Epistles - буквы
{STUDIES IN THE EPISTLES}
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{ПО-РУССКИ}
- Эра спасения - [Age of Salvation] - (Благая весть, провозглашенная Иисусом, предлагает спасение мужчинам и женщинам каждой нации, этнической группы и народа) - {Скачать PDF-файл}
- Спасен от этой злой эры - {Saved from this Evil Age} - (Павел основывал то, что Бог сделал для нас, на смерти и воскресении Иисуса - событии, ознаменовавшем Полноту Времен - Галатам 1:1-5) - {PDF}
- Страдающий слуга - {Suffering Servant} - (Павел учил верующих думать так, как думал Иисус, когда жертвовал своей жизнью ради других - Филиппийцам 2:5-11) - {PDF}
- Последний враг - [The Last Enemy] - (Приход Иисуса будет означать воскресение и конец Последнего Врага, а именно Смерть - 1 Коринфянам 15:24-28) - {PDF}
- Искупление и Воскресение - [Redemption and Resurrection] - (Учение о спасении в апостольской традиции включает в себя телесное воскресение мертвых, когда Иисус приходит собрать своих святых) - {PDF}
{ENGLISH}
- The Fullness of Time - (The Law was an interim stage with a termination point, the Fullness of Time when Jesus arrived to redeem those under the Law) - {PDF Copy}
- The Cruciform Path - (The power and wisdom of God are revealed in the proclamation of the Messiah who was crucified on a Roman cross) - {PDF Copy}
- The Definitive Evidence - (The Gift of the Spirit demonstrates beyond question who belongs to the covenant community of Jesus, and who does not) - {PDF Copy}
- His All-Sufficient Sacrifice - (Paul responds to his opponents by emphasizing the all-sufficiency of the faithful act of Jesus in his obedience unto death – Galatians 2:15-21) - {PDF Copy}
- Rescued from this Evil Age - (Paul anchored all that God has done for us in the resurrection of Jesus, which also inaugurated the Messianic Age - Galatians 1:1-5) - {PDF Copy}
- God has Spoken! - (God has spoken His definitive word in His Son. All previous words given by the prophets were preparatory, promissory, and partial) - {PDF Copy}
- The Age of Salvation - (Salvation and Redemption are found in no other name than ‘Jesus’. He alone achieved victory over Sin, Satan, and Death) - {PDF Copy}
- Purifying Sins - (Having achieved the purification of sins, Jesus sat down at the right hand of God to intercede for his people as their faithful High Priest) - {PDF Copy}
- Guarantor of the Covenant - (Jesus mediates the better covenant inaugurated by his sacrificial death, thereby rendering the old one obsolete – Hebrews 8:6-13) - {PDF Copy}
- His Unique Sacrifice - (The promise of a New Covenant finds its fulfillment in the once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus and his superior priesthood) - {PDF Copy}
- The Messianic Age Dawns - (The era of the Levitical priesthood terminated with the arrival of the word in God’s Son, Jesus Christ, our High Priest forever) - {PDF Copy}
- Covenant Heirs - (With the outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, the blessings for all nations promised to Abraham commenced) - {PDF Copy}
- The Blessing of Abraham - (The Gift of the Spirit is imparted by Jesus as part of God’s promise to bless all the nations in Abraham’s Seed – Acts 3:25) - {PDF Copy}
- Jesus Reversed Death - (Paul reminded Timothy of the resurrection of Jesus and his victory over death since false teachers were denying the future resurrection of believers) - {PDF Copy}
- Death, the Last Enemy - (The arrival of Jesus at the end of the age will mean the end of the Last Enemy, namely, Death - 1 Corinthians 15:24-28) - {PDF Copy}
- Redemption and Resurrection - (Central to salvation in the Apostolic tradition is the bodily resurrection of the dead when Jesus arrives to gather his saints) - {PDF Copy}
- Rescuing His People - (The Thessalonians received the Gospel in tribulation but remained faithful while anticipating the future return of Jesus – 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10) - {PDF Copy}
- One Covenant People - (Jesus is the promised Seed of Abraham, the heir of the covenant promises, and receipt of the inheritance is based on faith in Him) - {PDF Copy}
- One Spirit, One People - (By his death and resurrection, Jesus formed one covenant community - One New Man - based on faith in him – Ephesians 2:11-22) - {PDF Copy}
- Jesus, the Bedrock - (Christ’s very human Death and bodily Resurrection are foundational and indispensable to the teachings of Jesus and the Apostles) - {PDF Copy}
- Day of Christ - (Jesus will arrive on the Day of the Lord at which time the dead will be raised, the wicked judged, and death will cease forevermore) - {PDF Copy}
{ROMANS}
- Designated Son of God - (Paul introduces his ministry to the church in Rome and begins his exposition of the Gospel by identifying Christ’s qualifications to be the Messiah) - {PDF Copy}
- The Gospel of God - (Paul presents his Gospel from humanity's plight due to sin to the resurrection of the dead and the New Creation) - {PDF Copy}
- Life from the Dead - (Paul describes his gospel in Romans from humanity's plight due to sin to the resurrection of the dead through Jesus of Nazareth) -{PDF Copy}
- The Message - (Jesus summoned his disciples to proclaim the Good News of his Kingdom to every inhabited corner of the Earth) - {PDF Copy}
- Jews and Greeks Alike - (The equality of Jew and Gentile before God is a pivotal theme in Romans. Members of either group stand or fall before Him on the same basis) - {PDF Copy}
- From Faith - For Faith - (Men are not set right before God from the works of the law, but from the faith of Jesus Christ) - {PDF Copy}
- The Faithfulness of God - (The righteousness of God refers to His faithfulness to fulfill His promises, and this is demonstrated by the salvation He has provided in Jesus) - {PDF Copy}
- The Salvation of God - (Paul presents his gospel to the assemblies of Rome, a message about God’s righteousness and wrath for all men) - {PDF Copy}
- Impasse and Rescue - (In Romans, Paul argues from plight to solution as he presents his Gospel to the church in Rome, a message for both Jews and Gentiles) - {PDF Copy}
- The Deeds of the Law - (In Romans, references to justification by works have a specific category of works in view – the Works of the Law - Romans 2:7-10) - {PDF Copy}
- The Heir of the World - (The faith of uncircumcised Abraham provides a pattern for Jewish and Gentile believers to live from the faith of Jesus – Romans 4:11-17) - {PDF Copy}
- Quickening our Bodies - (Paul links the bodily resurrection of believers to the New Creation. Both events are part of the promised redemption through Jesus – Romans 8:1-23) - {PDF Copy}
- Mysteries Revealed - (The previously hidden mysteries of God are revealed in Jesus of Nazareth, and especially in his Death and Resurrection) - {PDF Copy}
- Quickening the Dead - (The covenant with Abraham is fulfilled in Jesus, his seed and true heir, including the promise of land – Romans 8:1-23) - {PDF Copy}
{PRISON LETTERS}
- Completion and Resurrection - (Paul expresses his goal of going on to completion, a process that will culminate in bodily resurrection when Jesus arrives in glory) - {PDF Copy}
- The Mind of Christ - (The submission of Jesus to an unjust death is the pattern of the love and service to others that his disciples are called to imitate) - {PDF Copy}
{JOHN'S EPISTLES}
- The Light of the World - (Jesus is the only true Light of the World, and his light shines all the brighter amidst the darkness that dominates the present age. All competing claims are false) - {PDF Copy}
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