BIL 102 WS 3 PPT

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BIL102
Workshop 3
Glenn Johnson

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This is a true saying, and everyone
should believe it: Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners – and
I was the worst of them all.
But that is why God had mercy on
me, so that Christ Jesus could use
me as a prime example of his great
patience with even the worst
sinners. Then others will realize that
they, too, can believe in him and
receive eternal life.
(1 Tim. 1:15-16)

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4. PAUL: Knowing the Man, Knowing
the Letters
-One of most vivid voices
in NT
-Colorful personality

5. PAUL: Knowing the Man, Knowing
the Letters
-Comes Across: COMPLEX,
FORCEFUL
-Steeped In Judaism

6. PAUL: Knowing the Man, Knowing
the Letters
-Can Live With
CONTRADICTIONS
-A Picture of a Man In
TRANSITION

7. DISCUSSION ZONE: Paul’s Conversion and the Necessity of
Salvation
-Introduction
1. Read Acts 9:1-30
2. Discuss: a) Did Paul need conversion? b) Major marks of his conversion
experience
3. Reconvene as class: share your findings and address: “how is
conversion/salvation viewed today”
-Summary

8. When In….
EPISTLES: Letters, Not Books
-Addressed to Specific People/Contexts
-Paul: Intro’s Self as Slave
-AMANUENSIS: Paul Used (16:22)
-TO WHOM? Church in Rome
-THEME? Justification by God’s Grace through faith in
Jesus

9. Project Team In
Class Exercise
BREAK
7:30-7:45

10. Project Team In
Class Exercise
BREAK
7:30-7:45

11. Sin……MY PRECIOUS
We Loves It…….. We Hates It…..

12. • Garden/Creation
• Garden/Sin
• Separation/Death
• Need Salvation
• Punishment
• Redemption
• Atonement
• Imputed Righteousness
• Free Choice
• YOUR STORY?
The Story of Salvation

13. The Story of Salvation
PAUL AND FREEDOM
-Freedom From Sin:
unto obedience
-Freedom From Law:
Good and Holy, but
powerless because
Spirit frees believers
-Freedom and
Responsibility: 1Cor.
8-10; Rom. 14-15
-Freedom In Tension

14. DistinctiveFeatures: ROMANS
Contains Some of Most Quoted and
Quotable Material In NT
Offers Strikingly Different List of Spiritual
Gifts From That Found in 1 Corinthians
Paul Begins and Ends Romans, Like A Set of
Bookends, With Attention To the Fact That
The Gospel is to Lead People to the
Obedience of Faith
Theologically Difficult
…The Way Paul Systematically Presents His
Understanding of The Gospel

15. 1 Corinthians Understanding of The Cross
If You had a friend who . . . You would have them read
-needed to understand and accept the gospel…………………….………. Romans
-was a part of a problem church and needed
insight on how to help turn it around…………………..………….…..1 Corinthians
-needed to know they are not alone
in being misunderstood and under-appreciated………….………....2 Corinthians
-was turning away from Christ and the gospel…………….……….…….Galatians
-needed to catch the vision of how important the church is….………Ephesians
-wanted to know how to maintain the joy in life
even when everything isn't going great………………….………………Philippians
-had a limited and shallow view of Christ……………….…………..……Colossians
-wanted information on the Second Coming………….…………..1 Thessalonians
-wanted more information on the end times………………………2 Thessalonians
-was a pastor and needed reminded of the special
work he has been called to do………………………………………………..1 Timothy
-could benefit from the example of someone
who was faithful to the end……………………………………………………2 Timothy
-needed reminded of how important it is to
do the good thing in every situation……………………………………………….Titus
-needed to be forgiving in a particular situation……………………..…..Philemon

16. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF PHILIPPIANS & 2
TIMOTHY: Phillippians
•Philippi: On the road bridging East and West Roman
Empire
•Written 50-60’s AD
•1st Church est. in Europe by Paul
•Close/Happy relationship with the church….thriving Xn
community…..but there were some problems
•Was opposed in Philippi at some point……wider Christian
persecution?
•Paul prisoner in Rome and he sees his death as the likely
outcome (1:20;2:17)
Mamertine Prison: Traditional Place Where
Paul/Peter Imprisoned

17. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF PHILIPPIANS & 2
TIMOTHY: Philippians
•Was the return of Epaphroditus to Philippi who was sent by
church to gift Paul….he got ill
•Paul writes to give news of his circumstances
•Need for unity and peace (see 2 women at odds in 4:2) and
there are enemies of the cross (3:18)
•He wants to commend the church
•Address his opponents….Judaizers? Gnostics? (“preach Christ
out of rivalry and envy” and “their god is their stomach”)

18. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF PHILIPPIANS & 2
TIMOTHY: Philippians
•Philippians is a rarity……a letter to a church of Paul’s own foundation with which he
is pleased
•Hymn: 2:6-11….controversy over meaning…..clear message to the greatness of X
and his condescension to man
Philippians 2:6-11New International Version (NIV)
6 Who, being in very nature[a] God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
•Encouragement to Xns who find others preaching in a way they aren’t used
to……need for partnership in Gospel (1:5)

19. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF PHILIPPIANS & 2
TIMOTHY: 2 Timothy
•Written mid 60’s
•Very intimate (1:1-6)
•Paul is contemplating his own death (4:6-8)….this is his
testamentary charge if you will…..aware his life nearly over
•Offers “defense” of faith = “apologia” word used for defense
in a law court
•Possibly imprisoned in Rome (not the imprisonment in Acts)
•Timothy: young Christ follower from Lystra in Asia Minor, son
of Gk father and Jewish mom who converted to Xanity (Acts
16:1)…….follows Paul on some of his journeys, knew Hebrew
Scriptures from childhood, became Christian by mom and
grandmother’s influence before he met Paul
•Church had no problem in adopting it into the canon

20. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF PHILIPPIANS & 2
TIMOTHY: 2 Timothy
•Paul asks Tim to pick up Mark on way to
Rome
•Time of writing is in connection to
Eusebius’ writing that Paul was martyred
in 67AD
•Presents teaching suitable for continuing
life in the world, though it does refer to
the “last days” (3:1)

21. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF PHILIPPIANS & 2
TIMOTHY: 2 Timothy
•LEADERSHIP: pictures Tim as
responsible for group of churches and for
preserving them from the destructive
influences from without and the
dissenters from within…..endurance is the
key quality of a leader

22. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF PHILIPPIANS & 2
TIMOTHY: 2 Timothy
•MARTYRDOM: we live quite comfortably and secure in our Christian
world for the most part…..1988 Aust. Church Record=330,000 per year
martyred……
•Martyrdom was newsworthy recently when ISIS purportedly killed
several Coptic (native Egyptian Xns, where Xanity used to be major
religion in Egypt from 400-800 AD until Muslim conquest in mid 10th
century)
•Martyrdom is more common than we realize
•How are we to approach our attempts to follow Jesus in the light of a
collapsing empire such as we are in?....Cost of discipleship may be great

23. BREAK

24. DISCUSSION ZONE: Servant Leadership
(In Class)
•While 2 Timothy does not mention the specific term “service,” much of book is
made up of Paul’s reflection on his own life’s work and advice to Timothy for
how to serve his church. Look at 2 Timothy 2:24:
2 Timothy 2:24New International Version (NIV)
24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to
everyone, able to teach, not resentful.
•Discuss the passage in order draw some lessons about service from Paul’s
letters. Describe your own thoughts on leadership and conflict. Reflect on what
you can learn personally from this point of service in Paul’s letters. Focus on:
• What instance do you have of a conflict that took servant leadership to
resolve?
• What does being “peaceable” have to do with servant leadership?