1. Grace Fellowship Church
Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard
Thursday, February 10, 2011
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2. Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.—Amen.

3. Memory Verse 2 Tim 2:4, “No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.”

4. John 16:1-6 The Importance of Preparedness.

5. John 16:4b Capacity Leads to Victory!

6. EK = “from, out from, at, etc
EK = “from, out from, at, etc.”, indicates beginning from within and going forward.

7. ARCHE - Genitive of Time = “beginning
ARCHE - Genitive of Time = “beginning.” It is the time during which Jesus was with the disciples referring to the beginning of His earthly ministry. “At the beginning.”

8. Principles: 1. Jesus did not teach them these doctrines at the beginning because they were not yet spiritually equipped to handle them. They did not have the capacity at that time.

9. 2. Not only did they not yet have the Holy Spirit, but they did not have the foundational doctrines in their souls.

10. 3. As spiritual babies we can not understand the more advance doctrines of the spiritual life because we do not yet have the capacity for them.

11. 4. The more advanced doctrines can only be sustained by having the foundational doctrines in the heart of your soul. 1 Cor 3:10 with Heb 6:1-2

12. 1 Cor 3:10, “According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.”

13. 5. Once you have the foundational doctrines in your soul you now have capacity to build upon them with more advanced doctrines.

14. Building the basis for your ECS, you can then lay upon it more advanced doctrines of the spiritual life, whereby you construct a full ECS.

15. 6. We first have capacity to learn the foundational doctrines because of our regenerated human spirit and the indwelling of God the Holy Spirit, (2 of 40 things at salvation).

16. 7. Having learned the foundational doctrines within our soul, we then have capacity to learn advanced doctrines.

17. 8. With advanced doctrines you have constructed the ECS, and now have capacity to fully execute the unique spiritual life of the Church Age, which means glorification of Jesus Christ.

18. Summary: Salvation builds capacity for learning foundational doctrines.

19. Foundational doctrines build capacity for learning advanced doctrines.

20. Advanced doctrines build capacity for executing the Unique Spiritual life of the Church Age.

21. Executing the Unique Spiritual Life builds capacity for glorifying the Lord Jesus Christ.

22. Glorifying the Lord Jesus Christ is the goal for every believer
Glorifying the Lord Jesus Christ is the goal for every believer. Rom 15:4-6

23. John 16:4b, “And these things (categorical doctrines related to Suffering for Blessing), I did not say (teach) to you all at the beginning, because I was with you all.”

24. Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, February 10, Tape # The Importance of Preparedness Capacity Leads to Victory Upper Room Discourse, Part 469     John 16:4b; Rom 15:4-6; 1 Cor 3:10; Heb 6:1-2   James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2011