Complete Bible Framework

Since God the Holy Spirit is omnipresent, in what sense did He come to earth? Regeneration. Sin is “intrinsically foreign to who we are as regenerate people in Christ.” What it means for Christ to be begotten. The post-Pentecost indwelling of God the Holy Spirit and His pre-Pentecost ministries. Temple imagery for God the Holy Spirit’s indwelling. Questions and answers.

Christ’s subordination of role does not imply inferiority of essence. Applications of kenosis and impeccability. The book of Acts is transitional. Ministries of God the Holy Spirit. The purpose of First John. Clearing up “problem passages” in the epistles of First John, Galatians, and Romans. Questions and answers.

Review of the foundation. Every great biblical truth can be linked to a key event. The Christian faith is a coherent set of sub-beliefs. You cannot believe in the content of biblical stories and deny their historicity. After salvation, the Kingdom of God is expanding the dominion over nature that God gave Adam. The Kingdom of God cannot come by means of fallen man. The life of Christ as background for regeneration (kenosis, impeccability). The basic Christian virtue is humility toward God. Questions and answers.

God’s character does not change, but He does vary the way He works in history. Ministries of God the Holy Spirit throughout Scripture. The doctrine of regeneration. “Eternal life” refers to that life which qualifies for eternal fellowship with God. How the Apostle John and the Apostle Paul approach Christian sin and fellowship with God. Questions and answers.

Brief review of the life of Christ. Only in the Bible does history have eternal repercussions. How to detect a genuine work of God the Holy Spirit. God the Holy Spirit’s emphasis is always Christ centered. Church creeds and God the Holy Spirit. Historical controversies concerning Jesus Christ and God the Holy Spirit. The person and work of God the Holy Spirit. God the Holy Spirit was “with” believers prior to Pentecost and is “in” believers after.

The idea of union with Christ is first seen at Saul’s Damascus road experience. How God expects believers to be obedient in one dispensation is different for believers in other dispensations. The human body is designed by God to glorify God as no other part of the universe can. The baptism of the Holy Spirit takes us out of union with the first Adam and puts us in union with the Second Adam (Jesus Christ). Cessation. The Trinity and God the Holy Spirit. Questions and answers.

A parable of Christ that foretells events recorded in Acts. A quick survey of the Book of Acts. God the Holy Spirit works differently in different situations in the Book of Acts. The repetition of Pentecostal phenomena tells us about the expansion of the church. The church universal. Cessation. Questions and answers.

Things to remember about God’s promises. Lack of faith insults God’s character. Step two of the faith-rest process. Examples of how to apply the Bible Framework. Peter’s interpretation of Pentecost. If you are not a dispensationalist, you’ll never understand the Book of Acts. Events of the Book of Acts were predicted in Matthew chapter 22. Questions and answers.

Guest speaker – Dr. Thomas Ice. Four foundational issues around which eschatology revolves. Amillenialism, premillenialism, and postmillennialism. The early church was entirely premillenial. Preterism, historicism, futurism, and idealism. The pre-tribulation, post-tribulation, and mid-tribulation Rapture views.

(Promise – Isaiah 41:10) Peter’s analysis of what occurred at Pentecost. Pentecost results from Christ’s session. Peter takes truths of Christ’s life and puts them inside an Old Testament structure. As a prophet, when writing Psalms, David sometimes enveloped himself prophetically in his whole dynasty. At Pentecost, Peter taught that Jesus Christ fulfilled that whole dynastic picture. Pentecost is the historical evidence that Jesus Christ made it to the Father’s right hand. Christ’s session is the heavenly origin of the church and Pentecost is the earthly origin of the church. Questions and answers.