INTRODUCTION

Introduction
Greeting the members of the class
Learn their names - Write them down + where they are from
Positions - Pastors, Evangelists, etc.
Testimonies

I. FORMAT OF CLASS
A. FORMAT OF THE CLASS
1. Lecture
2. Questions and Answers
3. Note taking
4. Learning Styles (1 John 1:1 "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;")
---a. Auditory Learners - "Heard"
---b. Visual Learners - "Seen with our eyes"
---c. Kinisetic Learners - "Our hands have handled of the Word of Life"

B. PURPOSE OF THE CLASS
1. To learn and assimilate the truths of the Word of God into our lives, not to just get through the lessons
2. Not as interested in teaching MATERIAL as PARTAKING IN A LIFE

C. THEME OF THE CLASS
1. "HOW" to Walk in the Spirit
2. Practical Applications of Walking in the Spirit

II. GREAT NEED OF THE WORLD - CHRIST
A. GOSPEL FOR SALVATION
1. # OF PEOPLE IN ROMANIA
2. # OF PEOPLE IN THEIR VILLAGES

B. GOSPEL FOR SANCTIFICATION

C. CONDITION OF CHURCHES IN USA
1. LAODICEAN CHURCH AGE
---a. People are increased w/goods & have need of nothing
2. CHURCHES, CHRISTIANS, ARE DEAD, DEAD, DEAD
---a. Dead Worship
---b. Dead Singing
---c. Dead Praying
---d. Dead Preaching
---e. Dead Giving - No Sacrifice
---f. Dead Facial Expressions - No Joy
---g. Dead to the Presence of God
---h. Dead to a world going to hell
---i. Dead to own condition, own needs

D. GREAT NEED FOR THIS DAY
1. SPIRIT FILLED CHRISTIANS
---a. World can see Christ in us...
---------Col 1:27 ...the hope of Glory
---------Luke 18:8 "…Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?"
---b. Christians w/Power of God FILLING us for SANCTIFICATION - Live Holy
---------Gal 5:16 "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh."
---------Eph 5:18 "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;…"
---------Rom 6:14 "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace."
---c. Christians w/Power of God UPON us for SERVICE - Serve in Power
---------1 Cor 2:4 "And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:"
---------1 Cor 2:5 "That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God."
---------1 Cor 4:19,20 "But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."
---------1 Th 1:5 "For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance…"
2. ARE YOU FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT??
---a. Do you know HOW to walk in the Spirit
---b. Can you teach someone else - discipling
3. COMMANDS, ILLUSTRATIONS OF BEING FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT
---a. Gal 5:16 "Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh."
---b. Eph 5:18 - "…be filled with the Spirit;"
---c. Jn 10:10 - Abundant Life
---d. Jn 15:5 - Fruitful Life
---e. Is 40:31- Soaring Life
---f. 1 Jn 3:6 - Holy Life
---g. 1 Pet 1:18 - Joyful Life

III. WORK OF GOD
A. WHAT IS THE "WORK OF GOD"?
1. What the Work of God is NOT:
---a. Preaching
---b. Teaching
---c. Witnessing, Soul winning
---d. Singing, Playing Musical Instruments
---e. Inviting People to Church
---f. Cleaning the church
---g. Cooking Food for Camp Meeting

B. THE WORK OF GOD IS:
1. Salvation of the soul - Change a Sinner to a Saint
---a. Instantaneous
---b. One time occurrence
---c. Includes:
---------Enlightenment - Eph 4:18; 2 Cor 4:3-7
---------Conviction - Jn. 16:7-11
---------Salvation of the Soul - Jn 3:3-7; 1 Pet 1:23
2. Sanctification of the soul - Change a Saint into the image of Christ
---a. Process of growth, day by day
---b. Occurs over a lifetime
---------2 Cor 3:18 "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
---------Eph 2:21, 22 "In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit."
---------1 Th 4:9,10 "But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;"
---------Col 2:19 "And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God."
---------2 Pet 3:18 "But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."
---------Eph 4:15 "But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:"
---------John 3:30 "He must increase, but I must decrease."
---------John 6:28,29 "Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."

IV. DIRECTION OF THE CLASS
A. ROMANS TO JOSHUA
1. Salvation
2. Sanctification
3. Service
ROMANS is the most complete Systematic Theology book in the Bible.
Old Testament shows, in typology, our spiritual walk as Christians.
---a. Traces Israel's journey from Egypt into the Promised Land

B. PARALLEL OF ISRAEL TO THE CHURCH
1. Israel - Physical
2. Church - Spiritual

C. EMPHASIS WILL BE ON PRACTICAL APPLICATION
1. Not just Bible information
2. Christianity is nothing if it is not practical
3. EX: TH - Engineer - Sequential Thinking
4. EX: TH - Perspective - Not as a pastor, but as a sheep

D. BUILDING A BUILDING
1. Start with the Foundation
---a. 1 Cor 3:11 "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ."
2. Then the walls, roof
3. Many Doctrines will be covered
---a. Skeleton of the body
---b. Review of many things

V. PRAYER FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE CLASS
A. EX: Bro. Coulson & Mr. Firth
1. "You cannot PREACH men to victory, you must PRAY men to Victory

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