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A Systematic Theology is a work that takes the very
simplest, basic Doctrines of the Bible, teaches these doctrines,
then using these teachings as a springboard progresses toward
the more difficult doctrines. The next study will always
build on the one just taught. This Systematic Theology will
show how the doctrines of Scripture relate with the other
truths of the Scripture. Systematic Theology is also a good
place for new Christians to start. Some of the works at
this site are definitely not geared toward the new Believer,
but assume that you understand certain basic Doctrines necessary
for that study. If you follow the Systematic Theology in
the order it is presented, you shouldn't have any problems
understanding the deeper studies presented later in this
work. I cannot over-emphasize the importance of studying
and applying the Word of God to your lives. Failure to understand
the Word has caused carnality and division in our modern
day Church.
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Emptiness of carnal
Christianity noted to seminarians by Jess Moody (By Cindy
Kerr)
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WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Southern Baptists are reaping "a harvest
of division" because many are living a Christianity that is
not Spirit-filled, Jess Moody told students at Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary. "I'm not
talking about speaking in tongues or a word of knowledge,"
said the retired pastor of Shepherd of the Hills Baptist
in Van Nuys, Calif., and current adjunct teacher of pastoral
ministry and evangelism at Southwestern. "I'm
talking about what George Truett, Lee Scarborough and B.H.
Carroll preached years ago that Baptists stopped preaching
30 years ago. Now we're reaping a harvest of division from
our carnal Christianity." Moody said he believes God
wants revival at Southwestern. "That
doesn't infer that we're a bunch of corrupt bureaucrats. It
means that so many of us have been shamelessly untaught concerning
the ministry and power of the Holy Spirit in a human being's
life," he said at the Fort Worth, Texas, seminary Oct.
22. "Baptists are stuck at the new birth
and that's it. If revival doesn't come here, we are in a big
mess nationally. You are tomorrow for the Southern Baptist
Convention," he told the seminary students.
"The Holy Spirit is the Edsel of the Southern Baptist Convention
according to Herschel Hobbs," Moody added. "I'm
not criticizing what Baptists don't do -- we'll get to heaven
all right, but we'll be stripped of our rewards if we walk
all during our ministry as carnal Christians." Moody
said a marked difference exists between how carnal Christians
and Spirit filled Christians treat other people.
"Carnal Christians order people around, direct everything,
command, threaten, fire, preach at, judge, criticize, blame,
name-call, ridicule, shame, probe and make rotten husbands,
wives and pastors," he said. "They're
not able to accomplish anything and wonder why when they stand
up and preach and extend an invitation, no one comes forward.
"But if you're filled with the mighty, loving Holy Spirit,
he will console, reassure and sympathize with you so you can
support, trust, have the power to interpret, analyze, suggest,
diagnose, praise, suggest, advise and model." Much
of the blame begins in the pulpit, Moody said.
"Chaucer said, 'If the gold rusts, what shall the iron do?'
What are those folks going to do out there if we put in the
pulpit carnal men of God?" he asked. "Called,
born again, saved for sure, but missing the marvelous truth
that we must not lose -- the filling of the Holy Spirit."
Citing his own efforts to duplicate Christ's life in
his, Moody said only the Holy Spirit can do that work. He
added people can't always tell who's walking in the Spirit
and who's not. "Trying to live the Christian
life in your own flesh is like riding a bike with square wheels
in mud up to your waist," he said. "People
doing that are miserable, even if they may be posing as great
pastors, as great denominational leaders, as great professors
and students." At stake is not the believer's salvation,
Moody said, but the church's mission to reach the world for
Christ. "We will never change the world
until all of us are filled with the Holy Spirit," he
said. Using the acronym RIBS, Moody said five things happen
to Christians when they accept Christ as Savior. They are
Reborn, Indwelt by the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:9, 11; John 3:3),
Baptized into Christ's death (Romans 6:3) and Sealed. The
fifth thing, he said, is that they are filled with the Spirit.
"You can't lose your ribs," said
Moody, "but you can lose your filling"
by grieving the Spirit (Romans 4:30) and quenching the Spirit
(1 Thessalonians 5:19), making the person a carnal Christian.
The good news is that carnal Christians can be filled with
the Holy Spirit again, Moody said, citing 1 John 1:9. "If
you confess your sins, remember that God will forgive you
and cleanse you of the sins you can remember, plus the ones
you can't," he said. He added praying for the Holy
Spirit to come is not the answer. Instead, he said, Christians
should "pray for the Holy Spirit to
come out." Faith in God's power to act and believing
he will also are important to being filled with the Holy Spirit,
Moody said. "I believe in miracles.
I believe in God's healing power. I believe God can do anything
we will allow him to do," he said. "By
his strange design, he has made our willingness one of the
conditions for Great Awakening." The greatest miracle,
Moody said, is the power of Jesus Christ to transform lives.
"When I talk about a miracle, the new
birth is a greater miracle than turning water into wine,"
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index
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Study
1:
The Strength of the Word of God; It's Influence on the Christian Belief; Secular Logic; The necessity
of Dogma within the Biblical Realm
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Study
2:
How God is Revealed Unto Man; How We Must Know There
is a Supreme Being; A Study In The Scientific Witness |
Study
3:
Defining The Almighty One True God Through His Name
and Attributes |
Study
4:
The Doctrine of the Triune God; Continuing The Study
of the Incommunicable Attributes, And The Compound
Unity of God |
Study
5:
The Essence, Person, Union, and Life Of The Logos,
The Christ |
Study
6:
The Doctrines of Grace |
Study
7:
The Doctrine of Sanctification, And It's Four Theological
Aspects |
Study
8:
The Holy Spirit and Regeneration |
Study
9:
The Holy Spirit's Work of Baptism and Filling, The
Spiritual Gifts |
Study
10:
The Absolutes of Salvation, The Doctrine of the Perseverance
of the Saints, Biblical Evidence to Support "Eternal
Security" |
Study
11:
The Holy Spirit of God, His dealing with man, and
work among the Church of God |
Study
12:
God's Design Of The Family; Roles of Man And Woman
In Both Church and Family |
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Study
13:
God's Design Of The Family; The Christian Man
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Study
14:
Dispensational Theology - Mankind From Birth to Infinity |
Study
15:
Soteriological Concerns - (1) Of Repentance and Water
Baptism: Can Our Works Secure Our Salvation? (2) Mustard
Seed Faith (3) Will Blaspheme of the Spirit
Cause My Damnation? |
Addendum:
Why should I study the Scriptures systematically?
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