Doctrinal Lessons

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Communicant / Doctrinal Lessons
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Summary
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Unida Christian Church Malabag Communicant Class
Lesson 1 I am Saved by God's Grace through Faith/Who will be Saved? Kaligtasan sa Biyaya ng Diyos Efeso 28-9
Lesson 2 I am Assured of my Salvation Ang Aking Katiyakan ng Kaligtasan Juan 1028-29
Lesson 3 The Apostle's Creed Ang Sinasampalatayanan 1 Cor. 86 Mat. 2531-46
Lesson 4 The Inspiration of the Bible Ang Kinasihang Salita ng Diyos 2 Tim. 315-17
Lesson 5 The God in Trinity Ang Diyos sa Tatlong Persona Gawa 238 ff
Lesson 6 The Necessity of baptism Ang Pangangailangan ng Bautismo Mateo 313-17
Lesson 7 The how of Baptism Ang Pagbabautismo Mateo 313-17 Acta 838,39
Lesson 8 Why should I give tithes Ang Pagbibigay ng Aking Ikapu Gene. 1419-20 Lev. 2730-34 Mal. 38-10 Mark 1241-44
Lessn 9 The Holy Communion Ang Banal na Hapunan 1 Corinto 1123-26
Lesson 10 My Responsibility as a Member of UCCM Ang Aking Tungkulin Bilang Kaanib ng UCCM  
Road to Damascus Spiritual Retreat (RDSR) PreRDSR, RDSR, Post RDSR, SOLD 1-3)
Baptism (after attending RDSR)
Movement promotion to regular Small Group Ministry (After Baptism)
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Detailed Outlines

• 4. Unida Statement of Faith
• 5. I Believe in the Triune God
• 6. I Believe in Baptism
• 7. Position Statement on Baptism
• 8. Biblical Giving
• 9. Duties and Responsibilities as a Church Member
• 10. Church Organizational Structure - National

• Salvation
• Who will be Saved?
• The Twelve Articles of Faith
• I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator
  of heaven and
• earth (The 1st article)
• I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our
  Lord (The 2nd)
• He was conceived by the power of the Holy
  Spirit, Born of
• the Virgin Mary, (The 3rd)
• He suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was
  crucified, died, and
• was buried. (The 4th)
• He descended to the dead On the third day He
  rose again
• (The 5th)
• He ascended into Heaven, And is seated at the
  right hand of the
• Father (The 6th)
• He will come again to judge the living and the
  dead. (The 7th)
• I believe in the Holy Spirit, (The 8th)
• The Holy Catholic Church, The Communion of
  Saints, (The 9th)
• The forgiveness of sins, (The 10th)
• The resurrection of the body, (The 11th)

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SALVATION
KEY TEXT For God so loved the world that he gave
his one and only Son, that whoever believes in
him shall not perish but have eternal life. For
God did not send his Son into the world to
condemn the world, but to save the world through
him. John 316-17

• BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONAL REFERENCE
• John 316-21

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• A. What is Grace?
• Grace Gods mercy given to those who dont
  deserve it. It is the most amazing God-given gift
  to everyone who desires to receive it and its
  priceless.
•  B. Description of Grace
• Grace comes from the Greek term CARIS, which
  means beauty or attractiveness. Grace originates
  within God. He does not see us in our miserable
  condition. He always looks upon us favorably.
  This produces the miracle of transformation. A
  good example for this is the time when God
  decided to destroy the earth with a great flood
  because of mans wickedness and corrupt ways. The
  only thing that preserved mankinds existence was
  that ... Noah found favor in the eyes of the
  Lord (Genesis 6 5-8).

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• C. Justification by Grace
• Some people think that in order to yield their
  lives to the Lord they must first become better
  than what they already are, so they continue on
  their futile way, preparing, trying to convince
  themselves that, tomorrow I will change. What
  is interesting about faith is that the Lord does
  not demand anything from us but our belief! Faith
  allows us to be able to declare that All the
  chastisement that I, a sinner, deserved, fell on
  that man Jesus, who had committed no sin and all
  the good that Jesus should have received came to
  me instead just because I believed in Him, God
  looks at me through His Son, Jesus and I
  communicate with God through Jesus Christ as
  well.

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• D. GRACE AND SIN
• In Rome, slaves were put up on a platform and
  placed against a post that had a spear nailed to
  it. This spear protruded over their heads as an
  indicator that that particular slave was for
  sale. Whoever bought the slave had total rights
  over him and the slave had no say at all he
  could not chose who would buy him and become
  ruler and master over him.
• The same thing happened to us because of sin. We
  were displayed in Satans market and the spear
  over our head was the adversarys accusing
  finger. It was necessary for us to be bought by
  someone. That is why Jesus purchased us with His
  blood when He died on the cross.

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WHAT IS SALVATION?

• Salvation is equivalent to rescue.
• As we use the term salvation, we are saying that
  a ransom will be exchanged, in order to set a
  person free from enslavement imposed on them by
  someone or something it may even be because of a
  system or an oppressive situation.

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CONCLUSION

• His saving grace is so precious that God, with
  all His power, could not find any other way to
  redeem us but through the blessed blood of his
  own Son. Through Jesus everything that man lost
  in Paradise was restored back to him through
  faith. However, no man will be able to enjoy life
  and spiritual riches without first admitting his
  condition as a sinner, accepting Christs
  sacrifice on the cross, and believing in Him.

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WHO WILL BE SAVED?
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Acts 412

• Salvation is found in no one else, for there is
  no other name under heaven given to mankind by
  which we must be saved."

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• What is Salvation?

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• Salvation refers to the act of God's grace in
  delivering people from bondage of sin and
  condemnation, transferring them to His kingdom ,
  and giving them eternal life.

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HOW CAN I BE SAVED?
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John 146

• Jesus answered, I am the way and the truth and
  the life. No one comes to the Father except
  through me. 

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WHO WILL BE SAVED?
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• Lets do an EXERCISE!

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Gearing Up

• You are travelling for vacation with your friends
  (which is your group members now) to the famous
  beach resort in the country - Boracay, through a
  luxury ship from Batangas port. While enjoying
  your voyage you were disturbed by the rushing
  waves continuously striking the ship due to
  strong typhoon you are unaware of and caught you
  unprepared, thus makes your boat slowly sinking
  at the ocean. And there's no other way but to
  abandon the ship using the life boats for you to
  be saved.
• Unfortunately, there's only one (1) available
  life boat for you which can only carry no more
  than four (4) persons or else it will sink.
  Meaning to say that there will be 4 persons among
  you that will be saved and some of you will
  suffer and sacrifice themselves for others to
  live.

