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Baptismal Life Bible Class – The New Man = Faith, Part 11

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The Small Catechism says, “…and that a new man should daily emerge and arise to live before God in righteousness and purity forever.”   According to the Scriptures (Eph 4:23, 2 Cor 4:16, Col 3:10, Gal 4:19), the new (inward) man is faith.  This new man in the Christian is being renewed by God through the Gospel.  The two parts of the baptized life are not confession and good works, but confession and faith.  And where there is faith, the fruits of faith (good works) will follow.  Receive faith and you get good works.  Aim at good works and you will get neither faith nor good works.

Overheads: Lesson Eleven Overheads Baptism Apr 3 2016

Resources:  Lesson Nine Baptism Mar 20 2016
Lesson Six The Ways and Means of God in Mortifying old Adam
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Baptismal Life Bible Class – The Rising of the New Man, Part 9

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There are two parts to the baptized Life.  After eight lessons of “putting to death the old Adam,” it is time to discuss “the resurrection of the new man.”  Neither mortification, nor quickening can be found in the unbeliever.  This second part will teach us about God’s work in the Gospel to give faith which justifies and comforts those terrified by God’s work in the Law.

In this lesson we take a side trip to look at Plato’s philosophy from his cave analogy.  The Apology of the Augsburg Confession XII (para. 46) described a counterfeit mortification as Platonic and a fake faith as a Platonic figment.  We also saw the difference between a general faith (like the demons have- James 2:19) and personal faith which saves and sustains the baptized life of mortification and quickening.

Resources: Lesson Nine Baptism Mar 20 2016
Lesson Nine Overheads Baptism Feb 28 2016

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