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The Doctrine of God: Week 14
Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine, by Wayne Grudem.
Chapter 1, The Character of God: “Communicable” Attributes (Part 2)

This week we start to examine the “communicable” attributes of God (those which He has shared in part with us) which are clasified as ‘attributes of purpose’.  We begin by discussing an often controversial topic - God’s Will.

 

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The Doctrine of God: Week 10
Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine, by Wayne Grudem.
Chapter 12, The Character of God: “Communicable” Attributes (Part 1)

This week we continue to examine the “communicable” attributes of God (those which He has shared in part with us) as we begin to discuss His ‘moral’ attributes starting with His Goodness.

 

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Not only was freedom God’s gift to us when we first trusted in Jesus (Galatians 5:1), it is also God’s gift for us every day (Galatians 5:13).  In other words, God is now on the inside, via His Holy Spirit, working to change our attitude/actions in and through us.  How?  The Bible says, when we walk in the Spirit we will not gratify the desires of the flesh (Galatians 5:16, 19-21).  How do you know if you are “walking in the Spirit?”  This is the subject we will explore in today’s teaching

 

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The Leadership Team answers your questions.  

 Q1 (1:38):  Acknowledging that Christ is our only hope (not man or political parties) and that God is sovereign over all things, what is the view of the Grace Fellowship Leadership Team on the church’s role in politics or political activism?  What Scriptures can you point us to in support of your answer?

Q2 (7:45):  I have friends (christians) who think Halloween is of the devil and no Christian should have anything to do with it.  I have other friends (also christians) who dress up and go door-to-door and think nothing of it.  Which approach is right?

Q3 (20:52):  The Bible speaks of the possibility of sin being passed on to several generations.  …

 

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