Gospel as Center: chapter 6

Simply titled "The Plan."

• Revelation 13:8 and Titus 1:2-3 - This was no surprise, but ordained from the beginning! God brings His own plans to pass without contingencies.
• Old Testament promises:
• Humans are created unique.
• The curse was shunted from us to the ground.
• God took the initiative to elect Abraham.
• Redemption and reconciliation are in the Passover sacrifice.
• David would have an eternal (!) kingdom.
• Resisting God's call means to expect discipline from Him.
• Resurrection and restoration (Ezekiel 37:1-13)!
• New Testament promises:
• God (Christ) became man too (Jesus).
• When tempted, Christ triumphed, giving us strength.
• John 1:11-12 - He was and is rejected. . .but He blesses those who receive Him!
• God calls us to heed the transfigured Christ by faith.
• In the Crucifixion, our punishment was shunted onto Jesus Christ.
• Christ's bodily resurrection guarantees ours, for which we wait with repentance (complete) and forgiveness (total).
• He blessed while ascending and continues to bless today.
• Acts (church spreading the promise) and the Epistles (the Spirit giving the promise's fruits):
• Faith and repentance are to occur together, just as justification and sanctification cannot be confused nor separated.
• Other gifts: regeneration, union with Christ (reality!), adoption by the Father, glorification (life as a mirror of God's glory), and consummation (seeing God's face).