1. The Big Picture From “The Big Picture of the Bible” by Kenneth W. Craig Lessons 1, 3 and 4 All passages quoted from the English Standard Version (ESV)

2. Redemption Sanctification Sin Atonement Justification Grace Regeneration Faith Blood Mercy Sacrifice Propitiation Righteousness Forgiveness Obedience

5. Ephesians 3:11 This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord… Ephesians 1:3-6 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.

6. Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Ecclesiastes 12:7 …and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Revelation 20:7 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.

7. Deuteronomy 13:3 For the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 1 Peter 1:17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,… 2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;

8. 1 John 3:1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. Malachi 3:6 For I the LORD do not change Galatians 3:24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.

9. Psalms 5:4 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. 1 John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

10. Psalm 33:4-5 For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice ; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD. Psalm 89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

11. Deuteronomy 32:4 The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

12. Job 34:10-12 Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding: far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should do wrong. For according to the work of a man he will repay him, and according to his ways he will make it befall him. Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice.

13. 1 John 4:8 God is love. Isaiah 6:3 And one called to another and said: “ Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” Revelation 4:8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “ Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

14. Leviticus 20:26 You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine. 1 Peter 1:13-16 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

15. 1 John 3:4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.