Ordination Preparation 12

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1 Peter: Keyword

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Suffering

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Purpose of 1 Peter

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To encourage and instruct Christians to live obediently in every area of practical life despite the threats and persecutions of a hostile world.

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Author and Date of 1 Peter

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The apostle Peter (also known as Simon)—an ordinary fisherman called by Jesus to be his disciple. Was known for his early overconfidence, his sad denial of Christ at his crucifixion, and later even for hypocrisy as an apostle (Gal. 2:11-14). But he also became a powerful preacher of Christ, a model shepherd, and a faithful martyr for his Master. He wrote this letter around the time of the burning of Rome, which Nero blamed on Christians. Hence, AD 64-65.

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Outline of 1 Peter

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In light of our suffering...

1. Remember our Great salvation (1:1-2:10)

2. Remember our Example before Men (2:11-4:6)

3. Remember our Lord will Return (4:7-5:14)

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1 Peter 1:21

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Born again through the living and abiding Word of God

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1 Pet 2:2

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Long for the pure mild of the Word

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1 Pet 2:5, 9

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Christians: A royal priesthood chosen to proclaim the excellencies of Christ

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1 Pet 2:13

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Submit to every earthly authority

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1 Pet 2:21-25

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Example of Christ's submission in death

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1 Pet 3:1-9

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Wives, submit to your husbands; husbands, love your wives

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1 Pet 3:15

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Sanctify Christ in your hearts; be ready to make a defense

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1 Pet 4:10-11

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Use your gifts - whether of speaking or of service - fully to the glory of God.

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1 Peter 5:1-4

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Special instructions for shepherds under the Chief Shepherd.

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2 Peter: Keyword

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Imposters

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Purpose of 2 Peter

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To warn and instruct Christians to counter the growing influence of false teachers who were infiltrating the churches in Asia Minor. Their false doctrines and immoral lifestyles would wreak havoc in the church if left unchecked.

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Parallel of 2 Peter

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The epistle of Jude. Together these two epistles are the strongest letters against false teachers

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Author and Date of 2 Peter

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The apostle Peter (see 1 Peter). He wrote his second epistle shortly before his martyrdom by Nero, in AD 67-68.

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Outline of 2 Peter

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In order to counter the imposters...

1. Know your salvation (1:1-15)

2. Know your Scriptures (1:16-21)

3. Know your adversaries (2)

4. Know your future (3)

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2 Pet 1:3

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His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness.

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2 Pet 1:19

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We have something more sure, the prophetic Word, a light shining in darkness

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2 Pet 1:20-21

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The inspiration of Scripture: the Spirit of God moved the writers

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2 Pet 3:1-9

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The coming Day of the Lord

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2 Pet 3:10-13

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The new heaven and new earth

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2 Pet 3:15-16

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Paul's writings = Scripture

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1 John: Keyword

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Tests

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Purpose of 1 John

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To provide spiritual tests in an increasingly confusing ecclesiastical environment to determine and describe true Christianity. These tests helped counter the false teaching of insipient Gnosticism (the syncretism of Christianity and philosophy), and passing these tests provided the basis for fellowship among professing Christians and assurance of eternal life with God

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Author and Date of 1 John

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John, the close disciple of Jesus (see Gospel of John). Written c. AD 90-95 during John's ministry in Ephesus, at the same time as 2 and 3 John.

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Outline of 1 John

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1. The Center of Fellowship: Jesus Christ (1:1-4)

2. Tests of Fellowship: Part 1 (1:5-2:17)

3. Tests of Fellowship: Part 2 (2:17-3:24)

4. Tests of Fellowship: Part 3 (4)

5. Tests of Fellowship: Part 4 (5)

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1 John 1:3, 5:13

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The purpose of the book in two dimensions: to establish the basis for fellowship with Christians (1:3) and with God (5:13)

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1 John 1:8, 10

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If we say we have no sin, or have not sinned, we lie

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1 John 1:9

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If we confess our sins, he will forgive and cleanse

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1 John 2:2

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If anyone sins we have an advocate, Jesus Christ the righteous

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1 John 2:16

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Lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, sinful pride of life

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1 John 2:19

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If they were truly of us, they would not have gone out from us

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1 John 2:20, 27

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We have an anointing, the Holy Spirit

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1 John 4:1

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Test the spirits

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1 John 4;4

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Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world

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1 John 5:4

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Everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world

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1 John 5:16-17

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The sin that leads to death.

