Theology 101Session 2: Man, the Bible, & Salvation

We Believe God

has a Plan for Man

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Man’s Origin

Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:26-27)

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We Believe God

has a Plan for Man

Man’s Nature & Substance

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus

Christ.” (1Thess. 5:23 ESV)

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We Believe God

has a Plan for Man

Dr. Mario Beauregard, PhD., Associate Research Professor at the

Departments of Psychology and Radiology, and the Neuroscience Research Center,

Université de Montréal

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We Believe God

has a Plan for Man

“but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he

does not hear.”

(Isaiah 59:1-2 ESV)

Death

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We Believe God

has a Plan for Man

Our Sin Separates us from God

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and

so death spread to all men,

because all sinned

(Romans 5:12 NASB)

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We Believe God

has a Plan for Man

Death

Man’s Depravity

"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

(John 14:6 ESV)

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There is Hope

“Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

(2 Corinthians 5:8 ESV)

“Today you will be with me in Paradise.”

(Luke 23:43)

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There is Hope

We Believe the Bible is

the Word of God

“The Holy Scriptures are our letters

from home.”

― Augustine of Hippo

“The primary purpose of reading the

Bible is not to know the Bible but to

know God.”

― James Merritt

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The Bible is the best-selling over time: more copies of the Bible have been sold than any other book ever written.

First book Translated: 250 B.C., the Old Testament (as we call it today) was translated into Greek by 70 scholars and thus became known as the Septuagint.

Interesting Facts

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Most Translated bookAs of 2016 whole Bible or

portions 2,933 languages

More Interesting Facts

43% of the world’s languages

Representing5,135 million

people5,135,000,000

i.e. 5.13 billion

Note: World population is 7.5 billion 6,500 spoken languages

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Law(Pentateuch)

History Poetry

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1&2 Samuel

1&2 Kings

1&2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

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Major Prophets Minor ProphetsIsaiah

JeremiahLamentations

EzekielDaniel

HoseaJoel

AmosObadiah

Jonah Micah

NahumHabakkuk

Zephaniah Haggai

ZechariahMalachi

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Law(Pentateuch)

History Poetry

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1&2 Samuel

1&2 Kings

1&2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Gospel(s) History Pauline Epistles

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

ActsRomans

1 & 2

Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 & 2 Thessalonians

1 & 2 Timothy

Titus

Philemon

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Other Epistles Apocalyptic

Hebrews

James

1 & 2 Peter

1,2,& 3 John

Jude

Revelation

Inerrant & Inspired

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.”

(John 14:26 ESV)

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“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for

training in righteousness, that the man of God may be

complete, equipped for every good work.”

(2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV)

Inerrant & Inspired

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We Believe in Salvation

by Grace

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“As I live, declares the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live…”

(Ezekiel 33:11 ESV)

We Believe in Salvation by Grace

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common grace. "For he makes his sun rise on the

evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just

and on the unjust." (Matthew 5:45)

We Believe in Salvation by Grace

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saving grace “to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” (John 1:12 ESV)

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16 ESV)

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But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy…so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”

(Titus 3:4-5a, 7 ESV)

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“For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” (Romans 3:23 ESV)

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“the wages of sin is death.” (Romans 6:23 ESV)

“The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9 ESV)

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"God our Savior…desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth."

(1 Timothy 2:4b ESV)

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"God our Savior…desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth."

(1 Timothy 2:4b ESV)

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Shuv

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Repent

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‘Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house’” (Luke19 ESV)

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“Without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”

(Hebrews 11:6 ESV)

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“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV)

“You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!” (James 2:19 ESV)

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“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentle-ness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” (Galatians 5:22-23 ESV)

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”

(Ephesians 2:10 ESV)

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“Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him….”

(1 John 3:2-3 ESV)

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