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

The Word that Convicts

Welcome in the strong name of Jesus Christ! After your reading, study, discussion, and application of the materials in this lesson, you will be able to articulate and defend with Scripture the truth that: • The Word of God is that Word that convicts of sin, righteousness, and judgment. • Of all the ways we can understand the person and works of God, it is the Word of God in Scripture that enables us to understand sin - that it is universal in scope and corrupting in its character. • God’s Law convicts us of our sin, revealing the distance between our actions and intentions and God’s holy demands. • The Word of God convicts regarding righteousness, revealing our inadequacy in keeping God’s Law, and revealing God’s righteousness by faith through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. • The Word of God convicts regarding judgment, revealing God’s intent to bring to account all creatures everywhere, and his upcoming judgment on Israel and the nations, the Church, on Satan and his angels, and all the wicked dead. • The Word of God produces conviction regarding the nature of truth, i.e., what is true concerning God, his work in the world, and the destiny and purpose of humankind. • The Word of God also produces conviction about the primary subject of the Scriptures: the revelation of the person and work of Jesus Christ. • God’s Word also produces conviction regarding the overarching backdrop of all of God’s revelation: the revelation of his kingdom plan. • God’s Word produces conviction through the integrity of God’s chosen messengers, the prophets and the Apostles, who were given the task to represent and to speak of God’s person and plan.

Lesson Objectives

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