The eNews Week of February 15, 2004
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IN THE eNEWS THIS WEEK
REGULAR HAPPENINGS
COMING UP
LIFE TOGETHER: Practicing what we preach
TFB: Our Beliefs
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REGULAR HAPPENINGS
WORSHIP @ 8:45 am—Main Worship Center
EAT, 4th Sunday @ 11:45 am
Next EAT is February 22
Meet in the TFB patio
SUNDAY GATHERING @ 10 am on Sundays—TFB College Room
February 22: Prayer, Fellowship, the Word, Worship Leader: Daniel Pribble
BIBLE STUDY @ 8:00-9:00 pm on Tuesdays— TFB College Room
Current Study: True Spirituality? Learning Jesus in the Gospel According to Mark
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COMING UP
THE PASSION, date TBA
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LIFE TOGETHER: Practicing what we preach
Today we had a spontaneous question and answer session. Here are some of the questions and resources as you ponder the answers.
Should Christians keep the Sabbath?
The Command to Keep the Sabbath
Why do Christians worship on Sunday instead of the Sabbath?
What is prophecy?
Jamieson, Fausset, Brown on 1 Corinthians 14: 1-2
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 14: 1-2
How did they decide which books went into the Bible?
How we got our Bible
The Content and Extent of the Old Testament Canon
Evangelicals and the Canon of the New Testament
What does “visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments” (Exodus 20:5-7) mean? The verse makes it sound like God holds a grudge.
Israel’s Worship (Exodus 20:1-7)
The discussion continues…
WAYS TO RESPOND
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- Make a phone call.
- Send an email.
- Go out to lunch.
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TFB: Our Beliefs
OUR CORE BELIEFS
The Truths We Stand Upon
Pastor Charlie
KEY PERSPECTIVES IN OUR APPROACH TO BELIEFS:
Unity in our core beliefs
Diversity in our non-core beliefs
Respect towards everyone
CORE BELIEFS
God Is The Creator And Ruler Of The Universe.
Genesis 1:1
Psalm 90:2
Daniel 4:34, 35
JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONE AND ONLY SON OF GOD AND THE ONLY SAVIOR FOR HUMANITY.
“You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or your can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.” (C.S. Lewis)
Philippians 2:6-8
Colossians 1:15-17
1 Peter 2:24,25
Acts 1:3, 9-11
Acts 4:12
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE THIRD PERSON OF THE GOD-HEAD.
*The Holy Spirit works along side God the Father and God the Son to fulfill the plan of God in our lives.
*God planned long ago to choose you by making you His holy people, which is the Spirit’s work
1 Peter 1:2
John 14:16,17
1 Corinthians 2:12
*The Holy Spirit lives in every Christian.
Ephesians 1:13
1 Corinthians 3:16
*The Holy Spirit provides the Christian with power for living
Acts 1:8
*Christians seek to live under His control daily.
Galatians 5:25
The Trinity?
THE BIBLE IS GOD’S WRITTEN WORD.
Unique qualities:
*Unity – 66 books, written over a period of 1500 years with 40 different writers, yet consistent
*Authority – over 2,000 times in the Old Testament it says:
“This is what the Lord says” or “The word of the Lord came to . . .”
2 Timothy 3:16, 17
2 Peter 1:20, 21
*Historical integrity and verifiability
*Salvation Emphasis
PEOPLE ARE GOD’S SUPREME CREATION BUT ARE SEPARATED FROM GOD BY THEIR SIN.
Genesis 1:27
“Sin” means “missing the mark.”
Romans 3:23
Romans 3:20
Matthew 5:21-22, 27-28
SALVATION IS GOD’S FREE GIFT TO EVERY PERSON WHO RECEIVES CHRIST JESUS.
‘Salvation’ means “to rescue.”
Romans 6:23
Ephesians 2:8, 9
2 Corinthians 5:21
Romans 10:9
ETERNITY CONSIST OF LIVING WITH GOD IN HEAVEN OR APART FROM GOD IN HELL.
*Heaven is used to refer to the material universe beyond earth.
*Heaven is used to refer to the eternal dwelling place of God.
Matthew 6:9, 10
*Hell is used to depict the final place of eternal punishment.
Revelation 20:10,12,15
*Every person will face God’s judgment.
Hebrews 9:27
*Every person decides their eternal destiny.
John 3:36
Summary
When God created human beings, He shared His own image and likeness with us. This gift makes each individual far too significant to live a brief, solitary life, then simple cease to exist. Each human being will exist beyond his or her physical death, to find a destiny in eternity. The gift God gave man also brought with it personal responsibility. Man was given the capacity to choose, and with that capacity came the possibility of making wrong, and even disastrous, choices. Sin brought mankind under God’s wrath, for justice demands that sin be punished. Yet human beings were too precious to God to be abandoned, so through Jesus’ suffering and death, God provided salvation for everyone who responds with faith to God’s offer of salvation: “God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him” (John 3:18). God has acted, at great personal cost, to free us from the threat of eternal punishment. Only refusal to respond to God’s revelation of Himself can now condemn an individual; the choice of each person’s destiny is his or hers alone.
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