• An Apprentice in a trade
• A Student of some subject
• A pupil of some teacher

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THREE ASPECTS OF CHURCH

• John 1334-35
• "A new commandment I give to you, that you
  love one another, even as I have loved you, that
  you also love one another. 35 "By this all men
  will know that you are My disciples, if you have
  love for one another."

BUILD COMMUNITY
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THREE ASPECTS OF CHURCH

• What is Community?
• Agape
• Pneuma
• Koinonia

BUILD COMMUNITY
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THREE ASPECTS OF CHURCH

• Matthew 514-16
• "You are the light of the world. A city set
  on a hill cannot be hidden 15 nor does anyone
  light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on
  the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are
  in the house. 16 "Let your light shine before
  men in such a way that they may see your good
  works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

TOUCH THE WORLD
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THREE ASPECTS OF CHURCH

• TOUCH THE WORLD?
• WORDS / WITNESS
• WORKS
• WONDERS
• INDIVIDUAL CORPORATE

TOUCH THE WORLD
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A REVISIONED CHURCH?

• IF WE HAVE A GROUP OF CHRIST COMMITTED PEOPLE
  (DISCIPLES)
• IF WE ARE COMMITTED TO LOVE AND SERVE ONE ANOTHER
  (COMMUNITY)
• IF WE ARE SEEKING TO REACH OTHERS WITH THE GOOD
  NEWS OF JESUS LORDSHIP AND SALVATION (TOUCH
  SOCIETY)

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IS THE ORDER IMPORTANT?
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IS BALANCE CRUCIAL?
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IS BALANCE CRUCIAL?
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IS BALANCE CRUCIAL?
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THE MODELS AND WHAT IS CRUCIAL?
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SUMMARY

• THERE IS NO SINGLE NEW TESTAMENT MODEL OF
  CHURCH
• PAUL INTENDED ON FORMING NEW COMMUNITIES AROUND
  JESUS
• THE COMMUNITY OF CHRIST IS
• COMMITTED TO BEING A DISCIPLE
• LOVING ONE ANOTHER MINISTERING IN THE POWER OF
  THE HOLY SPIRIT
• A VISION TO SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD PENETRATE THE
  DARKNESS IN THE WORLD AROUND THEM.

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CHURCH
APOSTLE
PROPHET
TEACHER
EVANGELIST
PASTOR
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Life of Freedom w/Responsibility

• Disciple One Trained, disciplined (1 Tim)
• Five General Principles
• 1. Death to Life as in Jesus (Rom 6, Col. 2-3)
• 2. Life in the Lord (Eph. 61, Phil. 229,
  42 Col. 318, 1 Thess. 41)
• 3. Obedience to Gods revelation (Rom. 15,
  616 158 2 Thess. 18, 314 Phlm. 21)
• 4. To be lived by the Spirit (Gal. 516-26
  Rom. 81-13)
• 5. To be lived in terms of fulfilling purpose (1
  Thes. 212, 47 Eph. 41,2 Phil. 314 1 Thess.
  51-11)

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A New Way to Live

• In Holiness and Sanctification (1 Thes. 47 2
  Cor. 71)
• In Love No selfish purpose (Rom. 1413, 1 Cor.
  813, 1032 Phil. 23-4)
• With Liberty and Freedom in Conscience (1 Cor.
  721-22, 919 10 2 Cor. 317 Gal. 51,13)

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Future Hope

• Final Home/Judgment 2 Cor. 5 Romans 1411-12
• Rewards in Judgment 1 Cor. 312-15
• The already/Not Yet!