NT Framework - It's all part of the plan

Looking at scripture honestly requires seeing the whole and how each part must be true for the whole to be true. The Jesus Seminar is wrong, it is man using mans logic to understand the incomprehensible God.

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This series included graphics to illustrate what is being taught, if you would like to watch the teachings you can do so on Rumble (https://rumble.com/user/SpokaneBibleChurch) or on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtV_KhFVZ_waBcnuywiRKIyEcDkiujRqP).

Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner. 

Transcript

Welcome And Series Context

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Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and our series on the New Testament framework. Today, a smaller, bite-sized piece from the larger lesson. We hope you enjoy it.

Propitiation And The Passover Lamb

Redemption And Paid In Full

Reconciliation And Peace With God

Scripture As A Connected Story

True Worship As The Goal

Why Only God Satisfies

Faith At Work And Sanctification

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So we've got this new truth, substitutionary blood atonement. We'll stop here, but propit these three big words that end up being theological words in the New Testament: propitiation, redemption, and reconciliation. And this is all a setup for what Christ does on the cross, right? Because we see that exact same truth again when we come over to the death of the king. There it is. Substitutionary blood atonement. What's going on on the cross? Why is John saying, behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world? What's he doing on the cross? Taking away the sin of the world. Is this really that complicated? No, it's not really, but it is profound. What's happening? It is profound. And there's a propitiation there. Okay, he's fulfilling Passover, right? 1 Corinthians 5. Our Passover lamb has been sacrificed. He's our Passover. He fulfilled that feast. Propitiation. This is the idea of satisfaction, right? That God had to be satisfied. His standards of righteousness had to be satisfied. And Christ did that. He's the propitiation for our sins and not ours only, but for the sins of the whole world. That gets into the extent of the atonement down there. Redemption. The idea that we have short accounts with God. It's an economic term, right? We have short accounts with God. So what happened? Christ paid what we owed. We have a song for it. He paid a debt I could not pay. Thank God He paid the redemption price, right? He paid in full. It's finished. I mean, there's no more to pay. I don't need to pay for my sins. You don't need to pay for yours. But we've got whole sects that beat themselves and lash themselves, usually in Catholic circles, Roman Catholic circles, right? To do what? Pay for their own sins. Or to pay penance to the church for their sins. What is going on? Why do they not understand that Jesus Christ paid all the sins of the world? Because they don't have a framework way of thinking. For them, it's just beads that are just loose on a table. They can't see how they all string together. Reconciliation is the third one, and this is the idea that you are at enmity with someone, but you get reconciled. You become friends again, right? And thank God that the Lord Jesus Christ reconciled the world to God. 2 Corinthians 5 20. He reconciled the world to himself. Now we beseech men, be reconciled to God. See, God's no longer counting their trespasses against them, right? But he's saying, but but they don't want to get right with him. And so they're still at war with him. But he's already provided the reconciliation for us. Okay? And so, but but all that with the death of the king there, what's going on on the cross, and even the darkness on the cross and the earthquake and all that, you see how that's all tied back to these other beads way back here in the Exodus and way back at the flood? See that? I mean, it's it's like an it's like a beautiful orchestra where they play for hours and they're able to bring the whole thing, like in a movie production, you'll you'll have the orchestra playing the background music. And somehow, while we almost don't even notice it's the music is there, when the movie comes to its climax, everything comes together, right? And that's exactly what the Bible's doing. And that's why it's such, it's so wonderful, it's so amazing. And we want to keep putting all these things together, okay? I'm trying to just show you examples, see, of how we connect pieces in the Bible that God has strung together, and then we discover what the bead or neck the necklace looks like. And that's that's when we get that aha moment and we we worship, okay? This is the end of all this. The end of all this is worship. I'm talking about true worship. I'm not talking about singing a diddy. Um singing diddies is fine, okay, but I'm talking about true worship. And that's where you, that's where I, individually, privately, in our own soul, we are appreciating the God who is. In our soul, we're marveling at him. That's true worship. And um this is what this is what makes us fulfilled as human. This is what actually is significant to us. Without that, what what in the world are we doing here? And who cares if you make a few bucks? You know, all this stuff is gonna go away. You're gonna get old. You're not gonna be able to move, you're not gonna be able to do the things that you used to could do, you know, the things that you consider fun and that you think are fulfilling. You're not gonna have that. You're only gonna have one stationary thing in this world that will satisfy you, and it's the God of the universe. You say, you know, I have said eternity in their hearts. He said in each of you a sense of eternity, that there's something more than just this finite temporal realm. And you will never, ever, ever be able to fill an eternal aspect of your being with something that's not eternal. You just can't. You have to have him. And when you do have him and you explore him in the way that we're doing here, you know, going through event after event, looking at doctrine after doctrine, you begin to find out this is the stuff that really matters. Am I in fellowship or not? And learning that from the story of King David. Learning from the golden era of Psalm the importance of sanctification in every area of life, going into your job, whether you're a janitor, an electrician, a biologist, a lawyer, a politician, and you take the word of God into your discipline, into your area, and you develop it in a in terms of a biblical way or pattern of thinking. That that glorifies God. They used to say this at the Reformation. They don't, it's not, it's usually most people just think Christianity is your private religion, your private thing. Oh, that's true for you, you know, stuff. At the Reformation, they said, you know, a cobbler who makes a good pair of shoes glorifies God. I believe that 100%.

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Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas. If you would like to see the visuals that went along with today's sermon, you can find those on Rumble and on YouTube under Spokane Bible Church. That is where Jeremy is the pastor and teacher. We hope you found today's lesson productive and useful in growing closer to God and walking more obediently with Him. If you found this podcast to be useful and helpful, then please consider rating us in your favorite podcast app. And until next time, we hope you have a blessed and wonderful day.