The Kingdom of God, Student Workbook, SW02

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T H E K I N G D O M O F G O D

B. We are also called to safeguard and protect the supremacy and necessity of the apostolic witness to Jesus Christ.

1. Christian faith - what the Apostles believed and taught about Christ and his Kingdom

2. God has entrusted the mysteries of the Christian faith to the Church - to defend, articulate, and announce, 2 Tim. 2.15.

3. Called to defend the faith “once delivered to the saints” by the Apostles, Jude 3

4. The certainty of false teachers and loose listeners in the Church, Acts 20.28-38; 1 Tim. 4.2-4

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5. The Church stewards God’s truth, and entrusts them to faithful witnesses who can equip others, 1 Cor. 4.2; 2 Tim. 2.2.

C. Evangelization is directly related to contextualization: sharing and defending the good news of the Kingdom go hand in hand, Millard Erickson.

III. The Church Is the Agent of the Kingdom of God through its Zeal for Good Works.

A. The Church was recreated in Christ to do good works, and be zealous for good deeds.

1. We will do greater deeds than Christ, John 14.12-13.