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Facts from Lesson 3
Facts from Main Study 2 Lesson 3
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12th Grade
04/06/2009

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Theme of Lesson 3
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The law shows me my sin and points me to Christ
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Who has kept the law?
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Nobody except Jesus, not even the apostle Paul.
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Why do we have laws?
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Because we are unable to police ourselves
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What is the purpose of laws?
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To keep us safe and provide a system of order in a society that is becoming more disorderly every day.
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What does the law show man?
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His sinful condition
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Why can the law never save anyone from sin?
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Because no one can keep it completely.
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What was another question that plagued the minds of many Christians in Paul's day?
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Since salvation is by faith and not by the works of the law, they wondered how they should live the Christian life- by faith or by works?
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Do works have bearing on our salvation?
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No
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What should our good works come about because of?
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Faith
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We aren't just saved by faith, we should also
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Live by faith
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What does the assurance of our salvation rest on?
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Faith alone
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Abraham was not only saved by faith, he also
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Lived by faith in God.
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What did God promise to Abraham?
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God promised him the land of Cannaan and said Abraham's descendants would one day be as numerous as the stars in the sky.
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What did Abraham get to see?
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Partial fulfillment of the physical covenant, he did not see its spiritual fulfillment during his lifetime.
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Who fulfilled the spiritual aspects of the covenant?
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Jesus Christ fulfilled the spiritual aspects of the covenant 2,000 years later- by enabling all people to come to God by faith.
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Who was a tutor in the Roman/ Jewish culture?
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A trusted family slave whose job it was to take the boys in the family to school and keep them from getting into trouble along the way.
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Following this analogy, who is our teacher and who is our tutor?
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Jesus Christ is the teacher. The law is just the slave who takes us to our lesson.
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What happens when we become Christians?
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Our new nature fights our old nature's desire to sin.
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What is our new nature?
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The new life in Christ we receive at salvation. This life is created in true righteousness and holiness.
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What doesn't happen when we receive our new nature?
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Our old nature doesn't die.
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What will happen if we attempt to stop sinning by our own power, even after salvation?
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We will fail
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Why did God give us the Holy Spirit?
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So that we would have the power to fight and defeat our old nature.
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What is the greatest value behind giving of the law?
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The law points us to Christ
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What did God use the law to do?
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To point men to the only One who saves- Jesus Christ
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What frees us from the curse of the law?
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The death of Christ
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Faith that does not produce good works is what?
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A dead faith
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