Conversion & Calling, Student Workbook, SW01

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C O N V E R S I O N A N D C A L L I N G

Jesus - Yes; the Bible - No!

There are many people who profess a deep allegiance to the person and teaching of Jesus, but have a problem with the truthfulness of the Bible. Jesus taught love, humility, and good will among people; the Bible, however, is filled with odd teachings about angels, demons, and miracles, things which many modern people find hard or impossible to believe. Do you think it is possible to embrace the person of Jesus Christ while, at the same time, calling certain things of the Bible into question? Can you say “Yes!” to Jesus, but a “No!” or “I’m not sure” to many things in the Scriptures? Must you believe everything that the Bible teaches in order to claim a true relationship and faith in Jesus? Why or why not?

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The Word that Creates

Segment 1

Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis

The Holy Scriptures are the Word of God, a written record of the Lord’s own living and eternal Word. The God of the Bible, the Triune God, guarantees the truthfulness of the Word of God, which makes it absolutely trustworthy. All things in the universe were made through God’s creative and life-giving Word. The Lord God identifies himself completely with the Word of God in Jesus Christ, the Second person of the Trinity, through whom God reveals himself, redeems the world, and will restore the universe under his righteous rule. Our objective for this first segment of The Word that Creates is to enable you to see, comprehend, and understand the implications of how: • The Holy Scriptures, the living and eternal Word of God, is identified directly with God’s person and his work. They are, therefore, completely reliable and absolutely authoritative in all they assert and claim. • The entire universe and all life it contains was created through the life-giving power of the Word of God. • God identifies himself completely with the Word of God, especially in the Second person of the Trinity, through whom God reveals himself, redeems the world, and will restore the universe under his righteous rule.

Summary of Segment 1