SLIDE 1 Christian Life Analogies
- 1. Athlete (II Timothy 2:5)
- 2. Farmer (James 5:7)
- 3. Bride (Revelation (19:7)
- 4. Steward ( I Corinthians 4:1-2)
- 5. Temple (I Corinthians 3:16-17)
SLIDE 2 Christian Life Analogies
- 6. Servant/Slave (I Peter 2:16)
- 7. Field & Building (I Corinthians 3:9)
- 8. Adoption/Sons (Galatians 4:5)
- 9. Lights (Philippians 2:15)
- 10. Sojourners/Pilgrims (I Peter 2:11)
SLIDE 3
Soldier
“Share In Suffering As A Good Soldier Of Christ Jesus” (II Timothy 2:3) The believer must be ‘Semper Fidelis’: always faithful to truth.
SLIDE 4
Spiritual Armor
SLIDE 5
Emergent Church
SLIDE 6
Key Words In Emergent Circles
1. Conversation 2. Ambiguity 3. Story 4. Pluralism 5. Mystery 6. Ancient-Primitive 7. Orthopraxy Over Orthodoxy
SLIDE 7
Our Key Objection
Their Abhorrence To Propositional Truth “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6).
SLIDE 8 Five Key Characteristics
- 1. Syncretism
- 2. Secularization
- 3. Biblical Illiteracy
- 4. Ill-Defined Spirituality
- 5. Globalization
SLIDE 9 Review Of Rob Bell’s “Love Wins”
“The sermons are going to be based on the Bible, but they will also use
sacred sources such as the Quran
something from Ghandi
- r the Dalai Lama. So, it’s
the Bible plus.”
SLIDE 10
- I. Our Resources (10-11a)
- A. Authority Of God
- 1. Strengthened In The Lord
- 2. Might
- 3. Power
- B. Armor Of God
SLIDE 11
- II. Our Resistance (11b-12)
- A. Satanic Foe
I Thessalonians 2:18 & I Timothy 5:15
I Timothy 4:1
SLIDE 12
- III. Our Resolve (13-14a)
Twice: “Put On” (11,14) – Sink Into Clothes Twice: “Take Up” (13, 16) – Receive Up “The verb construction issues a command given with military snap and curtness, a command to be obeyed at once” (Theodore Epp).
SLIDE 13 “Whole Armor”
The Goal Is To Stand And Resist
- 1. Stand Against The Schemes (11)
- 2. Withstand In The Evil Day (13)
- 3. Having Done All, To Stand Firm (13)
- 4. Stand Therefore (14)
SLIDE 14 Two Things Not To Do
James 4:7 & I Peter 5:9
Matthew 26:41 & I Corinthians 16:13
SLIDE 15
- 1. Keep Pants Up
- 2. Keep Shirt In
- 3. Fashion & Design
- 4. Attachment For Items
SLIDE 16
Mobility & Stability
SLIDE 17 Belt Of Truth
“For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty
raised against the knowledge
God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ” (II Corinthians 10:3-5).
SLIDE 18
Witchcraft Or Sorcery
“Pharmakei” Satan Uses Drugs To Control Minds
SLIDE 19
Aart Van Windgerden
SLIDE 20
I Peter 1:13 (NKJV)
“Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ”