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Please follow

• Decide among yourselves who will be saved and who
  will sacrifice to die for others to live by
  answering this question
• What is your purpose in life and why do you think
  you deserved to be saved?
• Then according to a good purpose based on
  everyones answer, you are to choose who will be
  saved
• 1. Choose and list all your names in the table.
  Then Identify the persons you want to save
  according to his/her good reasons, importance and
  values in this life by putting number
  chronologically (or by priority like, 1, 2, 3
  etc.) on the other column across each name.
• 2. Transfer and summarize all the votes on the
  given table. The persons who will get the highest
  votes from the group will be saved and the
  persons who will get the least votes will
  sacrifice their lives for others to live.

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Names of Votes
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Explore for Discussion

• 1. What is your feelings that your friends have
  chosen you to be saved from a sure physical
  death? Explain?
• 2. What is your reaction knowing that your
  friends did not choose you and now you're left
  behind to suffer a death penalty of drowning into
  the deep water? Explain?
• 3. Does it okay for you to suffer death? Would
  you like to be saved by Jesus Christ? Why do you
  think Jesus will save you from eternal punishment
  of death brought by your sins? Explain?

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The Twelve Articles of Faith
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The Creed, also known as the Twelve Articles of
Faith, expresses essential biblical doctrines
that have been articulated, defended, and
embraced for nearly two thousand years of church
history. Many evangelical Christians throughout
history have used the Apostles Creed as a
personal proclamation of their own faith.
Further, all evangelical denominations since the
Protestant Reformation have affirmed the
Apostles Creed without reservation.
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• I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of
  heaven and earth (The 1st article)
• I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our
  Lord (The 2nd)
• He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit,
  Born of the Virgin Mary, (The 3rd)
• He suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified,
  died, and was buried. (The 4th)
• He descended to the dead On the third day He
  rose again (The 5th)
• He ascended into Heaven, And is seated at the
  right hand of the Father (The 6th)
• He will come again to judge the living and the
  dead. (The 7th)
• I believe in the Holy Spirit, (The 8th)
• The Holy Catholic Church, The Communion of
  Saints, (The 9th)
• The forgiveness of sins, (The 10th)
• The resurrection of the body, (The 11th)
• And life everlasting. Amen. (The 12th)

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• 1. I Believe in God (Deut. 64 Matt. 2819)
• 2. The Father Almighty (Job 121)
• 3. Maker of Heaven and Earth (Gen. 11)
• 4. I Believe in Jesus Christ (Acts 412)
  
  
• His Only Son, Our Lord (Heb. 12)
• 5. Born of the Virgin Mary (Matt. 123)
• 6. Suffered under Pontius Pilate (Isa. 5312)
• 7. The Third Day He Rose Again (Rom. 425)
• 8. He Ascended into Heaven (Rom. 834)
• 9. He Shall Come Again (Matt. 2534)
• 10. I Believe in the Holy Spirit (John 1416)
• 11. The Holy Catholic Church (Eph. 44)
• 12. The Forgiveness of Sins (2 Cor. 519)
• 13. The Resurrection of the Body (Phil.
  123 Phil. 321)
• The Life Everlasting (1 Cor. 29).

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The Apostles Creed is profound for its pure
simplicity and its concise coverage of the major
topics of Christian teaching. The Apostles
Creed is the faith that all professing Christians
should know, what all pastors and priests should
teach, and what all bishops and theologians
should defend. Michael Bird
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Articles of Faith divided into three parts

• God the Father and our creation
• God the Son and our deliverance
• God the Holy Spirit and our
• sanctification.

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I BELIEVE IN GOD
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The Implication

• The Apostles Creed begins with four little words
  that seem so obvious for many religious person
  but miss their relevance in daily lives.
• I believe in God, which in Greek, faith or
  trust are the nouns for which believe is the
  usual and common verb. That I believe means I
  place my faith in or I place my trust in

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What do you believe when you say, I believe in
God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and
earth?

• That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
• who out of nothing created heaven and earth and
  everything in them,1
• who still upholds and rules them
• by his eternal counsel and providence,2
• is my God and Father
• because of Christ the Son.3

• I trust God so much that I do not doubt he will
  provide
• whatever I need for body and soul,4
• and will turn to my good whatever adversity he
  sends upon me in this sad world.5
• God is able to do this because he is almighty
  God6and desires to do this because he is a
  faithful Father.7
• 1 Gen. 1-2 Ex. 2011 Ps. 336 Isa. 4424 Acts
  424 14152 Ps. 104 Matt. 630 1029 Eph.
  1113 John 112-13 Rom. 815-16 Gal.
  44-7 Eph. 154 Ps. 5522 Matt. 625-26 Luke
  1222-315 Rom. 8286 Gen. 1814 Rom.
  831-397 Matt. 79-11

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Of God

• The word God initially denotes namely, the
  sole good which is truly ultimate, that is,
  capable of being loved and sought for its own
  sake.

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Of God the Father

• Father employs to characterize God as the
  ultimate ground of the cosmos, the one from whom
  all things, the one who generates all things. (1
  Cor 86)

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Of God the Father

• The Father of the cosmos, then, is known first of
  all as the Father of that eternal Word in whose
  incarnate work the exodus from Egypt is somehow
  repeated, renewed, and extended, and therefore as
  the source of that Spirit by whose power that One
  Son becomes a great blessing to all. (Heb. 210)

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Of God the Father Almighty

• Almighty pertains to omnipotence character of
  God.
• Isaiah 45
• 5 Ako si Yahweh, ako lamang ang Diyos at wala
  nang iba    palalakasin kita, kahit hindi mo
  ako nakikilala.6 Ginawa ko ito upang ako ay
  makilala mula sa silangan hanggang kanluran, at
  makilala nila na
• ako si Yahweh, ako lamang ang Diyos at wala
  nang iba.7 Ako ang lumikha ng dilim at liwanag
  ako ang nagpapahintulot ng kaginhawahan at
  kapahamakan. Akong si Yahweh ang nagpapasya ng
  lahat ng ito.

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Creator of heaven and earth

• In the beginning, God created the heavens and the
  earth. Now the earth was formless and empty,
  darkness was over the surface of the deep, and
  the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. (
  Gen. 11-2, NIV)
• The first verse of the Bible affirms that God
  made all things signified by the words, heaven
  and earth. And the second verse clarifies that
  the earth God originally made, was formless and
  empty which God then shaped into a habitable
  world for humanity over the six creation days. 

