1821 South River Road • St. Charles, MO 63303 Series: Is Jesus the Messiah? (CR14) Document: CR14-42 Page: 419 Lessons: 139 & 140 Date: Nov. 29, 2015 Grace Doctrine Church 1821 South River Road • St. Charles, MO 63303

DISPENSATIONS: Acts 2:17-21 cf. Joel 2:28-32 & Daniel 12:11-12 THEOCENTRIC CHRISTOCENTRIC ESCHATOLOGICAL Acts 2:19-20 cf. Joel 2:30-31 Acts 2:17-18 cf. Joel 2:28-29 Incar- nation Gentiles Israel Church Tribulation Baptisms of Fire Millennium 3½ Rapture End of Human History 1st Advent of Christ 2 b.c. Acts 2:21 & Joel 2:32 cf. Dan. 12:11-12 Creation of Adam Pentecost a.d. 33 Daniel’s 70th Heptad Acts 2:17-18 cf. Joel 2:28-29 2nd Advent of Christ Exodus from Egypt 1441 b.c. 1,000-Year Reign of Christ Acts 2:19-20 cf. Joel 2:30-31 Acts 2:19-20 cf. Joel 2:30-31 Acts 2:21 & Joel 2:32 cf. Dan. 12:11-12 © 2015 by Joe Griffin Media Ministries. All rights reserved.

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Joe Griffin Media Ministries. The System of Divine Didactics 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. INTERPRETATION Pastors, guided by the Holy Spirit, discern through hermeneutics the meaning of Scripture. COMMUNICATION Verbal conveyance of biblical doctrines to their assigned congregations. http://www.roman-empire.net/maps/empire/extent/rome-modern-day-nations.html ANIMATION Believers, enabled by the Holy Spirit, apply resident doctrines to life and circumstances. ILLUMINATION Believers, guided by the Holy Spirit, are enabled to understand and retain Bible doctrines. Adapted from: Lewis Sperry Chafer, Systematic Theology (Dallas: Dallas Seminary Press, 1947), 1:48–88; 105–123. Joe Griffin Media Ministries.

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The Ten Problem-Solving Devices (The FLOT Line) Rebound: Confession Alone to God Alone (1 Jn 1:9) Filling of the Holy Spirit (Gal 5:16) Faith-Rest Drill (Rom 4:20-21) Grace Orientation (1 Pet 5:5b-6) Doctrinal Orientation (Rom 12:2-3) Personal Sense of Destiny (Rom 14:7-8) Personal Love for God (Rom 8:28) Unconditional Love for All Mankind (1 Cor 13:4-7) Sharing the Happiness of God (Jn 15:11) Occupation with Christ (Phil 1:20-21) © 2003 by R. B. Thieme Jr., Bible Ministries. All rights reserved. Adapted from: R. B. Thieme, Jr., “Victory over Fear—The Ten Problem-Solving Devices.” In Freedom through Military Victory, 4th ed., (Houston: R. B. Thieme, Jr. Bible Ministries, 2003), 69-78.

The FLOT Line is the believer’s Shield of Faith Roman Scútum The traditional shield of the legionary was the curved, oval scutum. A 1st-century BC example measured 50’ long by 25” wide and made of strips of planed wood laminated in three alternate layers. It was faced with felt and calf skin and weighed 22 lb. Ross Cowan, Roman Legionary: 58 BC–AD 69 (Oxford, UK: Publishing, 2003), 27. The FLOT Line is the believer’s Shield of Faith

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