Epistles

{IN THE LETTERS}

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{PAUL'S EPISTLES}
  1. The Life-Giving Spirit - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus dispenses the Life-Giving Spirit without which there is no enduring life. His words are spirit, and they are life)
  2. God's Good News - {PDF Copy} - (Paul presents his Gospel from humanity's plight due to sin to the resurrection of the dead because of Christ’s sacrifice and resurrection)
  3. Resurrection and Salvation - {PDF Copy} - (Central to salvation in the Apostolic tradition is the bodily resurrection of the dead when Jesus arrives to gather his saints)
  4. The Era of the Spirit - {PDF Copy} - (The gift of the Spirit is part of the New Covenant and the first fruits of the New Creation, the gathering of the nations, and the resurrection)
  5. Life through His Spirit - {PDF Copy} - (Paul describes his gospel in Romans from humanity's plight due to sin to the resurrection of the dead through Jesus of Nazareth)
  6. Earnest of the Inheritance - (Believers are the heirs of Abraham, and the possession of their inheritance is secured by possession of the Gift of the Spirit) - {PDF Copy}
  7. Spirit and Inheritance - {PDF Copy} - (The Gift of the Spirit is foundational to the New Covenant, and it is the first fruits of the Resurrection and the New Creation)
  8. Resurrection and New Creation - {PDF Copy} - (Paul links the bodily resurrection of believers to the New Creation, and both events are part of the promised redemption – Romans 8:1-23)
  9. Spirit and Resurrection - {PDF Copy} - (The Gift of the Spirit is First Fruits of the bodily resurrection and a foretaste of the promised New Creation)
  10. The Spirit of Life - (The Spirit of God imparts life, especially the everlasting life of which the Gift of the Spirit is the First Fruits, foretaste, and guarantee) - {PDF Copy}
  11. Having Started in the Spirit - (The receipt of the Spirit while in an uncircumcised state is irrefutable proof that Gentiles are accepted by God AS GENTILES) - {PDF Copy}
  12. The Promise of the Spirit - (The Promise of the Spirit is one of the blessings of Abraham promised by God for the nations and the children of the Patriarch) - {PDF Copy}
  13. Warfare in the Spirit - (Disciples wage spiritual warfare through right conduct, acts of love, and by proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ) - {PDF Copy}
  14. Do All Speak in Tongues? - (Does the New Testament teach that all believers receive the gift of tongues when they are baptized in the Spirit?) - {PDF Copy}
  15. True Spirituality - (The spiritually-minded man understands that the Gospel of Christ Crucified is God’s true power and wisdom - 1 Corinthians 2:14) - {PDF Copy}
  16. The Spirit of Christ - (The Spirit of Christ that indwells the true believer will quicken his or her mortal body at the future resurrection – Romans 8:18-39) - {PDF Copy}
  17. Spiritual Power - {PDF Copy} - (The power and wisdom of God are revealed in the proclamation of a Messiah who was crucified on Calvary)
  18. Joint Heirs of the Resurrection - {PDF Copy} - (Central to the hope of the apostolic church was the bodily resurrection of the dead at the end of the age when Jesus returns)
  19. Where God Dwells - {PDF Copy} - (The New Testament applies Temple language from the Hebrew Bible to the Church, the Body of Christ, the greater and true Sanctuary of God)
  20. The Evidence of the Spirit - {PDF Copy} - (The Gift of the Spirit among the Galatians demonstrates they are the sons of God and the heirs of the Covenant promises)
  21. One Spirit, One People - {PDF Copy} - (By his death, Jesus formed one covenant community - One New Man - based on faith in him, not ethnicity or nationality – Ephesians 2:11-22)
  22. The Last Days - {PDF Copy} - (The Last Days, the time of fulfillment, began with the death, resurrection, and exaltation of Jesus of Nazareth)

{GENERAL EPISTLES}
  1. The Superior New Covenant - (Jesus inaugurated the vastly superior New Covenant by his death and resurrection, rendering the old covenant obsolete – Hebrews 8:6-13) - {PDF Copy}
  2. Distributions of the Spirit - (Followers of Jesus must cling to the word of the Son that has been confirmed by sign, wonders, and the impartations of the Holy Spirit) - {PDF Copy}


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