NEXT BIBLE STUDY on April 28, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Handout: The-Church.pdf
Overhead 1: Church-Pictures.pdf
Overhead 2: Church-Pictures-2.pdf
In this study, St. John (1:1-3) uses “Word” (Logos) to describe the Second Person of the Trinity. The Word describes the Christ before creation, and thus, it is a reference to His divine nature. It is not until verse 14, that we hear of Christ’s incarnation saying “the Word became flesh.” Continually, we are forced […]
The world-wide flood and the saving of Noah and his family in an ark is an historical event (Gen 6-9). The Lord was grieved at the general wickedness of man. This widespread corruption is seen in the actions of Cain’s descendants (Gen. 4:17-24). In contrast, the descendants of Seth (Gen 4:25-5:32) give us a description […]
The Bible is not a science book, nor is it designed with the purpose of presenting to us scientific principles, nevertheless, where the Bible speaks of creation it always tells the truth. The Triune God created the world in six normal days as described by Genesis, chapter one. Both theistic evolution and atheistic evolution deny […]
Class #12: This week we examined a host of Bible passages which bear witness to our one God and three persons. Applying the rules we learned concerning the internal and external works of the Trinity, we went through some useful and helpful observations that can help us in clearly speaking about the Holy Trinity–so that […]
Class #11: Last week we learned that the external works of God are undivided. “When God outside His essence works something among His creatures, then the three persons are together and work together, because there is one doer and maker.” The corollary, which needs to be maintained, is: “For in the external works the three […]
Class #10: How do we speak about the Triune God? The Athanasian Creed correctly instructs us that we need to do it “not confounding the persons nor dividing the substance.” In order to speak correctly, we must understand where the Holy Scriptures are speaking about the unity of God and where they are speaking about […]
Class #9: We think that God is working, when we are victorious and everything is going our way. When tragedy hits, we think that God has abandoned us. That kind of thinking is dead wrong. We learned from Jacob’s wrestling with God(Gen 32) and Manoah’s visit from God that we don’t recognize God. We don’t […]
Class #8: Romans 10:13-15 quotes Joel 2:32, “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.” With this phrase, the New Testament and the Old Testament agree that “calling on the name of the LORD” encompasses (1) the entire revelation of Jesus Christ (2) through the pastoral ministry(the preaching of the Word, the […]
Class #7: Exodus 3 is the greatest revelation of God’s proper name, “Yahweh,” in the Old Testament. Verses 13-14 read, “Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is […]
Class #6: Genesis 4:26, says, “And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on the name of the LORD.” The “name of the LORD” is not one particular name, nor does it simply denote prayer, as if there had been no prayer […]