The Intercessory Work of Christ (WCF 8.4)
/Part of the priestly work of Christ is his continual intercession on our behalf, wherein he advocates for those whom he has purchased on the cross.
The Return of Christ (WCF 8.4)
/Christ will return, bodily, at the end of the ages as to judge the living and the dead and bring his people into their heavenly inheritance.
The Ascension and Session of Christ (WCF 8.4)
/The ascension and session of Christ testify that Christ, as our Redeemer, has bodily ascended to heaven with all kingly authority and prepares our home for us.
The Resurrection of Christ, Pt. 2 (WCF 8.4)
/The resurrection is the proof of the success of Christ, as our redeemer, and the guarantee of the Christian’s blessed reward.
The Application of the Atonement (WCF 8..6)
/Even those that lived before the incarnation of Jesus Christ were no less saved by his redeeming work and took hold of that through faith.
The Nature of the Atonement (WCF 8.5)
/The atonement was the act of Christ vicariously satisfying the just wrath of God on behalf of the elect.
Theories of the Atonement (WCF 8.5)
/A survey of aberrant views offered as to the purpose of the death of Christ on the cross.
The Communication of the Attributes (WCF 8.3,7)
/Because the two natures of Christ are united in one person, what can be said of one nature (individually) can, properly, be said of the whole person without confusing the natures.
The Incarnation, Pt. 2 (WCF 8.4)
/In the incarnation, Christ underwent humiliation of vicariously entering into the reality of a fallen world in which he suffered as if he were the proper object of the Father’s wrath and curse.
The Incarnation, Pt 1 (WCF 8.2)
/Jesus has eternally existed as God and continues to, though in the incarnation at specific point in history took on a second nature – a human nature – and continues, today, to exist as fully God and fully man in two distinct natures, in one person, forever.
Christ the Mediator (WCF 8.1)
/God eternally planned to his save his elect through (and only through) the mediating work of Jesus Christ.
Ruling as a Civil Magistrate
/The job of the Civil Magistrate (whether he be a Christian or not) is to guard the general (i.e., secular) interests of all the citizens and not the holy interests.
The Purpose of the Theocracy
/The theocracy of Israel was a typological picture of the final kingdom (of heaven) and, as such, served as a temporary picture of the redemptive kingdom of God, not as a template for other earthly nations.
The Origin of the State (Genesis 4:13-17; 9:5-17; Romans 13:1-7; 1 Timothy 2:1-4)
/The city, within the context of the Fall, was established by God for the protection of all men (regardless of creed) to keep order while the Gospel goes forth.
Different Approaches to Church and State
/My hope today is simply to start to layout some of the different options that are often proposed in this discussion and to make some preliminary observations.
Assurance and Prayer for the Brethren in 1 John 5 (John 5:13-17)
/Pastor Andy Elam is the Associate Pastor at Emmanuel OPC in Kent, WA.
How Long? (Daniel 12)
/The last part of Daniel’s book ends not with specifics of when all things will be brought to a close, but with a promise that they will be fulfilled and a call to perseverance in faith.
The War in Heaven (Daniel 10:1 - 12:4)
/God foretells a great conflict on earth within the Greek Empire to demonstrate the reality of a cosmic conflict and to teach us about the unseen reality.
Daniel's Seventy Sevens, Pt 2 (Daniel 9:20-27)
/The vision of the Seventy Weeks proclaims the prophetic timeline from 539 bc to the consummation noting, in particular, the establishment of the New Covenant at the cross and the end of the Old Covenant with the destruction of the Temple in 70 ad.
Daniel's Seventy Weeks, Pt. 1 (Daniel 9:20-24)
/The vision of the Seventy Weeks proclaims the prophetic timeline from 539 bc to the consummation and comes through the use of figurative language that evokes imagery of restoration and blessing to God’s people.