Evidently the following are not all the features, etc., of these
truths. They are only a few of the features and references. It
is not meant to be a complete tabulation.
What The Bible Teaches About |
References |
God
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1) God is Holy:
a)
“Holy,
holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is,
and is to come.” (Rev. 4:8)
2) God is exclusive:
a)
“Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends
of the earth: for I am God, and there is none
else.” (Isa. 45:22
3)
God is love:
a)
For God so loved the world, that he gave His only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should
not
perish, but have everlasting life.” (Jn. 3:16)
4) God is merciful:
a)
“For
as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is
His mercy toward them that fear Him.” (Psa. 103:11)
5)
God is supreme:
a)
“Against all the gods of Egypt I will execute
judgment.” (Ex. 12:12)
6) God is Spirit:
a)
“God
is
a spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him
in spirit and in truth.” (Jn. 4:24)
7) God is Eternal:
a)
“And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba,
and called there on the name of the LORD, the
everlasting
God.” (Gen. 21:33; Isa. 40:28)
8) God is Light:
a)
“God is Light, and in Him is no darkness at all.”
(1 Jn. 1:5)
9) God is immutable:
a)
“I
am the LORD, I change not.” (Mal. 3:6; Jam. 1:17)
10) God is omnipresent:
a)
“Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither
shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up to
heaven, thou
art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou
art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and
dwell in the
uttermost part of the sea; Even there shall they
hand lead me, and they right hand shall hold me.”
(Psa. 139:7-10)
11) God is the Living God:
a)
“But
the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and
an everlasting king.” (Jer. 10:10; Acts 14:15)
12) God is Creator:
a)
“In
the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth.” (Gen. 1:1)
13)
God is omnipotent:
a)
“I know that Thou canst do every thing.”
(Job. 42:2; Matt. 19:26)
14)
God is omniscient:
a)
“Great
is our Lord, and of great power: His understanding
is infinite.” (Psa. 147:5; 1 Jn. 3:20)
15)
God is righteous:
a)
“O LORD God of Israel, Thou art righteous.” (Ezra
9:15; Psa. 145:17)
16)
God is faithful:
a)
“Know
therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God, the
faithful God.” (Deut. 7:9; Isa. 49:7)
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The Holy Spirit |
1)
He is God:
a)
“Thou
hast not lied unto men, but unto God.” (Acts 5:3-4)
2)
He is a real person:
a)
“Holy
men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy
Ghost.” (2 Pet. 1:21)
3)
He has moral character:
a)
“When
he the Spirit of truth, is come.” (Jn. 16:13)
b)
“Grieve
not the Holy Spirit of God.” (Eph. 4:30)
4)
Titles of the Holy Spirit:
a)
The Spirit of God (Gen. 1:2; Ex. 31:3; Num. 24:2; 1
Sam. 10:10)
b)
The Spirit of the Lord GOD (Isa. 61:1)
c)
The Spirit of the LORD (Jud. 3:10; 1 Sam. 10:6; 1
Kgs. 18:12)
d)
Thy Spirit (Psa. 143:10)
e)
The Spirit of God (1 Jn. 4:2)
f)
The Spirit of truth (1 Jn. 4:6)
g)
The Unction from the Holy One (1 Jn. 2:20)
h)
The Holy Spirit (Jn. 7:39)
i) The Spirit of your Father (Matt. 10:20) |
The Person Of Christ |
1)
He is Deity:
a)
“Whom as concerning the flesh Christ came,
who is over all, God blessed forever.” (Rom. 9:5;
Col. 1:15)
2)
His humanity:
a)
“For there is one God, and one mediator
between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (Rom.
1:3; 1 Tim.
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2:5, 7; Heb. 2:14) |
His Life |
1)
He is Holy:
a)
“I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of
God.” (Lk. 4:34; Acts 4:27, 30)
2)
He is the only Man God calls my Son:
a)
“Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten
Thee.” (Psa. 2:7; Matt. 2:15)
3)
He is the only One designated as “My
Servant”. (Isa. 42:1; 53:11; Matt. 12:18)
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The Death Of Christ |
1)
It was a vicarious work:
a)
“Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the
just for the unjust.” (1 Pet. 3:18; Rom. 4:25; 1
Cor. 15:3)
2)
It was a reconciling work:
a)
Jesus Christ died: “For if, when we were
enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of
His Son”
(Rom. 5:10; 2 Cor. 5:18; Col. 1:21)
3)
It was a voluntary work:
a)
“Therefore
doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life,
that I might take it again. No man taketh it
from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power
to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.
This
commandment have I received of my Father.” (Jn.
10:17-18; Phil. 2:8; Heb. 7:27)
4)
It was an evidence of His love for the
Father:
a)
“That the world might know that I love the
Father . . . Arise, let us go hence.” (Jn. 14:31)
5)
It was an evidence of His love for His own:
a)
“Having loved His own which were in the
world, He loved them unto the end.” (Jn. 13:1; Gal.