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Creator of heaven and earth

• Notice that God created all according to His
  will. God was not forced to create by any
  pre-existent being. God himself chose to create
  the world according to his good pleasure. Against
  Gnosticism, the second-century bishop Irenaeus of
  Lyons shows that the Bible teaches creation from
  nothing
• There is one God Almighty, who created all things
  through His Word He both prepared and made all
  things out of nothing, just as Scripture
  says For by the word of the Lord the heavens
  were made, and all their host by the breath of
  His mouth Ps. 336. And again All things were
  made through Him and without Him was made not a
  thing John 13.

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Creator of heaven and earth

• Father referred to the one eternal God who was
  uncreated (or in the language of the second
  century unbegotten unborn). Almighty because
  God has power over all things in the world.
  Nothing in Gods world can overpower God. This
  means God did was not forced to create the world
  but chose to from his good pleasure. Creator
  because everything, heaven and earth, was made
  by God from nothing. Matter was not eternal.

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Creator of heaven and earth

• Theophilus of Antioch summarizes this theology
• And God is without beginning, because He is
  unbegotten unborn or uncreated and He is
  unchangeable, because He is immortal. But he
  is Lord, because He rules over the
  universe Father, because he is before all
  things Fashioner and Maker, because He is
  creator and maker of the universe the Highest,
  because of His being above all and Almighty,
  because He Himself rules and embraces all. For
  the heights of heaven, and the depths of the
  abysses, and the ends of the earth, are in His
  hand, and there is no place of His rest.

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I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord

• The meaning of Christian is to be a follower of
  Christ. We believe in Christ as the Son of God.
  Without the Son of God, there is no Christianity.
  In Christianity, we believe the Son of God was
  begotten before eternity. The Son of God is fully
  God and fully man and He is our mediator between
  us and God.

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Of begotten Son

• And He is the image of the invisible God, the
  first-born of all creation. (Col 115 NAS)
• I came forth from the Father, and have come into
  the world I am leaving the world again, and
  going to the Father. (John 1628 NAS)
• We say begotten from the Father which means
  coming forth from, originating, or
  generating from the Father. This can be found
  in the Westminster Confession of Faith and its
  catechisms. The Larger Catechism says,

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Of begotten Son

• The Westminster Larger Catechism Question 10
• Q. 10. What are the personal properties of the
  three persons in the Godhead?
• A. It is proper to the Father to beget the Son,
  and to the Son to be begotten of the Father, and
  to the Holy Ghost to proceed from the Father and
  the Son from all eternity.
• This simply means that God has an order to His
  nature. Not that God has three gods within Him
  but, that he is self generating, self sustaining,
  and order. In the Orthodox teaching of the
  trinity, God is the Mind, the Word, and the
  Spirit. We see God as three in His thought, word,
  and will. The Word of God is begotten or
  generated from the Mind of God.

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Of Conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the
Virgin Mary

• The most important part of Christs nature is the
  fact that He was conceived by Holy Spirit and
  born from a woman. Even more important is the
  teaching that He was born from a virgin. The
  reason behind this is to teach that Christ is
  mediator between God and man.
• In order for Christ to be God and Man, He needs
  to have the nature of God and the nature of man
  without confusion of both natures.
• This simply means that there are not chunks of
  God mixed with chunks of man. Nor is the Spirit
  of Christ God and the rest of Him human.
  Christianity teaches that Christ is inseparably
  man and God united together as one person in
  Christ.

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Of Conveived by the Holy Spirit, born of the
Virgin Mary

• Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign
  Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a
  son, and she will call His name Immanuel. (Isa
  714 NAS)
• Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and
  shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name
  Immanuel, which translated means, God with us.
  (Mat 123 NAS)
• and kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a
  Son and he called His name Jesus. (Mat 125 NAS)

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Of Conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the
Virgin Mary

• And the angel said to her, Do not be afraid,
  Mary for you have found favor with God. And
  behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bear
  a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. He will be
  great, and will be called the Son of the Most
  High and the Lord God will give Him the throne
  of His father David and He will reign over the
  house of Jacob forever and His kingdom will have
  no end. And Mary said to the angel, How can
  this be, since I am a virgin? And the angel
  answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will
  come upon you, and the power of the Most High
  will overshadow you and for that reason the holy
  offspring shall be called the Son of God. (Luke
  130-35 NAS)

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Of Conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the
Virgin Mary

• We believe that God became man in order to be
  with us, not only to experience the same trouble
  we go through physically, but to die for our sins
  in our place as a perfect substitute in our
  behalf.
• We believe Christ is also God so that He can
  truly teach us what God has to say, He can
  directly represent us in Gods presence, and He
  can have the ability in and of Himself to have
  power over death. This is possible through Christ
  being born of God and not merely of a human. If
  Mary was not a virgin, there could be a legal
  challenge to the claim that Christs Father is
  God. In other words, we know Christs Father is
  God because Mary had no physical relationship
  with a man.

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Of Conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the
Virgin Mary

• The Westminster Shorter Catechism states this
  well.
• Q. 22. How did Christ, being the Son of God,
  become man?
• A. Christ, the Son of God, became man, by taking
  to himself a true body, and a reasonable soul,
  being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost,
  in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and born of her,
  yet without sin.
• Westminster Shorter Catechism Question 22

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Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was Crucified,
Died and was Buried

• An essential teaching in Christianity is the
  crucifixion and death of Christ. Christians teach
  that the death of Christ was for the purpose of
  making propitiation for our sin, reconciling us
  to God, and paying the price for our sins in our
  place. The Westminster Confession of Faith
  states
• The office of Mediator the Lord Jesus did most
  willingly undertake which that he might
  discharge, he was made under the law, and did
  perfectly fulfill it, was prosecuted by Pontius
  Pilate, endured most grievous torments
  immediately in his soul, and most painful
  sufferings in his body, was crucified, and died,
  was buried, and remained under the power of
  death, yet saw no corruption.
• Westminster Confession of
  Faith VIII. Of Christ the Mediator

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Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was Crucified,
Died and was Buried

• According to the Bible and historians, there was
  a governor of Judea named Pontius Pilate. The
  gospel writers wrote that Christ was tried in the
  court and convicted by Pilate as a criminal. This
  conviction led to Christs execution. The death
  penalty in the Roman times was carried out by
  crucifixion. While the account that Jesus was
  crucified may only be verified by the gospel
  writers. It is a historical fact that Pontius
  Pilate was the province in Judea and that the
  common form of execution was crucifixion. This
  can be verified in history books written by Philo
  and Josephus.

