God's Purpose for His People with Benjamin Gladd
Today Dr. Benjamin Gladd helps us explore the topic of God’s purposes for his people here on earth and his ultimate purpose for us in Christ. Our hope is that this episode will encourage you to worship your Creator as you live out those purposes day-in and day-out.
NOTES & QUOTES
"Lack of trust in God's Word leads us to trust in ourselves."
"Genesis 3 contains the hopeful promise of the seed of the woman."
"The people of God bring life, not death, into the world."
“When you become part of God’s family, you are really changed.”
“To image God well is always marked by a life-giving function.”
“When I’m focused on worshiping God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength, then when I come into a different context, I’m able to participate in active worship of the Lord Jesus. Then we come ready to worship on Sunday morning.” -Hunter
Encouragement to be life-long learners of Scripture:
Become a good observer of the text (preferably a physical Bible). Take inventory and write it all down. Questions, observations of the text, etc.
Use cross-references. Write them down and keep track of the cross-references.
RESOURCES
From Adam and Israel to the Church: A Biblical Theology of the People of God by Dr. Benjamin Gladd
Handbook on the Gospels by Dr. Benjamin Gladd
According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible by Graeme Goldsworthy
God’s Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible by Vaughan Roberts
A Basic Guide to Biblical Theology: Nine Themes that Unite the Old and New Testaments by Alan J. Thompson
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
Genesis 1–3
Genesis 12
Psalm 87
Revelation 22
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
How do you view the connection between Israel and the Church today? Is how you view the covenant family today different from what you previously believed?
Describe some different examples of imaging God and anti-imaging God (or taking on the image of the serpent).
What does it look like for you to rightly image God today in the specific circumstances in which God has placed you
How does knowing Adam, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jesus Christ himself are your covenant family affect how you view yourself?
What words might you be listening to rather than God’s Word, causing you to improperly bear God’s image?
Evaluate what you spend your time on. Are there ways you can incorporate more life-giving
What might you do or implement based on what you learned in this week’s episode?
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