2:20) |
The Resurrection Of Christ |
1)
It was evidenced:
a)
He was seen. (Matt. 28:17; Mk. 16:14; Lk.
24:34, 36; Jn. 20:19, 26; 1 Cor. 15:5-6)
2)
He had a body:
a)
“A spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see
me have.” (Lk. 24:39; Phil. 3:21) |
His Birth |
1)
He was named before His birth:
a)
“Thou shalt call His name Jesus: for He shall
save His people from their sins.” (Matt. 1:21)
2)
His mother was a virgin:
a)
“Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a
son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” (Isa. 7:14;
Matt. 1:23)
3)
He alone is the Christ, the Saviour of the
world:
a)
“This is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of
the world.” (Jn. 4:42; 1 Jn. 4:14) |
His Coming Kingdom - The Millennium |
It will be characterized by:
a)
Establishment:
i)
“The mountain of the Lord’s house shall be
established in the top of the mountains.” (Isa.
2:2)
b)
Prosperity:
i)
“In His days shall the righteous flourish.”
(Psa. 72:7)
ii)
“The plowman shall overtaker the reaper, and
the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the
mountains shall drop sweet wine.” (Amos 9:13)
c)
Peace:
i)
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb . .
. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy
mountain.”
(Isa. 11:6-9)
d)
Power:
i)
“All kings shall fall down before Him.” (Psa.
72:11; Isa. 49:22-23)
e)
Unshakability:
i)
“We receiving a kingdom which cannot be
moved.” (Heb. 12:28) |
His Coming Again |
1)
He will come to the air:
a)
“We which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet
the Lord in the
air.” (1 Thess. 4:17)
2)
He will come to the earth:
a)
“His feet shall stand in that day upon the
mount of Olives.” (Zech. 14:4; Joel 3:12) |
Man |
1)
Adam was the first man and Eve was His wife:
a)
“Adam was first formed, then Eve.” (1 Tim.
2:13)
2)
Man was created by God, in His image and
likeness:
a)
“God created man in His own image, in the
image of God created He him.” (Gen. 1:27; 9:6; 1
Cor. 11:7;
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2 Cor. 4:4)
3)
Both were created for the will and delight of
God:
a)
“Thou hast created all things, and for thy
pleasure they are and were created.” (Rev. 4:11)
4)
Disobeyed God and brought condemnation on all
his family:
a)
“As by one man sin entered into the world,
and death by sin; and so death passed upon all
men.” (Rom. 5:12,
16, 17, 18) |
Hell |
1)
It is a literal place / the Lake of fire:
a)
“These both were cast alive into a lake of
fire burning with brimstone.” (Rev. 19:20; 20:10,
14, 15)
2)
It is a place of torment:
a)
“Lest they also come into this place of
torment.” (Lk. 16:28; Rev. 14:11)
3)
It is a place of righteous judgment:
a)
Man will be judged according to their works.
(2 Cor. 11:15; Rev. 20:12, 13) |
Sin |
1)
Everyone sins:
a)
“There is none righteous, no, not one: There
is none that understandeth, there is none that
seeketh after God.
They are all gone out of the way, they are together
become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good,
no,
not one.” (Rom. 3:10-12)
2)
Every human is corrupt:
a)
“Their throat is an open sepulcher; with
their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of
asps is under their
lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Their feet are swift to shed blood . . . the way of
peace they
have not known: There is no fear of God before their
eyes.” (Rom. 3:13-18) |
Eternal Life |
1)
It is more than living forever:
a)
“This is life eternal, that they might know
thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou
hast sent.”
(Jn. 17:3) |
Salvation |
1)
It is not by works:
a)
“Not by works of righteousness which we have
done.” (Titus 3:5; Eph. 2:9; Gal. 2:16)
2)
It is a gift:
a)
“The gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Rom. 6:23; 5:15-17; 2 Cor.
9:15) |
The Scriptures |
1)
They are inspired:
a)
Every word in the original Scriptures is
divinely inspired or God-breathed (1 Cor. 2:13; 2
Tim. 3:15, 16;
1 Pet. 1:10, 11; 2 Pet. 3:15, 16). Inspiration
applies to what is written, whoever may have been
the speaker,
writer, or actor.
2)
They are equal in authority:
a)
The writings of Moses and the words of the
Lord of Glory are of equal authority (Jn. 5:46, 47),
and the
testimony of Moses and Malachi of equal value to
that of resurrection itself (Lk. 16:31). |
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May God grant us good understanding as He, by His
Holy Spirit, deigns to guide us into all truth.
John 16:13
Rowan Jennings, Abbotsford,
British Columbia
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