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Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was Crucified,
Died and was Buried

• The apostle John, in his gospel, said,
• There they crucified Him, and with Him two other
  men, one on either side, and Jesus in between.
  (John 1918 NAS)
• Not just Christ was crucified in this manner
  but, many people who were convicted were executed
  this way. The reason for Christ being prosecuted
  by Pontius Pilate was to show that, Christ, who
  was innocent of the charges against Him, was
  convicted by not only the Jewish community, but
  society as a whole. The Heidelberg Catechism puts
  it like this
• Q. 38. Why did he suffer under Pontius Pilate
  as his judge?
• A. That he, being innocent, might be condemned by
  an earthly judge, and thereby set us free from
  the judgment of God which, in all its severity,
  ought to fall upon us.
• Heidelberg Catechism Question 38

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Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was Crucified,
Died and was Buried

• The purpose of Christs death was to act as a
  substitutionary atonement for our sins. Christ
  was innocent and did no wrong. He payed the
  penalty required by God in our place.
• For Christ also died for sins once for all, the
  just for the unjust, in order that He might bring
  us to God, having been put to death in the flesh,
  but made alive in the spirit (1Pe 318 NAS)
• For I delivered to you as of first importance
  what I also received, that Christ died for our
  sins according to the Scriptures, (1Co 153 NAS)
• Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our
  sorrows He carried Yet we ourselves esteemed Him
  stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. But He
  was pierced through for our transgressions, He
  was crushed for our iniquities The chastening
  for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His
  scourging we are healed. (Isa 534-5 NAS)

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Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was Crucified,
Died and was Buried

• This part is confused by some however, the Bible
  is clear. Christ was not buried at all. He was
  placed in a tomb. In other words, they did not
  dig a hole and throw His body in it and cover Him
  with dirt. The Bible says,
• and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had
  hewn out in the rock and he rolled a large stone
  against the entrance of the tomb and went
  away.(Mat 2760 NAS)
• And when his disciples heard about this, they
  came and took away his body and laid it in a
  tomb. (Mar 629 NAS)
• And he took it down and wrapped it in a linen
  cloth, and laid Him in a tomb cut into the rock,
  where no one had ever lain. (Luk 2353 NAS)
• Therefore on account of the Jewish day of
  preparation, because the tomb was nearby, they
  laid Jesus there (John 1942 NAS)

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Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was Crucified,
Died and was Buried

• By buried, the creed is expressing that He was
  dead. Dead enough to be placed in a tomb. The
  Heidelberg Catechism states it well.
• Q. 41. Why was he buried?
• A. To confirm the fact that he was really dead.
• Heidelberg Catechism Question 41

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Why does the creed add, He descended to hell?

• To assure me during attacks of deepest dread and
  temptationthat Christ my Lord,
• by suffering unspeakable anguish, pain, and
  terror of soul,
• on the cross but also earlier,
• has delivered me from hellish anguish and
  torment.1
• 1 Isa. 53 Matt. 2636-46 2745-46 Luke
  2244 Heb. 57-10

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How does Christs resurrection benefit us?

• First, by his resurrection he has overcome death,
• so that he might make us share in the
  righteousness he obtained for us by his death.1
• Second, by his power we too are already raised to
  a new life.2
• Third, Christs resurrection is a sure pledge to
  us of our blessed resurrection.3

• 1 Rom. 425 1 Cor. 1516-20 1 Pet. 13-5
• 2 Rom. 65-11 Eph. 24-6 Col. 31-4
• 3 Rom. 811 1 Cor. 1512-23 Phil. 320-21

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What do you mean by saying, He ascended to
heaven?

• That Christ, while his disciples watched,
• was taken up from the earth into heaven1and
  remains there on our behalf 2 until he comes
  again
• to judge the living and the dead.3
• 1 Luke 2450-51 Acts 19-112 Rom. 834 Eph.
  48-10 Heb. 723-25 9243 Acts 111

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What do you believe concerning the holy
catholic church?

• I believe that the Son of God
• through his Spirit and Word,1out of the entire
  human race,2from the beginning of the world to
  its end,3
• gathers, protects, and preserves for himself
• a community chosen for eternal life4
• and united in true faith.5
• And of this community I am6 and always will be7
• a living member.

• 1 John 1014-16 Acts 2028 Rom. 1014-17 Col.
  1182 Gen. 263b-4 Rev. 593 Isa. 5921 1
  Cor. 11264 Matt. 1618 John 1028-30 Rom.
  828-30 Eph. 13-145 Acts 242-47 Eph.
  41-66 1 John 314, 19-217 John 1027-28 1
  Cor. 14-9 1 Pet. 13-5

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I BELIEVE

• Ob. Oscar Paredes

59
I believe in the Holy Spirit The Holy Catholic
Church, the communion of saints. The forgiveness
of sin The resurrection of the body And life
everlasting, Amen.
60
The origin of the Apostles Creed is to be found
in the form learned by the catechumen in the
course of His preparation of baptism in the early
church. This kind of confession was called
symbolum and was not intended to be a complete
summary of Christian doctrine, but rather a brief
statement about the Trinity and the person and
work of Christ. The New International Dictionary
of the Christian Church
61
I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
I
62
Ang Diyos ang nagpatibay sa amin at sa inyo sa
pamamagitan ng pakikipag-isa kay Cristo, at Siya
rin ang humirang sa amin. Tinatakan Niya kami at
pinagkalooban ng Kaniyang Espiritu, bilang
katunayang tutuparin Niya and Kaniyang
pangako. II Corinto 121-22
63
A. Pasimula ng Paniniwala na ang Banal na
Espiritu ay Diyos

• Mula taong 325-451 A.D. mayroong apat (4) na
  ecumenical council (general council) na gaganap
  upang lutasin ang kontrobersiya ukol sa pagiging
  Diyos ni Cristo, pagiging Diyos ng Banal na
  Espiritu, lubusang kahinaan o kabulukan ng tao
  (total depravity of man), at ang dalawang
  kalikasan ni Cristo. Pagiging tao at Diyos.

64
A. Pasimula ng Paniniwala na ang Banal na
Espiritu ay Diyos

• Council of Necaea 325 A.D. Christ is divine.
• Council of Constantinople 381 A.D. the Holy
  Spirit is divine.
• Council of Ephesus 431 A.D. natural man is
  totally depraved.
• Council of Chalcedon 451 A.D. Christ is human
  and divine.

65
B. Pinagsasaligan ng Paniniwala na ang Banal na
Espiritu ay Diyos

• Gawa 53-4 Kayat sinabi ni Pedro, Ananias
  anot napadaig ka kay Satanas, at nagsinungaling
  sa Espritu Santo? Hindi ka sa tao nagsinungaling
  sa Diyos ka nagsinungaling.

