Scripture References
The Triune God
Deut. 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.”
Matt. 28:19 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”
2nd Cor. 13:14 “May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”
1st Cor. 12:4-6 “Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.”
John 10:30 “I and the Father are one.”
The Father
1st Cor. 8:6 “yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.”
Eph. 3:14-15 “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.”
Jesus Christ
Luke 1:32 “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.”
Matt. 3:17 “And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
John 14:6 “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Col. 2:9 “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,”
Holy Spirit
John 14:16-17a “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth.”
Acts 1:8 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
John 16:18 “When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment”
Scripture
Rom. 15:4 “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.”
2nd Tim. 3:16-17 “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
Humanity
Matt. 19:4-5 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
Gen. 1:27 “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”
Gen. 1:28 “God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
Gen. 2:24 “That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”
2nd Cor. 5:18-19 “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.”
Prevenient Grace: The Goodness of God
Eph. 2:8-9 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”
John 6:44a “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them,”
Salvation: Justifying Grace and New Birth; Initial Sanctification
Acts 2:38 “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Rom. 3:22-24 “This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”
Rom. 5:1 “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,”
Salvation: Entire Sanctification
1st Thess. 5:23-24 “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.”
Phil. 2:13 “for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”
Assurance of Believers
Rom. 8:16 “The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.”
John 5:24 ““Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.”
Gal. 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
1 John 5:9-13 “We accept man’s testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
God’s Victory
Rev. 11:15 “The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.”
Rev. 21:1-3 “Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.”
Therefore, our response to God, Holiness in Heart and Life:
1st Peter 1:15-16 “But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy, because I am holy.’”