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{THE MESSAGE}

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{GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM}

  1. Salvation for All - (The Good News announced by Jesus of Nazareth offers salvation and life to men and women of every nation and people) - {PDF Copy}
  2. God has Spoken! - (God has spoken His definitive word in His Son. All previous words given by the prophets were preparatory, promissory, and partial) - {PDF Copy}
  3. Demonstration of His Righteousness - (The “righteousness of God” refers not to an absolute moral standard but to the faithfulness of God to His promises) - {PDF Copy}
  4. Awaiting His Son - {PDF Copy} - (The Thessalonians received the Gospel in tribulation but remained faithful while anticipating the future return of Jesus – 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10)
  5. The Mission - {PDF Copy} - (The mission of the Assembly of Jesus is to proclaim the Good News of his Kingdom to all Nations until he returns – Matthew 24:14)
  6. Christ is Risen! - (Paul anchored all that God has done in the resurrection of Jesus, which also inaugurated the Messianic Age - Galatians 1:1-5) - {PDF Copy}
  7. His Name is Jesus! - (The name ‘Jesus’ means ‘salvation of Yahweh.’ In the man from Nazareth, the salvation promised to Israel arrived in all its glory) - {PDF Copy}
  8. Salvation and Wrath Revealed - (Paul presents his gospel to the assemblies of Rome, a message about God’s righteousness and wrath for all men) - {PDF Copy}
  9. Message and Mission - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus summoned his disciples to proclaim the Good News of his Kingdom to every inhabited corner of the Earth)

{PROMISES TO ABRAHAM}
  1. Heirs of the Covenant - (With the outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, the blessings for all nations promised to Abraham commenced) - {PDF Copy}
  2. Neither Jew nor Greek - (To return to the custodianship of the Law is to rebuild the wall between Jewish and Gentile children of God) - {PDF Copy}
  3. The City of Abraham - (New Jerusalem is populated in fulfillment of the promise to Abraham to bless all nations in the Promised Land) - {PDF Copy}
  4. The Inheritance of the Saints - (Believers are the heirs of Abraham and possession of the inheritance is guaranteed by the gift of the Spirit) - {PDF Copy}

{NEW COVENANT IN JESUS}
  1. The Age of the Spirit - (The Gift of the Spirit is part of the New Covenant, and the first fruits of the New Creation and the gathering of the nations) - {PDF Copy}
  2. Incomparable New Covenant - (In his death, Jesus inaugurated the promised and vastly superior new covenant, rendering the old one obsolete) - {PDF Copy}
  3. Circumcision - Cutting Issue - (With the new era inaugurated by Jesus, circumcision is no longer the sign of membership in the covenant community) - {PDF Copy}
  4. The Duration of the Law - (Galatians 3:14-24 - The Law was in force UNTIL the promised "seed" arrived) - {PDF Copy}

{RESURRECTION HOPE}
  1. We Shall Live! - (Paul reminded Timothy of the resurrection of Jesus and his victory over death since false teachers were denying the resurrection of believers) - {PDF Copy}
  2. The Redemption of Our Body - (Paul links the bodily resurrection of believers to the New Creation, and both events are part of the promised redemption – Romans 8:1-23) - {PDF Copy}
  3. Future Glory - (The Spirit of Christ indwells the true believer and will quicken his or her mortal body when Jesus raises the dead – Romans 8:18-39) - {PDF Copy}
  4. Sorrow Not  - {PDF Copy} - (Foundational to the believer’s future hope is the bodily resurrection of the righteous dead when Jesus arrives in glory)
  5. Meeting Jesus  - {PDF Copy} - (Paul responded to concerns about the dead in Christ by pointing to the resurrection that will occur when Jesus arrives from Heaven – 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
  6. Until the Day of Christ - (Paul expresses his goal of going on to perfection, a process that will culminate in our physical resurrection when Jesus arrives) - {PDF Copy}
  7. Life from the Dead - (Paul’s Gospel from humanity's plight due to sin to the resurrection of the dead through Jesus of Nazareth) - {PDF Copy}
  8. Final Events - (In explaining the future resurrection, Paul lists key events that will precede or coincide with the arrival of Jesus at the end of the age) - {PDF Copy}
  9. Redemption, not Abandonment - (Salvation includes the bodily resurrection and the New Creation that will take place at the arrival of Jesus) - {PDF Copy}
  10. Terminating Death - (The arrival of Jesus at the end of the age will mean the end of the Last Enemy, namely, Death. Its sentence will be reversed - 1 Corinthians 15:24-28) - {PDF Copy}

{NEW CREATION}
  1. Abraham, the Heir of the World - (Romans 4:11-17 - Humanity's hope is in the future bodily resurrection and new creation) - {PDF Copy}
  2. Inheritance of Abraham - (The promise of "land" finds its fulfillment in the New Creation, not in the ancient land of Canaan) - {PDF Copy}
  3. Future Hope- Resurrection and New Creation - (Humanity's hope is in the future bodily resurrection and new creation) - {PDF Copy}
  4. Paul and the Last Days - (The Apostle locates the start of the last days and the commencement of the New Creation in the resurrection of Jesus) - {PDF Copy}
  5. The Life-Giving Spirit - (Jesus dispenses the Life-Giving Spirit without which there is no enduring life. His words are spirit, and they are life) - {PDF Copy}
  6. Beginning of the Creation - (Revelation looks forward to the reign of Jesus in the New Creation, a reality inaugurated by his Death and Resurrection) - {PDF Copy}
  7. Redeeming the Nations - (The nations and the Kings of the Earth are found in the City of New Jerusalem because of the redeeming work of the Slain Lamb) - {PDF Copy}

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