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2 John: Keyword

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Necessities

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Purpose of 2 John

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To emphasize to a particular local group or house-church hosted by “the elect lady” the necessity of both truth and love in determining the basis for fellowship. In particular, love evidenced in hospitality was not to be shown to those who had distorted the apostolic teaching concerning Christ.

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Parallel of 2 John

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1, 2 & 3 John are all interconnected by the themes of truth and love. 2 & 3 John are both the shortest letters in the NT.

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Outline of 2 John

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1. The Basis for Fellowship (1-3)

2. The Necessity of Love (4-6)

3. The Necessity of Truth (7-11)

4. The Expression of Fellowship (12-13)

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2 John 6

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This is love, that we walk according to His commandments

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2 John 9

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Everyone who does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God.

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2 John 10

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Do not show hospitality to a false teacher

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Who is "the elect lady and her children?"

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Probably the believing lady (and her children) who hosted a house-church at her home

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3 John: Keyword

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Hospitatlity

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Purpose of 3 John

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To encourage Gaius to continue the loving expression of hospitality to faithful missionaries of the truth, while warning against prideful selfishness evidenced by Diotrephes

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Parallel of 3 John

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While 2 John warns against showing hospitality to false missionaries, 3 John calls for the showing of hospitality to true missionaries

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Outline of 3 John

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1. The Commendation of Hospitality (1-8)

2. The Condemnation of Selfishness (9-11)

3. The Continuation of Hospitality (12-15)

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Who is Gaius?

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John's beloved recipient of 3 John; an example of faithful host and supporter of Christian missionaries

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Who is Diotrephes?

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The antithesis of Gaius; a church leader who refused to show hospitality and expelled those who did.

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Jude: Keyword

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Contend

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Purpose of Jude

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To awaken Christians to the threat of false teaching and call them to contend earnestly for the apostolic faith in light of the danger of apostasy.

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Author and Date of Jude

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Jude, one of the half-brothers of Jesus, like the writer of James. Jude wrote after 2 Peter, but before the destruction of Jerusalem. Hence AD 68-70.

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Parallel of Jude

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2 Peter. The two epistles share commonalities in content and style. Jude even quotes from 2 Peter (17-18, cf 2 Pet 3:3)

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Outline of Jude

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1. The Call to Contend (1-4)

2. The Reason to Contend (5-16)

3. The Means of Contending (17-23)

4. The Goal of Contending (24-25)

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Jude 3-4

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Contend earnestly for the once-for-all-delivered-to-the-saints faith.

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Jude 24-25

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Doxology: "Now to Him who is able..."

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Revelation: Keyword

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Future

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Purpose of Revelation

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To encourage and exhort churches facing stagnation, worldliness, false teaching, persecution, and judgment by revealing to them the culmination of the purposes of God in human history, with Christ at the center.

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Author and Date of Revelation

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John the apostle, author of the fourth gospel and 1-3 John. John wrote from exile, on the island of Patmos, at the end of the first century. c. AD95. As the book prophecy describing the end of redemptive history, it serves as the close of the canon of special revelation

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Outline of Revelation

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1. The Glories of Christ / The things which you have seen (1)

2. The Churches of Christ / The things which are (2-3)

3. The Plans of Christ / The things which will take place (4-22)

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Rev 1:3, 20:7

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Blessed is the one who reads this prophecy and who keeps its words

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Rev 1:19

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The book's outline: the things you have seen, that are and that are to take place.

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Rev 3:10

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Believers will be delivered from the seven year tribulation period (Rev 6-18).

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Rev 12:1-4

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The "woman" - representative of Israel

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Rev 20:1-7

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"1000 years"

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Rev 20:11-15

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The Great White Throne judgment

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Rev 21:4

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No more tears, no more death, no more crying, no more pain.

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Rev 22:18-19

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Do not add or take away from this book.