66
B. Pinagsasaligan ng Paniniwala na ang Banal na
Espiritu ay Diyos

• 2 Corinto 317 Ang Panginoong binabanggit dito
  ay ang Espiritu, at kung saan ang Espiritu ng
  Panginoon, naroon ang kalayaan.

67
B. Pinagsasaligan ng Paniniwala na ang Banal na
Espiritu ay Diyos

• Sa talatang ito, ang salitang Panginoon ay
  maaaring tumutukoy sa Diyos at kay Cristo. Pareho
  lamang ito dahil ang Diyos, si Cristo, at ang
  Banal na Espiritu ay iisang Diyos. Ang Espiritu
  Santo ay espiritu ng Diyos at espiritu ni Cristo
  at kung saan naroon ang espiritu ay naroon ang
  kalayaan, kapag nasa atin ang Espiritu ni Cristo,
  tayoy ay talagang malaya. Thomas Hale

68
C. Ang Banal na Espiritu at Nagtataglay ng Likas
na Katangian ng Diyos

• 1. Ang Banal na Espiritu ay Walang Hanggan
• Heb. 914 Gaano pa kaya ang dugo ni Cristo, na
  sa pamamagitan ng Espritu na walang hanggan ay
  inihandog ang Kaniyang sarili na walang dungis sa
  Diyos ay maglilinis ng inyong budhi sa mga
  gawaing patay upang magsipang-lingkod sa Diyos na
  buhay. (AV)

69
C. Ang Banal na Espiritu at Nagtataglay ng Likas
na Katangian ng Diyos

• 2. Ang Banal na Espiritu ay nasa Lahat ng Dako
  (Omnipresente)
• Awit 1397-8 Saan ako paroroon na mula sa iyong
  espiritu? O saan ako tatakas na mula sa iyong
  harapan? Kung sumampa ako sa langit, nandyan ka
  kung gawin ko ang aking higaan sa Sheol, narito,
  ikaw ay nandoon. (AV)

70
C. Ang Banal na Espiritu at Nagtataglay ng Likas
na Katangian ng Diyos

• 3. Makapangyarihan sa Lahat (Omnipotente)
• Lucas 135 Bababa sa iyo ang Espiritu Santo, at
  lililiman ka ng kapangyarihan ng kataas-taasan.
  Kaya naman ang banal na bagay na ipanganganak ay
  tatawaging Anak ng Diyos.
• Job 2613a Sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang Espiritu
  ay ginayakan Niya ang langit.

71
C. Ang Banal na Espiritu at Nagtataglay ng Likas
na Katangian ng Diyos

• 4. Marunong sa Lahat (Omnisyente)
• 1 Corinto 210 Ngunit ang mga ito ay ipinahayag
  sa ating ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng Espiritu
  sapagkay nasisiyasat ng Espiritu ang lahat ng mga
  bagay, oo, ang malalalim na bagay ng Diyos.

72
C. Ang Banal na Espiritu at Nagtataglay ng Likas
na Katangian ng Diyos

• 4. Marunong sa Lahat (Omnisyente)
• Ang Banal na Espiritu ay Diyos. Siya ay isa sa
  tatlong personang bumubuo ng kadiosan. Tunay na
  ang katotohanang ito ay nararapat na lubos na
  maunawaan ng mga tunay na mananampalataya.
• 
  Gavino S. Tica

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THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS
(ANG BANAL NA IGLESIANG LAGANAP, ANG PAGKAKAISA
NG MGA BANAL)
II
74
Ang Iglesiang Cristiano ay institusyon sa bagong
tipan. Nagsimula ito noong Araw ng Pentecostes at
magwawakas sa ikalawang pagparito ng Panginoon.
75
Ang salitang Iglesia ay galing sa salitang
griego na Eklesia, na ang ibig sabihin, tawagin
mula sa. Ang mga Cristiano ay tinawag mula sa
sanlibutan upang mapa-kay Cristo. Alban Douglas
76
1 Pedro 29 Datapwat kayo ay isang lahing
hinirang, mga seserdote ng hari. Isang bansang
nakatalaga sa Diyos. Pinili kayo ng Diyos upang
maging Kaniya at maghayag ng mga kahanga-hangang
gawa Niya. Siya rin ang tumawag sa inyo mula sa
kadiliman tungo sa Kaniyang kagila-gilalas na
kaliwanagan.
77
A. Catholic Church

• Catholic, the original Christian church before
  the schism between east and west. (Websters
  Dictionary)
• After having been one for a thousand years, the
  church in 1504 was divided that year the two
  parts of the church, the Greek eastern part and
  the Latin western part separated from each other.
  
• The Church in History by B.K. Kuiper

78
A. Catholic Church

• The visible church consists of those whose names
  are on local church rolls, all earthly
  denominations and sects, good, bad and
  indifferent would be included in the visible
  church.

79
B. The Communion of the Saints (Ang Pagkakaisa ng
mga Banal)

• In the New Testament, saints is a frequent
  designation of Christians, and it indicates that
  they are consecrated to God and reflect His
  character. Dictionary of Bible Theme by H.H.
  Rowley

80
B. The Communion of the Saints (Ang Pagkakaisa ng
mga Banal)

• Colosas 12 Sa mga banal at tapat na mga
  kapatid kay Cristo, na nangasa sa Colosas
  sumainyo nawa ang biyaya at kapayapaang mula sa
  Diyos na ating Ama.

81
B. The Communion of the Saints (Ang Pagkakaisa ng
mga Banal)

• Acts 242 They devoted themselves to the
  apostles teaching and to the fellowship to the
  breaking of the bread and to prayer.

82
THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS
III
83
1 Juan 34-5 Ang bawat nagkakasala ay lumalabag
sa kautusan ng Diyos, spagkat ang kasalanan ay
paglabag sa kautusan. Nalalaman ninyong naparito
si Cristo upang pawiin ang ating mga kasalanan
at Siyay walang kasalanan.
84
A. Two Aspects of Sin

• 1. Original sin
• Roma 512 Ang kasalanay pumasok sa sanlibutan
  sa pamamagitan ng isang tao, at kamatayan sa
  pamamagitan ng kasalanan niya. Dahil dito,
  lumaganap ang kamatayan sa lahat ng tao sapagkat
  ang lahat ay nagkasala.

85
A. Two Aspects of Sin

• 1. Original sin
• Awit 515 Narito, akoy inanyuan sa kasamaan
  at sa kasalanan ay ipinaglihi ako ng aking ina.
  (AV)

86
A. Two Aspects of Sin

• 2. Actual Sin
• Roma 323 Sapagkat ang lahat ay nagkasala at
  walang sinumang karapat-dapat sa paningin ng
  Diyos.

