DINE IN – How God Speaks Today Revelation 22:12-17 WEEK 1: PROLEGOMENA & GOSPELOLOGY: Loving God with all our Minds GENERAL REVELATION: WEEK 2: CHRISTOLOGY & BIBLIOLOGY – The Word of God, in Print & in Person Psalm 19:1-2; Romans 1:19-20 WEEK 3: THEOLOGY PROPER/PATEROLOGY – The Person and Work of God WEEK 4: ANTHROPOLOGY & HARMARTIOLOGY – Humanity and Sin WEEK 5: SOTERIOLOGY – Salvation Achieved and Received WEEK 6: ZOEOLOGY – The Christian Life (with Special Guest) WEEK 7: PNEUMATOLOGY – The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit SPECIAL REVELATION: WEEK 8: ECCLESIOLOGY – The Identity and Practice of the Church WEEK 9: MISSIOLOGY – The Mission of the Church #1: JESUS (Authoritative and Inerrant) WEEK 10: ESCHATOLOGY – Last Things Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 1:34-35; John 1:1, 14, 18; APPETIZER – Love Relates and Reveals Hebrews 1:1-4; 1 Peter 1:20-21; Revelation 22:12-17 Apostles Creed // Nicene Creed I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. ~ The Apostle Paul (Ephesians 1:17) #2: SCRIPTURE (Inspired and Useful) Relationship is a combination of observation and revelation. Matthew 19:4-5; John 5:39-40; 2 Timothy 3:16-17 WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA? God’s revelation to us always starts with people before paper, intimacy before ink. Our learning should follow God’s lead. #3: CHURCH (Anointed and Commissioned) 1. EDEN (Genesis 1-3) Matthew 28:18-20; 2 Corinthians 3:2-3; Ephesians 4:15; 2. PATRIARCHS (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob) 1 Timothy 3:15; 1 Peter 4:10-11; 1 John 2:20-27 3. TORAH (Exodus 20:19; Deuteronomy 5:23-27) 4. PROPHETS (Jonah 1:1; 2 Peter 1:20-21) 5. JESUS (John 1:1, 14, 18; Hebrews 1:1-2) 6. APOSTLES (John 14:26; 16:12-15; Acts 1:8; Ephesians 4:15) 7. US (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:25-28; Matthew 28:18-20; 2 Corinthians 3:2-3; Ephesians 4:15; 1 Timothy 3:15; TAKE OUT – Living What We Learn 1 Peter 4:10-11; 1 John 2:20-27) James 1:22-25 Home Church Questions... Quotes... HANGOUT [Warming Up to the Topic] I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that 1. How do you learn best? Reading? Listening? Watching? Conversing? the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, Doing? and his incomparably great power for us who believe. ~ The Apostle Paul 2. When you think or talk about the “Word of God”, are you usually thinking of the Bible or the Gospel or Jesus or something else? Be eager, therefore, to be firmly grounded in the precepts of the Lord and the apostles, in order that in whatever you do, you may prosper, physically and spiritually, in faith and love. ~ Ignatius of Antioch, Letters HEAR [Listening to God through Scripture] I pray, O God, to know thee, to love thee, that I may rejoice in thee. ~ Augustine, Confessions 3. Take time to review Sunday’s teaching. What are your “ah hah!” insights, lingering questions, and/or points of flat out disagreement? (Take your time. Jesus Christ, as he is testified to us in the Holy Scripture, is the one Word of God, whom Look up relevant Scripture passages as you go.) we are to hear, whom we are to trust and obey in life and in death. ~ Karl Barth, Barmen Declaration 4. The longest chapter in the Bible, Psalm 119, is literally a love song to Scripture. We don’t know for sure who wrote it, but many scholars think it Christian faith looks to Jesus Christ as attested in Scripture as the supreme revelation of was King David (and I’ll assume that as well). Let’s read a portion of it – God and the basis of understanding all things in relation to God. Only revelation through a person can be fully intelligible to us, who are persons, and only personal revelation can verses 9-16 and 97-105. adequately disclose the reality of God, who is supremely personal. a. What verse or idea stands out to you the most? ~ Daniel L. Migliore, Faith Seeking Understanding b. To what extent can you relate to David’s emotional response to God’s written word? The good news of Jesus presupposes two crucial things: (1) God has acted (so there is c. To avoid sin, David “hides” God’s word in his heart. How can that help? something to report; and (2) God has spoken (so the news is from God and the message is d. Throughout this Psalm, David speaks of “meditating” on Scripture. trustworthy). The gospel implies an acting and speaking God. What, if any, has your experience been with scriptural meditation? ~ Michael F. Bird, Evangelical Theology e. David moves from meditation to obedience, and claims that this makes In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless him even more insightful than his teachers and the elders. How do you and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was think David means this? hovering over the waters. And God said…. f. To what extent can you say your life agrees with David, that God’s word ~ Genesis 1:1-3 is a lamp for your feet and a light on your path? By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. For he spoke, and it came to be. ~ King David HUDDLE [Making It Personal and Praying Together] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 5. If we tried to discern your personal theology about the Scripture (your Through him all things were made…. And the Word became flesh. bibliology) based on how you relate to and make use of your own Bible, what ~ The Apostle John do you think we would conclude? He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times 6. How can your home church help you this week to deepen your connection for your sake. Through him you believe in God. with the “Word of God” in print and in person? ~ The Apostle Peter What is truth? June 15/22, 2014 // @bruxy ~ Pontius Pilate I am… the truth. ~ Jesus .