1. Series: Is Jesus the Messiah? (CR14) Document: CR14-36 Page: 359 Lessons: 121 & 122 Date: Oct. 18, 2015

2. COSMIC SYSTEMS: THE HATRED COMPLEX The Sin Nature: Genetically inherited trends that tempt man to commit sin & oppose doctrine. Negative Volition: Propensity to attack all things biblical & aggressively oppose God & Christ. Anti-establishment: Opposition to the Divine Institutions, hatred of all systems of authority, & opposition to those in authority. Degeneration: Disorganized evil in which loss of thought results in having no restraint on one’s decisions and taking no responsibility for one’s actions. Demonism: Demon possession of a few manipulates the thinking of the many through demon influence. Promotes political correctness, multiculturalism, & redistribution of wealth. Cosmic Panaceas: Philosophies & ideologies that sustain the Long March through institutions by propagandizing the benighted into accepting the false premise of human equality. Religion: Man by man’s efforts to gain approbation from God. This system of anti-grace emphasizes Christian service over the work of Christ & the power of God’s Word. Anthropocentric Academic Speculation: Adherence to hypotheses & theories that dismiss the Bible as the absolute source of truth, e.g., socialism, global warming, the Big Bang, & Keynesianism. Evil: Lucifer’s system of good and evil that strives to create a man-made millennium by the exclusion of divine viewpoint. Adapted from: R. B. Thieme, Jr., Christian Integrity, 3d ed. (Houston: R. B. Thieme, Jr., Bible Ministries, 2002, 183-86.

4. Four Categories of Positive or Negative Volition Volitional Challenge Negative VolitionPositive Volition GospelRemain in unbeliefSaved with 40 things Church attendance*Opt to avoidAttend & concentrate Doctrine taughtIgnore or reject as truthAccept as truth Doctrine retainedRefuse to apply Apply to life & circumstances © 2012 by Joe Griffin Media Ministries. All rights reserved. * or use of an electronic contrivance.

6. Reversionism: Eight Stages 1. Reaction & Distraction: Wrong priorities, rejection of authority, lack of objectivity, hypersensitivity, retaliation due to perceived wrongs, bad decisions, self-fragmentation, addiction, preoccupation with self, no spiritual self- esteem. 2. Frantic Search for Happiness: Compensation for frustration, discouragement, and loneliness through power, pleasure, approbation, success, status symbols, sex, materialism. 3. Operation Boomerang: Failure to assuage the reactor factors associated with the frantic search for happiness causes these factors to be intensified. Frustration become rage; discouragement becomes depression; loneliness becomes desolation. 4. Emotional Revolt of the Soul: Reactor factors absent doctrinal thought including irrationality, egocentricity, instability, imbalance resulting in short-circuiting of GAP and doctrinal recall for application is neutralized. 5. Locked-In Negative Volition toward Doctrine: Doctrinal intake is shut down due to apathy leading to wrong priorities that favor the details of life; antagonism and personality conflicts with member of the congregation; failure to use GAP; unresponsive to doctrine; disorientation to logistical grace; malfunction of faith-rest. 6. Blackout of the Soul: A vacuum in the soul that causes human viewpoint, human good, and evil to be sucking into the soul which corrupts the thought process with doctrines of demons. Total disorientation due to the influence of evil. 7. Scar Tissue of the Soul: The buildup of false doctrines in the soul which shuts down any recall of doctrine. The rate of forgetting exceeds the rate of recall. Vocabulary is diminished, norms and standards degenerate, momentum halts; and wisdom is lost; all spiritual functions shut down. 8. Reverse Process Reversionism: The total influence of evil and divorcement from reality. What was previously considered right is now considered to be wrong and vice versa. It is the status quo of unrestrained and perpetual sinfulness, fragmentation, and excessive cosmic involvement. The believer is brainwashed by satanic propaganda. Adapted from: R. B. Thieme, Jr., “Stages of Reversionism,” in Reversionism, 2d ed. (Houston: R. B. Thieme, Jr., Bible Ministries, 2000), 22−39. © 2000 by R. B. Thieme, Jr., Bible Ministries. All rights reserved.

7. Process for Recovery from Reversionism Reversionism FOUR SEQUENTIAL DECISIONS 1.Metánoia: Recognition of your sinful status. 2.Homologéō: Confession alone to God alone. 3.Epígnōsis: Inculcation & facilitation of biblical truth 4.Peripatéō: Application of your biblical inventory to life & circumstances. © 2013 by Joe Griffin Media Ministries. All rights reserved.

8. Grace Apparatus for Perception – Operation Z Grace Apparatus for Perception – Operation Z 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 PASTOR LÒgoj HOLY SPIRIT did£skw HUMAN SPIRIT pneumatikÒj SOUL ACADEMIC UNDERSTANDING gnîsij* HOLY SPIRIT TRANSFERS @ + V kard…a COGNIZANCE OF DIVINE THOUGHT ™p…gnwsij ASSOCIATION CORTEX: SHORT-TERM MEMORY. NEURAL NETWORK CEREBRAL CORTEX: LONG-TERM MEMORY ( troci£ : WHEEL-TRACKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS) * VOLITION CHALLENGED: NEGATIVE ( - ) or POSITIVE ( + )? © 2012 by Joe Griffin Media Ministries. All rights reserved. noàj -V Common Grace Efficacious Grace

9. The Old Sin Nature Test SOUL BODY Genetic Old Sin Nature VOLITION Indwelling Holy Spirit FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Rebound or Resist Temptation  RESIDENCE IN THE DIVINE DYNASPHERE VOLITION AS GUARDIAN AT THE GATE OF THE SOUL SOUL BODY Genetic Old Sin Nature VOLITION Indwelling Holy Spirit  VOLITION AS THE SOURCE OF SIN Carnality Temptation Sin Grieve and Quench RESIDENCE IN THE COSMIC SYSTEM © 2002 R. B. Thieme, Jr. All rights reserved. From: R. B. Thieme, Jr. Christian Integrity. 3d ed. (Houston: R. B. Thieme, Jr., Bible Ministries, 2002), 158 ‒ 59.