“If the light that is in you be darkness,
how great is that darkness?” - Jesus
[Quick-Link] STUDY OUTLINE
Forward:
THE LONG WAY HOME
GOD’S
EXPECTATIONS:
In The Old Testament
In The New Testament
Summary and Conclusion
GOD’S
AUTHENTIC REDEMPTIVE PROCESS:
Shaped By His Expectations
It Is His Plan
It Is a Precise Plan
The Plan Employs a Process
A Quick Overview of the Redemptive
Process
It’s All Essential
The Process Requires Completion
A Father’s Anticipation
THE
WINDS OF CHANGE:
The Original Plan
Christ
Our Perfect Way Back
But That Was Then...
The Foundational Idea
The Term Its Self
The New Version
This Changes Everything
The Perfect Example: THE ROMAN
DILEMMA
The Devil’s Normal
Discrediting The “Non-responsibility”
Idea
REESTABLISHING
SOME CRITICAL CONCEPTS:
GRACE:
An Overspecialization
The Broader Meaning More
Accurate
A Superior Government
What It Is, What It
Isn't
How Very Logical
SIN:
The Nature of Sin and
The Sin Problem
The Sin Value
Back
To The Sin Issue
God's Primary Target
The Sin Voice: Open
Hostility vs. Quiet Independence
Condemnation, Absent
Expression
An Obvious Conclusion
Essential Sin = The Heart Value Of
Self- determination
FAITH:
Faith Is Also Two
Dimensional
A Non-responsibility
Twist
The Perfect Answer
Faith Ultimately
Rules
More Will Than Intellect
The Faith That Saves: Influential
Humility
Influential Humility
Defines The Believer
The Great Leap
THE NATURE OF GOD’S LOVE:
Love And
Respect: Some Interesting Connections
In
The Nature of God
In
The God’s Word
In
The Family Structure
Now,
Some Powerful Parallels
Respect
Comes In Three Types:
Based
In Nature
Based
In Position
Based
In Performance
In
A Word
Now God's Love
God's
Love Based In His Nature
God's
Love Based In His Position
God's
Love Based In Performance
Again,
Redefinition
In
Summary
Now,
God’s Love In Action
THE
DUAL ROLE OF CHRIST:
The Magnificent
Savior Of The World
The
Dying Christ: Our Reconciliation
Imputed Righteousness
A Sidebar:
Imputed Righteousness
1. It
is based in the work of Christ, not those of the believer.
2. It
is a transitional protection.
Reality Based Righteousness
The
Spirit Source
Imputed vs. Reality
Based
It’s
By Christ’s Faith
A
Protection Of Ever Diminishing Necessity
The
Non-responsible Exaggeration
A
False Security
Distortion
= More Distortion
In
Conclusion
Now, Back To The Dying Christ
The
Living Christ: Our Completion
The Believer’s Completion
The
Divine Merger
The Implications
The Great Mystery: A Completely
Unique Event
The Benefits of the Baptism
Character Fruit
The New Birth In Real
Terms
True Righteousness
God's Vision Enabled
A New Creature
An Empowered Faith
Power Over Sin
How This Works
The Target Event
The Most Important
Result
The Old Man, The New Man
Created According to
God
Free At Last, Free At
Last
The
Transformative Walk
Again,
It’s Like DNA
But,
It’s Never Merely A Growth Process
In
The Living Christ:Faith Empowers Grace
It Takes Both
Now, Let’s Return To – “The Roman Dilemma”
A
RETURN TO THE ROMAN DILEMMA
Back To The Dilemma: Romans 7: 14-25
The Carnal State: “The Big In
Between"
God’s
Purposes Served
And,
The Answer Does Come
The Conceptual Interpretation: Romans 7:14-25
“Flesh” Guided vs. Spirit Guided:
Romans 8:1-2
The Fallacy Exposed
The Conceptual Interpretation: Romans 8:1-2
Inner Values vs. External
Rules: Romans 8: 3-4
Two
Essential Objectives
The Conceptual Interpretation: Romans 8: 3-4
A
Sobering Contrast: Romans 8: 5-9
The Statement-Of-Faith Age
The
Sin Essence Will Be Eradicated
Again,
A Process Requiring Completion
The
“What If’s”
The
Important Take-away
The
Conceptual Interpretation: Romans 8: 5-9
Redemption:
A Very Serious Business
The
Spirit of Life: Romans 8: 10-11
The
Conceptual Interpretation: Romans 8:
10-11
A Vision Of Renewal: Romans 8:
12-17
Subjugation and Empowerment
The Conceptual
Interpretation: Romans 8: 12-17
The “Roman Dilemma”- The Real Picture
A Head-To-Head Summary: The True vs. The False
The
Final Conclusions
From Dilemma To Dream Come True
AN
IMPORTANT QUESTION:
The Question:
How do we account for occasional sinful failures?
How do we account for occasional sinful failures?
Vessels
Of Clay
The
War Of The Secondary
Is
This A Contradiction?
A
Cleansing Sub-process
Always With A View Of
Victory
The Larger
Conclusions
THE ULTIMATE QUESTION:
