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Structural Truths

Composed of the following:

The Trinity	The Holy Spirit	The Bible	Man-Created	Man is Lost
Heaven is Real	Hell is Real	Satan is Real	The Resurrection

What does God's Word Say about it!

This should be the attitude of the Christian in every area of life, what does God's Word say about it.

Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Matthew 7:24-25 Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Vs.25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

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The Trinity

Within the nature of the One eternal God ( Isaiah 43:10 ) there are three distinct persons ( Luke 3:21, 22 ) The Father ( 2 Peter 1:17 ), The Son ( John 1:1, 14 ), and The Holy Spirit ( Acts 5:3, 4 ). The Father is not the Son, and the Son is not the Holy Spirit, and The Holy Spirit is not the Father, these three are one in unity and share equally in the divine nature.

1 John 5:7   For there are three that bear record in heaven, The Father, The Word, and The Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

Genesis 1:26   And God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness...
Vs.27   So God created man in his own image.

Notice that he said our image, our likeness in vs.26, God was speaking to the God Head when he said our. The Bible says that man is spirit, soul and body ( 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ). Being created in Gods image, our triune person is in a small way a reflection of God.

The Trinity can be seen in the following verses:

Matthew 3:16-17   And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: And, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him:
Vs.17   And, lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Matthew 28:19   Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

2 Corinthians 13:14   The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost.

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The Holy Spirit

God the Holy Spirit is a person, as much as the Father and Son are persons, and therefore, has the elements that are involved, within a personality. Some traits of his personality are as follows:

HE HAS A WILL

1 Corinthians 12:11   But all these worketh that one and selfsame Spirit: dividing to every man severally as he will.

HE SPEAKS

Acts 8:29   Then the Spirit said unto Phillip, go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

Acts 10:19   While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, behold three men seek thee.

Acts 13:2   As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

HE GRIEVES

Ephesians 4:30   And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

HE PRAYS

Romans 8:26   Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

THERE IN CREATION

Genesis 1:2   And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. ( see also Job 26:13, 33:4, and Psalms 104:30 )

IS CALLED GOD

Acts 5:3-4   But Peter said Ananias why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep part of the price of the land?
Vs.4   While it remained, was it not thine own? And after it was sold was it not in thine own power? Why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

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The Bible

The Bible was given to us by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, inspiration literally means God breathed. Under the divine influence of God, men spoke and wrote down the Holy Scriptures ( Jeremiah 36:2, Acts 1:16, and 2 Peter 3:15-16 ) Jesus said “ Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God ( Matt. 4:4) God's word gives instruction in every area of life, from how to know God, to how to raise our children. The word of the Lord shall endure forever ( 1 Peter 1:25 ).

2 Timothy 3:16   All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

2 Peter 1:21   For prophesy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

2 Timothy 3:15   And from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

1 John 5:13   These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

Romans 10:17   So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.

John 17:17   Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Psalms 119:9   Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to the word.

Psalms 119:11   Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Psalms 119:30   The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding to the simple.

1 Peter 2:2   As newborn babes. desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.

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Man is a created being

The popular myth that is being taught in our schools and universities is that of evolution. Evolution is a lie from Satan, and is a doctrine of demons, working through unregenerate man. God's word declares that life began on dry ground ( Genesis 1:21 ) while evolution says the sea. God's word declares that birds and fish were created at the same time ( Genesis 1:21 ) but evolution says that fish evolved hundreds of millions of years before birds.

God's word declares that He made the animals and fowl out of the ground (Genesis2:19 ) but evolution says they evolved. The Bible stresses ten times, that the things created, reproduce after its kind. Man has never evolved and will never evolve into anything else. Let us examine the scriptures.

Genesis 1:26-27   And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Vs.27   So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 2:7   And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 5:1-2   This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him.
Vs.2   Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Job 33:4   The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

Malachi 2:10   Have we not all one Father? Hath not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers.

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Mankind is Lost

Jesus Christ said, “ He came to seek and save that which was lost" ( Matthew 18:11). By lost it is meant, separated from God and destine for eternal damnation in the lake of fire ( Revelation 20:11-15 ). Mankind has a sin problem, inherited from Adam, that is rooted at his very core, his spirit.

Man sins because he is a sinner, and in his fallen condition cannot save himself. God devised a plan of salvation in which his Son would die for the sin and sins of all people everywhere. Man can dress himself up with religion, education, social skills, and good deeds, but it takes the shed blood of Jesus Christ, to change mans inner being. Only through Jesus can man be restored to relationship and fellowship with God.

Romans 3:10-12   As it is written, there is none righteous no, not one.
Vs.11   There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Vs.12   They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Romans 5:12   Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.

Psalms 53:3   Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Ecclesiastes 7:20   For there is not a just man upon the earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Proverbs 20:9   Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin.

Isaiah 64:6   But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags...