87
B. Two ways of sinning

• Doing what the law prohibits not doing what the
  law commands. Ang nakakaalam ng mabuti na dapat
  niyang gawin ngunit hindi ito ginagawa ay
  nagkakasala. (Santiago 417)

88
C. Forgiveness of Sins

• Sin is rebellion against God, and therefore
  forgiveness must come from Him. Forgiveness is
  through Christ alone. This forgiveness comes when
  a sinner puts faith in Christ as a savior. Jay E.
  Adams

89
THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY
IV
90
The Gospels do not explain the resurrection the
resurrection explains the Gospel. Belief in the
resurrection is not an appendage to the Christian
faith it is faith. John S. Whale
91
A. Our Bodily Resurrection is Guaranteed by the
Fact of Christs Resurrection

• 1 Corinto 1514 At kung si Cristoy hindi
  muling binuhay, walang kabuluhan an gaming
  pangangaral at walang katuturan ang inyong
  pananampalataya.
•  
• 1 Corinto 1520 Ang totoo, si Cristo ay muling
  binuhay bilang katibayan na muling bubuhayin ang
  mga patay.

92
B. The Resurrection of the Body

• 1 Corinto 1540a, 42 May katawang panlangit at
  mayroon namang panlupa. Ganyan din sa muling
  pagkabuhay. Ang katawang inilibing ay nabubulok,
  ngunit di mabubulok kailanman ang katawang muling
  binuhay.

93
B. The Resurrection of the Body

• The resurrection of the body is an essential
  doctrine in scripture. It refers to Gods raising
  of the body from the dead and reuniting it with
  the persons soul and spirit, from which it was
  separated during the intermediate state. Full
  Life Study Bible

94
LIFE EVERLASTING
V
95
Juan 173 Ito ang buhay na walang hanggan ang
kilalanin ka Nila, ang iisa at tunay na Diyos, at
si Jesu-Cristo na iyong sinugo.
96
1 Juan 512 Ang pinananahanan ng Anak ng Diyos
ay may buhay na walang hanggan. Ngunit wala nito
ang hindi pinananahanan ng Anak ng Diyos.
97
Eternal life is given by the work of the Holy
Spirit at the moment of faith in Christ. As in
the case of the incarnation of Christ, however,
the Trinity is related to the impartation of
life. Bakers Dictionary of Theology
98

• UNIDA STATEMENT OF FAITH
• (adapted with slight revision from the Apostles
  Creed)

99
Unida Christian Church Statement of Faith
Unida Christian Church Statement of
Faith(approved August 6, 2022 by the Board of
Directors)

• I believe in the Holy Scripture, the inspired
  Word of God, infallible and the ultimate
  authority of our faith composed of 39 books of
  the Old Testament and 27 books of the New
  Testament.
• I believe in one God in three persons God the
  Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit who
  are co-equal, co-eternal, and con-substantial
• I believe in the Father Almighty, Creator of
  heaven and earth.
• I believe in Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son,
  our Lord and Savior conceived by the power of
  the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary,
  suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified,
  died, and was buried rose from the dead on the
  third day ascended into heaven and is seated at
  the right hand of God. He will come again to
  judge the living and the dead.
• I believe that salvation is by grace through
  faith in Jesus Christ, by which grace and faith
  are both gifts from God and that I have no part
  whatsoever in my personal salvation
• I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy universal
  church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness
  of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the
  life everlasting. Amen.

100
Ang ating Sinasampalatayanan
Unida Christian Church Statement of
Faith(approved August 6, 2022 by the Board of
Directors)

• Sumasampalataya ako na ang kaligtasan ay biyaya
  ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya na
  ang biyaya at pananampalataya ay pawang kaloob ng
  Diyos at wala akong bahagi para sa aking personal
  na kaligtasan.
• Sumasampalataya ako sa Espiritu Santo, sa banal
  na iglesiang laganap sa pagkakaisa ng mga banal
  sa kapatawaran ng mga kasalanansa muling
  pagkabuhay ng katawanat sa buhay na walang
  hanggan. Siya Nawa.

• Sumasampalataya ako sa Banal na Kasulatan, ang
  kinasihang Salita ng Diyos, walang kamalian at
  natatanging batayan ng aking pananampalataya
  itoy binubuo ng 39 na mga aklat sa Lumang Tipan
  at 27 mga aklat sa Bagong Tipan.
• Sumasampalataya ako sa iisang Diyos, na may
  tatlong persona Diyos Ama, Diyos Anak, at Diyos
  Espiritu Santo, magkakapantay sa kadakilaan,
  kapangyarihan, at pagka-walang hanggan
• Sumasampalataya ako sa Diyos Amang
  makapangyarihan sa lahat, lumalang ng langit at
  ng lupa.
• Sumasampalataya ako kay Jesu-Cristo, na anak na
  bugtong niya, Panginoon at tagapagligtas natin
  na sa hiwaga ng Espiritu Santo, ipinanganak ng
  Birheng Maria nagdamdam ng hirap sa kahatulan ni
  Poncio Pilato ipinako sa krus, namatay, at
  inilibing sa ikatlong araw nabuhay sa mga patay
  umakyat sa langit, at lumuklok sa kanan ng Diyos
  Amang Makapangyarihan sa lahat doon magmumula at
  paririto upang humukom sa mga buhay at mga patay.

101
Unida Christian Church Statement of
Faith(approved August 6, 2022 by the Board of
Directors)

• I believe in the Holy Scripture, the inspired
  Word of God, infallible and the ultimate
  authority of our faith composed of 39 books of
  the Old Testament and 27 books of the New
  Testament.
• I believe in one God in three persons God the
  Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit who
  are co-equal, co-eternal, and con-substantial
• I believe in the Father Almighty, Creator of
  heaven and earth.

102
Unida Christian Church Statement of Faith
Unida Christian Church Statement of
Faith(approved August 6, 2022 by the Board of
Directors)

• I believe in Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son,
  our Lord and Savior conceived by the power of
  the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary,
  suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified,
  died, and was buried rose from the dead on the
  third day ascended into heaven and is seated at
  the right hand of God. He will come again to
  judge the living and the dead.

103
Unida Christian Church Statement of Faith
Unida Christian Church Statement of
Faith(approved August 6, 2022 by the Board of
Directors)

• I believe that salvation is by grace through
  faith in Jesus Christ, by which grace and faith
  are both gifts from God and that I have no part
  whatsoever in my personal salvation
• I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy universal
  church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness
  of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the
  life everlasting. Amen.

104
Unida Christian Church Statement of Faith
Unida Christian Church Statement of
Faith(approved August 6, 2022 by the Board of
Directors)

• Sumasampalataya ako sa Banal na Kasulatan, ang
  kinasihang Salita ng Diyos, walang kamalian at
  natatanging batayan ng aking pananampalataya
  itoy binubuo ng 39 na mga aklat sa Lumang Tipan
  at 27 mga aklat sa Bagong Tipan.
• Sumasampalataya ako sa iisang Diyos, na may
  tatlong persona Diyos Ama, Diyos Anak, at Diyos
  Espiritu Santo, magkakapantay sa kadakilaan,
  kapangyarihan, at pagka-walang hanggan
• Sumasampalataya ako sa Diyos Amang
  makapangyarihan sa lahat, lumalang ng langit at
  ng lupa.

105
Unida Christian Church Statement of Faith
Unida Christian Church Statement of
Faith(approved August 6, 2022 by the Board of
Directors)

• Sumasampalataya ako kay Jesu-Cristo, na anak na
  bugtong niya, Panginoon at tagapagligtas natin
  na sa hiwaga ng Espiritu Santo, ipinanganak ng
  Birheng Maria nagdamdam ng hirap sa kahatulan ni
  Poncio Pilato ipinako sa krus, namatay, at
  inilibing sa ikatlong araw nabuhay sa mga patay
  umakyat sa langit, at lumuklok sa kanan ng Diyos
  Amang Makapangyarihan sa lahat doon magmumula at
  paririto upang humukom sa mga buhay at mga patay.

106
Unida Christian Church Statement of Faith
Unida Christian Church Statement of
Faith(approved August 6, 2022 by the Board of
Directors)

• Sumasampalataya ako na ang kaligtasan ay biyaya
  ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya na
  ang biyaya at pananampalataya ay pawang kaloob ng
  Diyos at wala akong bahagi para sa aking personal
  na kaligtasan.
• Sumasampalataya ako sa Espiritu Santo, sa banal
  na iglesiang laganap sa pagkakaisa ng mga banal
  sa kapatawaran ng mga kasalanansa muling
  pagkabuhay ng katawanat sa buhay na walang
  hanggan. Siya Nawa.

107
Jude13 (MBB) Mga minamahal, buong pagsisikap
kong ninais na sulatan kayo patungkol sa
kaligtasang tinanggap nating lahat. Kailangang
sulatan ko kayo at ipagtagubilin sa inyo na
inyong ipaglaban ang pananampalatayang
ipinagkatiwala minsan at magpakailanman sa mga
banal. to contend for the faith that was once
for all entrusted to Gods holy people. (NIV)
108
2 Timothy 215

• Do your best to present yourself to God as one
  approved, a worker who does not need to be
  ashamed and who correctly handles the word of
  truth.

109
I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURE/BIBLE
110

• The term Bibliology (from Greek biblos meaning
  book) refers to the study of the nature of the
  Bible as revelation.
• It often includes such topics as revelation,
  inspiration, inerrancy, canonicity, illumination,
  and interpretation.

111
REVELATION

• We use the term revelation to translate the
  Greek term ajpokavluyi" or apokalupsis, which
  means to unveil or uncover. Biblically
  speaking, revelation is the act and process
  whereby God makes Himself known to men and
  angels. This he has done through miracles,
  visions, dreams, theophanies, providential
  control of history, conscience, Jesus Christ, and
  Scripture.

112
REVELATION

• Theologians have spoken of general revelation
  through nature (i.e., the created order),
  conscience, and providentially orchestrated
  history and special or particular revelation
  primarily in Christ and Scripture (Ps 191-6 Rom
  118-20 214-16 Acts 1724-34 John 114-18).
  Thus general revelation is equally available to
  all men at all times and while it alone cannot
  save, it is nonetheless both essential and
  preparatory to special revelation.

113
INSPIRATION

• Inspiration is the theological word, derived
  from the Latin term spiro, used to refer to the
  process whereby God superintended the human
  authors of scripture so that what they wrote was
  simultaneously their own words as well the Word
  of God himself God breathed out his words
  through the words (using the minds and
  personalities) of his spokespeople. Thus, through
  Spirit-inspired writings God has preserved a
  historical/theological record of his words and
  deeds and has given it to his covenant people as
  a means of grace that they might trust him fully
  and obey him implicitly. As a result of our
  sinfulness and finiteness we stand in need of
  such divine guidance and wisdom scripture was
  inspired to that end.

114
INSPIRATION

• Inspiration, however, is not limited to
  mechanical dictation (indeed, very little of it
  can be said to be mechanical in any way), as we
  might have, say, in the receiving of the Ten
  Commandments (or the letters to the churches in
  Revelation 2-3), but rather occurred in a variety
  of situations involving the writers as whole
  people (their minds, emotions, wills, etc.) in
  their own particular life situations (linguistic,
  religious, political, economic, etc.).
• The end product, however, was always Gods Word
  to man through man (2 Tim 316 2 Pet 120-21)
  and carries his full weight and authority.
  Technically speaking, inspiration applies to the
  autographa (not copies or translations).

115
INSPIRATION

• Some theologians have referred to the verbal
  (extending to the actual words, not just
  concepts),
• plenary (the entire Bible, not only those parts
  that seem to speak directly to issues of faith
  and practice) inspiration of Scripture.
• In our opinion, this is the view that (1) best
  corresponds to the view of OT writers, the
  prophets, Christ himself and his apostles, and
  (2) best represents the historic
  position/understanding of the church on this
  issue. Since the Enlightenment in France and
  Germany (17th/18th centuries), however, it has
  been fashionable to deny the verbal, plenary
  inspiration of Scripture in light of apparent
  historical inaccuracies and philosophical
  objections, particularly with the existence and
  nature of God as well as the limitations of
  language. But, while we can learn much from these
  views, we may safely set aside their
  antisupernaturalistic prejudices as both
  unfounded and contrary to the teaching of Jesus
  who himself strongly upheld the complete
  trustworthiness of Scripture without reserve
  (e.g., Matt 517-20).

116
INNERANCY

• Inerrancy, although not always properly defined,
  is a logical corollary to inspiration and in no
  way diminishes the human authorship of scripture.
  If what the authors of Scripture penned was
  indeed under the supernatural influence and
  guidance of the Holy Spirit (as is properly
  affirmed), then since God is true, what they
  wrote and affirmed is in all ways true as well.
• Thus inerrancy applies to the autographa and
  Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic copies insofar as they
  faithfully reproduce the autographa. The doctrine
  rightly teaches that the scriptures are without
  error in all that they affirm (i.e., properly
  interpreted), whether they refer to geographical,
  historical, or theological issues.
• Thus the scriptures are the final authority in
  matters of faith and practice and take precedence
  over tradition, culture, and creed. This doctrine
  also allows for different literary styles, poor
  grammar, approximations in numbers, etc. (Psalm
  119).

