Fight the Good Fight of Faith, English Edition

 • Fight the Good Fight of Faith: Playing Your Part in God’s Unfolding Drama

died to set us free. Now, by faith in him, we can be saved from the penalty and power of sin, and receive eternal life – we can join the Story that God is telling!

The Appendices you should study and meditate upon relevant to this lesson are the following: Once Upon a Time (App. 1) The Story God Is Telling (App. 2)

Appendices

From Before to Beyond Time (App. 6) The Shadow and the Substance (App. 7) Jesus Christ, the Subject and Theme of the Bible (App. 22) The Nicene Creed (App. 24 and 25) The Apostles’ Creed (App. 26)

All the world is a stage, it has been said. In no sense is this more true than in the great drama being played out which we might call the “Conflict of the Ages.” The plot in Scripture and history reveals a cosmic war between two kingdoms in which we are all playing a part according to God’s plan. It is against this backdrop of God’s Kingdom purpose in history that biblical writers have both written and interpreted Scripture.

~ James DeYoung and Sarah Hurty. Beyond the Obvious . Gresham, OR: Vision House Publishing, 1995, pp. 83-84.

God Almighty came to earth in Jesus of Nazareth, and reconciled the world to himself through his death on the Cross (2 Corinthians 5.19).

Key Principle

Read and reflect upon the following cases and concepts, and provide answers and insights into their resolution, based on the texts you studied above. 1. “I don’t think there is a God.” At work during lunch, Janice was discussing the idea of how the world came to be with her co-worker, Leah. Leah strongly believes that there is no evidence at all that God, or any god, exists in the world. All the religions have different ideas of who God is, how many gods there are, and what they count as sacred writings. Janice is a believer in Christ who believes that the Father

Case Studies