John 3:16   For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Praise God for his love and the salvation that he has provided!

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Heaven is a Real Place

Jesus said, “After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name” ( Matthew 6:9 ). Heaven is the abode of God, the Lord Jesus Christ ( Acts 7:55-56 ), the angels ( Matthew 18:10 ), and the departed saints
( Hebrews 12:23; Revelations 7:9 ). The Lord Jesus told one of the men who was crucified with him that “This day you shall be with me in paradise”.

When a believer dies, the body returns to the earth ( ashes to ashes ) to wait for the resurrection, but the born again spirit departs to be with the Lord in heaven. In Matthew 17:3, Moses and Elijah appear to Jesus and talk with him; Elijah was taken to heaven in a fiery chariot, without seeing death, and Moses went to heaven by way of death, the point is, both men retained their identity. In heaven you will still be you, only glorified! When a person dies their spirit will depart for one or two places; heaven if they have accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior and hell, if they haven’t. Their is no scriptural evidence nor proof of purgatory, nor such a thing as soul sleep.

2 Corinthians 5:8   We are confident. I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Philippians 1:23   For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and be with Christ; which is far better.

Mark 16:19   So after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

2 Corinthians 12:2-4   I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, ( whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth ) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Vs.3   And I knew such a man, ( whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
Vs.4   How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

( 1st. heaven is the sky etc.   2nd. heaven is where stars are, space   3rd. heaven is where God is. )

See also Revelations 5:9, 6:9, 7:9

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Hell is a Real Place

Jesus spoke about hell just as much as he did heaven and warned about the consequences
of ending up there. In Luke 16:19-31 Jesus tells us of a man in the torments of hell. The man was aware of his surroundings, he was thirsty, he realized he had a family on earth and wanted to warn them about the place he was in.

The Bible says hell was not prepared for man but for the devil ( Matthew 25:11 ), but because of his sinful condition, this fate awaits man as well. the Bible says that it is not Gods will that any should perish but that all should come to repentance ( 2 Peter 2:9 ). God has provided a way of salvation for man and it is through his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalms 9:17   The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

2 Thessalonians 1:9   Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.

Matthew 8:12   But the children of the kingdom shall be cast into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 3:41-42   The Son of Man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of   his kingdom all things that offend, and them that do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 3:12, 25:41 Jude 1:7, and Revelations 20 ).

Matthew 25:46   And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Mark 9:43   It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell. into the fire that shall never be quenched: Where the worm dieth not. and the fire is not quenched.

The occupants of hell will be Satan, the antichrist, the false prophet, fallen angels, and all unsaved people. ( Revelations 20:10, 19:20, 20:15, and 2 Peter 2:4 ).

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Satan is a Real Being

Jesus said of Satan that, “He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it” ( John 8:44 ). The devil is not some character out of Hollywood, nor a cartoon character, but is in fact a fallen angel, who has access and dominion in this world.

He opposes God and the people of God and is the enemy of mankind. The Lord Jesus came to this earth and defeated him, so that people could be set free from his rule. In the plan of God that is being worked out in the ages, Satan was overthrown and will have his place in the lake of fire ( Revelations 20:10 )

He Tempts

Genesis 3:4-5   And the serpent said unto the woman, “Ye shall not surely die.
Vs.5   For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Matthew 4:1   Then Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

Blinds Minds

2 Corinthians 4:3-4   But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
Vs.4   In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Sinners Still Under His Rule

Acts 26:18   To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

Contends With God’s People

Ephesians 6:12   For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Preying upon People

1 Peter 5:8   Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

Resisting Him

Ephesians 4:26-27   Be ye angry and sin not: let not the sun go down on your wrath:
Vs.27   Neither give place to the devil.

James 4:7     Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Christ defeated Satan

Hebrews 2:14   Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.

1 John 3:8   He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Satan’s Doom

Revelation 20:10   And the devil that deceived them was cast into the Lake of Fireand brimstone, where the beast and false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.

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The Resurrection

The Resurrection is the reunion of the bodies and souls of people, which have been separated by death. The word resurrection means to make stand, or rise up. Every person that ever lived will be resurrected, this will take place in two phases, the resurrection of the just and the resurrection of the unjust. These two phases of the resurrection will be separated by one thousand years, which will be the Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ.

John 5:29   And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

Acts 24:15   And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.

Daniel 12:2   And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Revelation 20:4-6   Vs.5...but the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

Phase 1

Will occur at the 2nd. coming of Jesus Christ, it will include Old Testament and New Testament Saints of God.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18   Vs.16...For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.

Phase 2

Revelation 20:11-15   Vs.13...And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

( Other references: John 5:25, 6:40, 11:25   Job 19:25-27,   Isaiah 26:19,   1 Corinthians 15:35-58 )

In Christ's Service
E.L. Davis