117
CANONICITY

• The sixty-six books of scripture constitute the
  Protestant canon in that they provide Gods rule
  for faith and life. The process of canonicity
  involves the churchs recognition of the divine
  origin and authority of the sixty-six books of
  scripture. She, as the redeemed community,
  constituted of those who have genuine faith in
  Jesus Christ, is qualified for this task. It is
  important to note, however, that she did not
  determine which books were canonical, but only
  recognized those books which were canonical
  scripture is self-authenticating.

118
CANONICITY

• In the case of the Old Testament, generally
  speaking, she received it as the authoritative
  Bible of her Lord and his apostles, i.e., the
  prophetic message of God which was now fulfilled
  in and through Christ.

119
CANONICITY

• In the case of the New Testament, the church, by
  applying varying tests such as apostolicity (was
  it written by an apostle or authenticated by an
  apostle?), universality (was it widely read and
  accepted?), and character (sufficiently
  spiritual, directed at godliness, doctrinal
  content in agreement with other apostles)
  recognized which books were from the Lord and
  which were not, though the process was by no
  means finalized by the end of the first century.
  In AD 367, in the 39th Easter Letter of
  Athanasius, we find a list of the 27 books of the
  NT we have today. This list was accepted by the
  churches east of the Mediterranean while churches
  in the west came to accept the same list some 30
  years later, in AD 397, at the Council of
  Carthage.

120
CANONICITY

• There are undoubtedly many reasons which prompted
  early Christians to preserve the writings of the
  apostles, but perhaps the passing away of the
  apostles as well as the development of heresies
  (e.g., Marcion) and doctrinal disputes, were two
  of the most significant, and negatively viewed.
• Also, the Diocletian persecution (AD 303-11), in
  which Christians were tortured, their property
  taken, and their sacred books destroyed by fire,
  undoubtedly helped to move the church along in
  its recognition of which books were sacred (i.e.,
  inspired) and which were not. That is, there
  arose the need to know which books to copy and
  preserve in light of the possibility that the
  state continue to try and destroy the faith.

121
CANONICITY

• The extent of the canon has been in some question
  among Protestants and Catholics since the
  addition of the Apocrypha at the Council of Trent
  (AD 1545-63).
• Anyone who has read these books will find them
  spiritually encouraging, much the same as reading
  great Christian literature, but they should not
  be regarded as on par with the 66 books, a fact
  which is recognized even by the Catholic Church
  in its reference to them as deuterocanonical.

122
ILLUMINATION

• Illumination refers to the work of the Spirit in
  the believer/believing community enabling
  him/her/them to understand, welcome, and apply
  inscripturated truth (cf. 1 Cor 29-14). For our
  part, we are to follow sound methods of
  interpretation in keeping with the nature of
  Scripture and generally accepted principles for
  understanding written communication.
• Further, we are, by faith in Christ, to put into
  practice that which the Scripture teaches us,
  lest we become blinded by our accumulated
  ignorance (James 121-22) and progressively
  blurred in our comprehension of spiritual
  realities. In this way illumination increases and
  our grip on the truth strengthens (or perhaps its
  grip on us!). See also the next section,
  entitled, Interpretation.

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INTERPRETATION

• If Illumination is the work of the Spirit to help
  believers understand and apply Scripture,
  interpretation, broadly conceived, is the
  thought-through method we should follow in this
  endeavor. Interpretation involves, then, three
  elements (1) coming to scripture humbly with a
  knowledge of my presuppositions, traditions, and
  cultural influences so as not to blunt or skew
  the force of scripture (but rather to allow it to
  leave its mark on me) (2) understanding what an
  author meant when he said such and such, and (3)
  understanding what he means, that is, how it
  applies to our lives today.

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INTERPRETATION

• Thus, in the first step we are interested in
  gaining an awareness of how our culture,
  tradition, and past acquaintance with Scripture
  have affected us.
• In the second step we are interested in the
  grammatical-historical meaning of a passage of
  Scripture. In order to achieve this we study the
  words of a text in their historical context, the
  literary structure of a passage, its mood, and
  the kind (genre) of literature it is.
• Combined with this is the comparing of scripture
  with scripture (e.g., interpreting the obscure by
  the clear) and ultimately the teaching of the
  Bible as a whole. In this way, and through the
  illuminating work of the Spirit, the church comes
  to grips with the meaning and abiding relevance
  of Scripture.

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BIBLE

• Presesnted by Ob. Edgardo P. Marquez

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TEACHING OBJECTIVE

• To understand the reasons why the Bible is the
  Word of God and the foundation for the Christian
  life.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVE

• To understand the need that the Bible is the
  foundation for Christian life.
• Each one should be able to mention the biblical
  structure and its characteristics.

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BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONAL REFERENCE

• All Scripture is God breathed and is useful for
  teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in
  righteousness, so that the man of God may be
  thoroughly equipped for every good work.
• 2 Timothy 316-17

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PURPOSE

• It is important to recognize that as Christians
  we have the need to share Christ to others and
  take them to His feet. Many times we do not have
  the foundation to tear down the mental and
  spiritual arguments that the persons have because
  we do not have the basic knowledge of the Word of
  God.
• Each one of the truths that are in the scriptures
  take us to a profound knowledge of God and it is
  through this that we can be firm on Christ the
  rock.
• Like those men who had to pass the same test, one
  was sustained victoriously by the solid
  foundation of the sacred scriptures and passed
  the test. The other one did not sustain himself
  because he had no foundation therefore his life
  ended in failure. (Matthew 724-27)

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The reason why you need to know the Word is to
lead a life of success, fullness, and to fulfil
the purpose of God. You will receive peace,
trust, wisdom, correction and victory to confront
difficulties and adversities.
PURPOSE
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUBJECT

• Only in the Word of God can the believer find the
  authority in order to be justified by faith.

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WHAT IS THE BIBLE?

• The word Bible comes from the Greek Biblos
  which means books. It was considered that these
  writings, on their own, made up a concrete and
  defined group of works that were superior to any
  other literary works in existence.
• The Bible is known as the Sacred Scriptures,
  containing that which elevates it to the category
  of the book of excellence.
• The New Illustrated Biblical Dictionary points
  out the fact that the Bible is not merely a book
  but a compound of many books.
• The use of the term scripture illustrates an
  important fact that although they were written
  by a diversity of writers they present a
  marvellous unity that reveals a logical order
  that has not ceased for thousands of years.

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The Bible can be defined as the sacred book that
is called the Word of God written by many
different authors under the revelation