Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
What was the theme for our last Sunday School class? (The Personality of the Holy Spirit.) I mentioned a man named Arius, who, back in the third century said that the One Whom we call the “Holy Spirit” was nothing but the creative power of God. So Arius...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
When the executive tells his secretary to type something, what does he mean? When the botanist refers to a particular type of spruce tree, what does he mean? What does it mean to typecast something? To what does the theologian refer when he speaks of a type? The...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
When I say that the “Oldfields” will be going to a family reunion in August, who would you expect to be going? Does that include the Kjeldgaards? The term “Oldfields” refers to a specific unit made up of several individuals. When the whole...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
From what you know about the Holy Spirit, what would you say is His most important work? (Regeneration?) After His work in salvation what would you say is His most important work? (Inspiration???) How much can we know about God through human observation? If the Lord...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
Let’s create a fictitious and silly situation: Let’s say that I spoke English and you spoke English, and that under ordinary circumstances we have no difficulty communicating. How silly would it be, if I had someone interpret and rephrase every sentence...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
Is there a difference between mercy and grace? Is that difference great or small? (Relatively slight.) Describe God’s grace. (God’s doing for us what we do not deserve.) Describe God’s mercy. (God’s not doing to us what we do deserve.) In...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
What is the dictionary meaning of the word “regeneration”? (To make alive again.) How often is the word “regeneration” found in our Bibles? (Twice.) Only one of those two directly refers to that aspect of Soteriology which we call...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
Can God take sinners to Heaven, glorifying them and giving them eternal life without first converting them? Why, or why not? So God cannot be untrue to His holy nature in order to avoid dealing with our sins? Could God be true to Himself in simply exterminating...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
Did I leave the impression, last week, that the Lord could save people without the Holy Spirit indwelling them? Did I leave the impression that the indwelling of the Holy Spirit is not important? Is the indwelling of the Spirit important? What relationship does the...
Jan 5, 2015 | Pneumatology
Who was the first saint of God? How many miracles does the Bible tell us that he performed? Was Abraham a child of God? How many miracles did God perform through him? Was Job a saint? Did the Lord work miracles through him? Did the Lord work miracles through David?...
