Series: Christmas Special (CR14) Document: 13 Page: 129 Lessons: 41 & 42 Date: Mar. 29, 2015

BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Retroactive & Current Positional Truth Jesus Christ SD PD Positive volition at Gospel hearing. Burial CPT: Our SOUL is immersed into Christ & identified with His resurrection, ascension, & session. RPT: Our BODY with its sinful nature (SN) is immersed into Christ & identified with His Spiritual Death, Physical Death, & Burial. 1.At salvation, Retroactive Positional Truth (RPT) identifies the sinful nature (SN) with the Lord’s Spiritual Death (SD) on the cross where its power was broken and its rulership authority terminated. 2.RPT also identifies the sinful nature with the Lord’s Physical Death (PD) and Burial. 3.RPT constitutes the death of the first husband, the sinful nature, which remains with the body at the physical death of the believer. 4.At salvation, Current Positional Truth (CPT) identifies the soul with the resurrection, ascension, & session of our Lord. 5.CPT constitutes the marriage of the believer to a new Husband, Jesus Christ. The soul remains with Christ for all eternity. 6.The believer’s sinful nature is positionally buried. The soul is positionally resurrected. The first husband no longer has rulership authority over the soul. The new Husband does. 7.See Romans 6:1-14. Justice imputes humanity’s personal sins to Christ & judges them in Him. SN © 2006 by Joe Griffin Media Ministries All rights reserved

INSIDE THE BUBBLE

REVELATION God’s direct divine influence communicated truth to the minds of biblical writers. INSPIRATION Direct divine influence insured their accurate transfer of truth into written languages. COMMUNICATION Verbal conveyance of biblical doctrines to their assigned congregations. INTERPRETATION Pastors, guided by the Holy Spirit, discern through hermeneutics the meaning of Scripture. ILLUMINATION Believers, guided by the Holy Spirit, are enabled to understand and retain Bible doctrines. ANIMATION Believers, enabled by the Holy Spirit, apply resident doctrines to life and circumstances. The System of Divine Didactics Joe Griffin Media Ministries. Adapted from: Lewis Sperry Chafer, Systematic Theology (Dallas: Dallas Seminary Press, 1947), 1:48–88; 105–123.

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 + 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

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.