Christian Life Analogies 1. Athlete (II Timothy 2:5) 2. Farmer - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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)

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)

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.

Spiritual Armor

Emergent Church

Key Words In Emergent Circles 1. Conversation 2. Ambiguity 3. Story 4. Pluralism 5. Mystery 6. Ancient-Primitive 7. Orthopraxy Over Orthodoxy

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).

Five Key Characteristics 1. Syncretism 2. Secularization 3. Biblical Illiteracy 4. Ill-Defined Spirituality 5. Globalization

Review Of Rob Bell’s “Love Wins” “The sermons are going to be based on the Bible, but they will also use other sacred sources such as the Quran or something from Ghandi or the Dalai Lama. So, it’s the Bible plus. ”

I. Our Resources (10-11a) A. Authority Of God 1. Strengthened In The Lord 2. Might 3. Power B. Armor Of God

II. Our Resistance (11b-12) A. Satanic Foe I Thessalonians 2:18 & I Timothy 5:15 B. Spiritual Forces I Timothy 4:1

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).

“ 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)

Two Things Not To Do 1. Not Run James 4:7 & I Peter 5:9 2. Not Fall Matthew 26:41 & I Corinthians 16:13

1. Keep Pants Up 2. Keep Shirt In 3. Fashion & Design 4. Attachment For Items

Mobility & Stability

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 opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ” (II Corinthians 10:3-5).

Witchcraft Or Sorcery “ Pharmakei ” Satan Uses Drugs To Control Minds

Aart Van Windgerden

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”