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The Christian Life

By Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson

Preface by J. I. Packer

Read; “A wise man has said that your Christian life is like a three-legged stool …Page ix.

Your thoughts.

Chapter 1 – Knowing is for Living

“deeper truths of scripture are really the old basic truths … 

“Far from being luxuries, they are necessities for Christian living.”

“Christians are distressingly weak in our grasp of the basic framework of biblical doctrine...

Let Us Reason Together

The Christian Life By Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson Chapter 1 PART 2

 with Pastor William Shifflett

Preface by J. I. Packer

“A wise man has said that your Christian life is like a three-legged stool …Page ix.

Chapter 1 – Knowing is for Living

“deeper truths of scripture are really the old basic truths … 

“Far from being luxuries, they are necessities for Christian living...

The teaching of Paul.

Dr. Ferguson asked, “What sustained Paul under these pressures?” Then he answered his own questions with doctrines. Can you help us understand how each doctrine helped sustain Paul?

Dr. Ferguson said Paul had a vital knowledge of the character of God, the work of Christ, the nature of God’s ways, and the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit...

We live in an age where a lot of churches rarely or never speak of sin. Pastor, have you ever attempted to solve a problem that you did not know existed? The effects of sin. Scripture speaks of sin often, in a variety of ways, and in detail; Scripture shows us how sin breaks our relationship with God, others around us, and ourselves. Romans 3:10-18 - as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God...

Let us Reason Together

3.Man guilty before God.

Man’s relationship to God is distorted. Man is guilty. We suffer the consequences of sin in our lives, but we also face God’s eternal wrath.

Romans 2

God’s judgement is always according to truth and reality. v2

That it is given in accordance with works. v.6

It is tempered by the light of revelation which men have received vv...

 PART 1 The Plan of Grace

Predestined & Free Will With Pastor William Shifflett - https://williams-good-word.org/   

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Chapter 3 - The Plan of Grace

The life of Jesus was not one of chance. Jesus held back from certain activities because of His consciousness of the divine time-table.

The plan of God

Why is it fundamental to Christian thinking that God is a planning God?

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with Pastor William Shifflett - https://williams-good-word.org/

Dr. Ferguson says, “None the less, a good case can be made out in the study of Christian truth for giving attention to the doctrine of calling, or vocation” I think that some people equate the word vocation with employment, and “calling” with being called into the ministry...

Chapter 3 Part 2 With Pastor William Shifflett - https://williams-good-word.org/

Let us Reason Together

In Romans 8 the great doctrines are links in a chain. In Ephesians 1 they are spokes in a wheel. Can you help us visualize these two comparisons?

In Christ: we are blessed, chosen, predestined to be sons, engraced, enlightened, included, sealed. The fullness of grace which becomes our when we become Christ’s...

 with our own TOP BEARD, Pastor William Shifflett - http://williams-good-word.org/

Effectual calling

“One of the NT’s most frequent one-word desriptions of the Christian is “called”. We find that in Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians,  and Thessalonians.

Read question and answer from page 30. Ask Pastor for his comments.

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with Pastor William Shifflett - https://williams-good-word.org/ “There is a major danger attached to formulating a doctrine of Christian experience. It is the tendency to give the impression that experience which may take time fully to develop is consummate in an instant.” Why is it a major danger? “Effectual calling is seen to be something which often extends over a period of time.” and “Effectual calling has at times been regarded as synonymous with regeneration...