Complete Bible Framework

God is glorified sequentially in time. God is also glorified in eternity. Man will ultimately be glorified in the Person of Jesus Christ because, as the Son of Man, He fulfills the destiny of man. Nature will be glorified in the new heavens and new earth. Questions and answers.

Review of the biblical context of the resurrection. Using the resurrection to represent a vague hope is improper and reveals a false theology. The fall and final judgment have cosmic results and bracket evil. Glorification is the ultimate, final aim and purpose of history. God is progressively glorified throughout history.

Historical, unbelieving, responses to the resurrection event. What is particularly offensive to unbelief about the resurrection? The resurrection confronts each of us with our future, permanent state; threatening “the enemies of Christianity with the consequences of unrepentant death!” Questions and answers.

The facts of the resurrection of Christ. The distinction between a spirit body (angels), resuscitation, and resurrection. The context of the resurrection. Our relationship with God requires that we have a body. Salvation is incomplete unless it includes the body. The resurrection is both implicit and explicit. The meaning of the resurrection. New Testament references to the resurrection. Questions and answers.

More examples from a debate. Rejecting the requirement for a blood atonement compromises the nature of God. The gospel will always offend unbelief. The historicity of the resurrection of Christ is essential to the historicity of the gospel! Jesus Christ’s post-resurrection appearances.

Evaluating a debate as a practical exercise to think through the Scripture. All the authors of the New Testament were monotheistic Jews (possible exception is Luke) and they had no problem with the Trinity and Christ’s deity. The rise of Islam in modern times. Major events in Scripture model the atonement. The nature and extent of the atonement. The Cross frees God to forgive sin without compromising His holiness. Questions and answers.

Issues from the death of Christ. The extent of the atonement and the protestant reformation. Luther and Calvin believed that Christ is the source of our assurance and that faith is assurance of our election. Later reformers altered the views of Calvin and Luther as a political/theological response to the attacks of Roman Catholicism. Four questions: election, justification, the nature of faith and sanctification. Questions and answers.

What is the relationship of the Cross of Christ to unbelievers and angels? The Cross changes the final condemnation of unbelievers from sin to unbelief. The Cross dooms fallen angels. The atonement is the sole legal basis for all grace. God calls all men to Himself with an atonement big enough for all people. God administers salvation asymmetrically. The fundamental difference between Roman Catholicism and the Protestantism of the Reformation. Whatever good exists is due to God. Evil exists because of rejection of God. [Lesson ends prematurely]

Using a magazine article to illustrate pagan tactical use of language. Words and language are very deeply and profoundly spiritual. Satan cannot deceive by presenting bulk error; he always includes enough undeniable truth. Questions and answers. The text for the Love Article is included at the bottom of the transcript for Lesson #139.

How to use the Biblical Framework over against the pagan world system. Unbelief does not endure because it doesn’t fit the universe the way God made it. Paul in Athens. Pagan tactical and strategic use of language. Questions and answers. Note:The text for the Love Article is included at the bottom of the transcript.

Review of the interconnected Biblical Framework, from creation through the death of Jesus Christ. Identifying and challenging the pagan worldview. Using major biblical themes as a yardstick for evaluation. The Bible is a story of the disruption of sinful civilization. The Bible is coherent! Questions and answers.

The extent of the atonement. Limitations of the human influence and governmental views of the Cross. The limited and unlimited atonement views. The atonement is the sole legal basis for all grace. Questions and answers.

The nature of atonement. Three approaches to the Cross of Christ from church history. The issue of salvation is theological and God-centered not psychological and man-centered. It is, therefore, unchanging and stable. The sanctification, human influence, and governmental views of the Cross, seen in two historical events of judgment-salvation. Questions and answers.

The Cross of Christ and unbelief. Unbelief in the virgin birth and the incarnation rejects the Creator/creature distinction. Unbelief in Scripture, as a historical record, reject a God Who speaks and reveals Himself. The Cross of Christ changes the basis for condemnation from personal sin to unbelief. The gospel both softens and hardens hearts. Jewish unbelief. Unbelief wants salvation without judgment. Gentile unbelief. Repentance alone does not save; there must be restitution. Without the need for atonement, the Cross of Christ becomes unnecessary. Unbelief must redefine the Cross of Christ. The act of approving what is wicked is worse than doing it! Questions and answers.

How the New Testament presents the Cross of Christ. Christ was in charge of His unique death and was both priest and sacrifice. The Cross has cosmic effects, changing the basis for condemnation. The Cross of Christ had angelic implications. God’s timing and the Cross of Christ. Questions and answers.

Features of the death of the Messiah. God creates truth and man discovers it. The Messiah is linked with suffering and substitutionary atonement. The history of Jewish interpretation of Isaiah chapter 53. The non-glorious death of the Messiah. Questions and answers.

Biblical faith is an historic faith. You can’t have doctrinal truths without historical integrity. The dilemma and limitations of the empirical approach. In every area of life, start with the Word of God. Questions and answers. Note:The text for the “Is the Bible True?” article is included at the bottom of the transcript.

Criticism leveled toward Christianity by the media. Reason and faith are not opposites. You can’t reason without faith. The unbelieving mind is inherently idolatrous. Justice is not ultimately determined by man. Man’s sense of justice is a derivative of God’s attribute of holiness. Man’s laws attempt to approximate God’s justice. The source of restitution for sin. Note:The text for the “Is the Bible True?” article is included at the bottom of the transcript for Lesson #132.

Pagan thought insists on the sufficiency of natural causes, but natural causes are insufficient. Our thought pattern is 95% of the battle in the Christian life. The Old Testament view of justice linked to the Cross of Christ. Blood atonement satisfies God’s justice. In Old Testament justice, the sin is against God, not man. There is a restitutionary component to biblical justice that refers to repairing the damage to God’s order. Questions and answers. Note:The text for the “Is the Bible True?” article is included at the bottom of the transcript for Lesson #132.

Two titles Jesus Christ used to identify Himself: “The Son of God” and ”The Son of Man.” “Son of Man” fulfills the Genesis mandate to rule, indicates moral perfection, and reflects a kingdom of perfect righteousness ruled by Jesus Christ. Questions and answers.