Complete Bible Framework

(Promise – Colossians 2:6) God has chosen to play favorites in human history, but He also holds His own people to higher standards! The earthly origin of the church. What was observed at Pentecost. The Old Testament Jewish calendar reveals God’s precise direction of human history. Questions and answers (basic truths that compose the gospel).

(Promise – Isaiah 26:3, 4) The events of Acts chapter one (Acts 1:1-8). Christ’s session precedes and forms the basis of Pentecost. John’s baptism. Jesus Christ reveals the coming baptism of the Holy Spirit. The kingdom postponed and the coming Church Age. Questions and answers.

The verb for “fulfilled” is sometimes used, in Scripture, as a platform or analogy and does not always refer to prophecy. The ultimate purpose of history is doxological, not redemptive. “If life in the resurrected state has a purpose, goals must exist beyond salvation.” Israel and the church are two distinct and separate peoples of God. Dispensational Theology and Reformed Theology have differences regarding the nature and mission of the church. Historic fruits of dispensationalism. Questions and answers.

(Promises) Dispensational theology. Dispensationalism carries the Protestant Reformation one more step: into the area of eschatology. Dispensational theology was the dominating force in the modern missionary movement. The structure of dispensationalism. Dispensationalism emphasizes a literal interpretation of the biblical covenants. Dispensationalism believes the ultimate purpose of history is doxological, not redemptive. Dispensational theology starts with the Old Testament and works forward to the New Testament. Questions and answers.

Reformed and dispensational theology. Reformed Theology kept some Roman Catholic practices and elements of Catholic theology. An example of how Reformed Theology attempts to attack premillennialism. The issue is how you think about faith. The effects of Covenant Theology. Covenant theology inductively creates two generic covenants, which are not stated in Scripture, above all the biblical covenants that are stated in Scripture. Reformed Theology has frozen the 16th and 17th century level of theology into permanent creeds and established unique rules for biblical interpretation. Questions and answers.

(Promise - Romans 8:32) The Bible doesn’t view faith as weak knowledge. The reformers advanced some elements of theology and froze some others in place. A point-by-point analysis of the acrostic TULIP. To “set aside one’s beliefs” is to adopt other beliefs. For Calvin, “because one has assurance of salvation, one can walk by faith” (relies on the perseverance of God rather than that of the believer). Questions and answers.

(Promise - Ephesians 3:20) Church history leading up to the reformation. Reformed Theology. The early reformation. Luther and Calvin defined faith as assurance. The second, third, and fourth generation reformers changed Luther and Calvin’s soteriology in response to Roman Catholic counterattacks. Soteriology, not eschatology, was the central battleground of the reformation. Questions and answers.

The heavenly origin of the church. The credentials of Jesus Christ, sitting at the Father’s right hand, cannot be challenged by Satan. David as an analog of Jesus Christ waiting for His kingdom. Christ’s current indirect strategy. Jesus Christ proved out the Church Age procedures available to every believer. Tactical victories in the angelic conflict. The impulse behind human good. Questions and answers.

(Promise - Philippians 4:6-7) Satan’s program and objectives in human history. Reasons for and categories of human suffering. God adjusts national boundaries according to whether people are seeking God or not. Suffering examples from Zechariah and Job. Satan’s operation is to get the creature to agree with him that God is not worthy of praise, worship and trust. Questions and answers.

(Promise - 1 Peter 5:6–10) God never saves apart from judgment. When God judges, He judges man, nature, and angels (as part of nature). Angels are implicated in historic acts. Angelic capabilities. Angels and political leaders. The fall of Satan. The angelic conflict and the resurrected, ascended, and seated Jesus Christ. Questions and answers.

When God judges, He always saves, and when He saves, He always judges. There’s always the threat of judgment in the message of God’s grace. The doctrinal consequences of Christ’s ascension and session. Judgment/salvation. The criteria for God’s perfect discrimination. Imputation has powerful implications. The high purpose for recording history is to document God and man’s behavior. Nature is involved in judgment/salvation as it relates to Christ’s session. Angelic involvement in God’s control of nature and history. Questions and answers.

(Promise - Romans 8:28) Reasons for suffering. All Christian suffering has a rational and ethical justification, but that justification may remain at the Creator level (Job). Old Testament passages that New Testament authors used to explain the ascension and session of Christ. Democracy and paganism. Questions and answers.

(Promise - Romans 8:28) Resting in the fact that God has a perfect plan. Old Testament pictures of the ascension and session of Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul identified Jesus Christ with YHWH God of the Old Testament. God views the political power structures of history, in a fallen world, as sub-human, animal-like. How the New Testament uses the “Son of Man” imagery. Looking above history. Questions and answers.

Faith rest (Romans 8:28). The pagan mind always attempts to remove personal responsibility before God. The physical ascension of Christ proves that Pentecost was not the second coming of Christ. The ascension and the three heavens. The ascension and session of Jesus Christ.

John the Baptist and Jesus Christ had the same message at the beginning of Christ’s ministry: “Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” The Cross works out of Christ’s rejection as king. The first and second advents of Christ are inseparately tied together. A weak view of Christ leads to a strong view of Caesar (the State). The sin central to God the Holy Spirit’s gospel ministry is the sin of rejection and disbelief in Jesus Christ. The ascension of Christ was as much a physical event as the Cross. Questions and answers (Clear gospel presentations).

Basic promises from the Word of God. The origin of the church. The kingdom will be established sequentially. Theology concerning the Millennium establishes the priorities for the obedience of the church. Dispensational versus non-dispensational Reformed Theology. The clear pattern of God working in history and the agency of man’s negative choices. Questions and answers.

Paul confronts unbelief (continued). The purpose of history. There are right ways and wrong ways to think. The resurrection of Christ is the first installment of the eternal state and, therefore, a massive threat to the unbeliever. God can’t reveal Himself any clearer than He is in the Person of Jesus Christ. Recognizing foolishness for foolishness and wisdom for wisdom.

Using the faith-rest drill. Deflating unbelief by exposing its foolishness. Unbelief is structurally hypocritical. How the Apostle Paul utilized the Word of God to confront a culture of unbelief (Paul dismantled his hearer’s worldview). The purpose of history. Questions and answers.

How the Apostle Paul approached and reasoned with a profoundly pagan group of people. Giving a reasoned defense for your faith. There is no such thing as “natural law.” Nothing works independently of God! Unbelief is inherently hypocritical. Quick review of the Framework series to this point.

The sobering side of the resurrection. The glorification of nature. Applications of the resurrection. The resurrection is the basis for the Christian hope and a powerful incentive to Christian living. The resurrection and the gospel. “The chief and the highest end of man.” Questions and answers.