DRILLING BIBLE BASICS: THE NEED FOR BASIC TRAINING

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DRILLING BIBLE BASICS THE NEED FOR BASIC TRAINING

• DRILLING the BASICS
• Constant repetition of foundational principles to
  increase learning and ability for further study
  and application

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Those Who Need Drilling in Bible Basics

• Young congregations and new converts that are
  lacking (Tit. 15)
• Dull of hearing, asleep, immature Christians
  (Heb. 511-12)
• Spiritually-dying Christians (Rev. 32-3 1 Cor.
  1534)
• All who need to remain established in the present
  truth (2 Pet. 112-15)

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Goals of Basic Training

• KNOW THE LORD
• Generations arise who do not know the Lord (Judg.
  210)
• Lack a basic knowledge about God and His will
  (Deut. 79)
• Result from lack of teaching (Ezek. 341-5 Jer.
  422 28)
• Result from rejecting Gods word (Neh. 926, 29
  Hos. 41-6 Jer. 84-9)
• Knowing the Lord is knowing the things revealed
  from the Lord
• OT Jn. 110 539, 46-47
• NT Jn. 1613-15 1 Cor. 210-14

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Goals of Basic Training

• OBEY THE LORD
• If one truly knows Lord, he will obey the Lords
  will (Jn. 162-3 Matt. 721)
• When learn Christ, he will be a new man in
  righteousness and true holiness (Eph. 417-24
  vv. 25ff - put away sin)

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Goals of Basic Training

• AVOID ERROR
• Mature knowledge of Christ protects us from
  trickery of men (Eph. 413-14)
• To be forewarned is to be forearmed (2 Pet.
  314-18)

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Basic Training Principles

• Kingdom Gods Sovereign Rule
• Truth Absolute and Complete
• Authority How Established and Applied
• Covenant Law Relationship in Christ
• Salvation Promise, Grace, Faith, Obedience
• Church Prophecy, Establishment, Nature, Work

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Basic Training Principles

• Worship and Fellowship In Spirit and Truth
  Abiding Together in Truth
• Living Soberly, Righteously, and Godly Walking
  Worthy of Our Calling
• An ignorance or rejection of these foundational
  principles have been at the root of many a
  division and apostasy among brethren

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Knowing the Lord

• Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let
  not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let
  the rich man glory in his riches but let him who
  glories glory in this, that he understands and
  knows Me, that I am the Lord, exercising
  lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in
  the earth. For in these I delight, says the
  Lord (Jeremiah 923-24)

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Knowing the Lord

• Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I
  am the Lord and they shall be My people, and I
  will be their God for they shall return to Me
  with their whole heart (Jeremiah 247)

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Knowing the Lord

• Therefore do not be unwise foolish, but
  understand what the will of the Lord is
  (Ephesians 517)
• Drilling Bible basics will keep us knowledgeable
  of the will of the Lord and faithful to it, if
• we listen and learn with open ears and hearts to
  know the Lord!

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