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Week 10 - Pluralism
1. A cHRISTIAN
today’s world
WITNESS in
Tactics + sTRATEGIES
Relativism
The Bible
Pluralism
Islam
Sexual Revolution
Media
Training and Equipping Believers
to Live Out a Confident Faith
2. A cHRISTIAN
today’s world
WITNESS in
Tactics + sTRATEGIES
Relativism
The Bible
Pluralism
Islam
Sexual Revolution
Media
Training and Equipping Believers
to Live Out a Confident Faith
7. Part 1: TacticsOur Plan
A Christian
Witness in
Today’s World
Schedule of
Topics
Feb 2 & 9 - Tactics (Part 1)
Feb 16 & 23 - Tactics (Part 2)
8. Part 2: AuthorityOur Plan
A Christian
Witness in
Today’s World
Schedule of
Topics
Mar 1 & 8 - Relativism
Mar 15 & 22 - The Bible
Feb 2 & 9 - Tactics (Part 1)
Feb 16 & 23 - Tactics (Part 2)
13. Part 3: wORLDVIEWS
Apr 5 & 12 -
Apr 19 & 26 - Islam
May 3 & 10 -
May 19 & 26 -
Sexual Revolution
Media / Wrap up
Pluralism
Our Plan
A Christian
Witness in
Today’s World
Schedule of
Topics
15. And He Himself gave some to be apostles,
some prophets, some evangelists, and
some pastors and teachers,
Ephesians 4:11
16. for the equipping of the saints for
the work of ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ
Ephesians 4:12
17. till we all come to the unity of the faith
and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
to a perfect man, to the measure of the
stature of the fullness of Christ
Ephesians 4:13
18. that we should no longer be children,
tossed to and fro and carried about
with every wind of doctrine
Ephesians 4:14
19. by the trickery of men, in the cunning
craftiness of deceitful plotting,
Ephesians 4:14
20. but, speaking the truth in love, may
grow up in all things into Him who is
the head—Christ—
Ephesians 4:15
21. from whom the whole body, joined and
knit together by what every joint supplies,
according to the effective working by
which every part does its share
Ephesians 4:16
22. causes growth of the body for the
edifying of itself in love.
Ephesians 4:15
48. SubjectiveObjective
Reality
God is real and we
have broken His
commandments
Personal Preference
People who think their
religious beliefs are real and
not personal preference
Primary Problem: Primary Problem:
50. usGod
He takes our
punishment
God himself takes the
punishment for our
crimes against Him
We take our own
punishment
We get the appropriate
punishment for our
crimes against God.
The Result: Mercy The Result: Justice
63. Jesus…
is the only source of salvation for the world
is the Father’s choice
provides forgiveness of sin
will be man’s judge on that final day
64. Rejection of Jesus is rejection of God
No other alternatives for salvation
All nations are to be given the gospel
Rejection of Jesus brings wrath
and judgment
65. Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit,
said to them, “Rulers of the people and
elders of Israel:
Acts 4:8
“The only source of salvation”
66. If we this day are judged for a good
deed done to a helpless man, by what
means he has been made well,
Acts 4:9
“The only source of salvation”
67. let it be known to you all, and to all the
people of Israel, that by the name of
Jesus Christ of Nazareth
Acts 4:10
“The only source of salvation”
68. whom you crucified, whom God raised
from the dead, by Him this man stands
here before you whole.
Acts 4:10
“The only source of salvation”
69. This is the “stone which was rejected by
you builders, which has become the
chief cornerstone.’
Acts 4:11
“The only source of salvation”
70. Nor is there salvation in any other, for
there is no other name under heaven
given among men by which we must be
saved.”
Acts 4:12
“The only source of salvation”
71. Who is a liar but he who denies that
Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who
denies the Father and the Son.
1john 2:22
“reJECTING jeSUS IS REJECTING gOD”
72. Whoever denies the Son does not have
the Father either; he who acknowledges
the Son has the Father also.
1john 2:23
“reJECTING jeSUS IS REJECTING gOD”
73. And this is His commandment: that we
should believe on the name of His Son
Jesus Christ and love one another, as
He gave us commandment.
1john 3:23
“jESUS IS gOD’S cHOICE”
74. “And the witness is this, that God has
given us eternal life and this life is in
his Son.
1john 5:11
“jESUS IS gOD’S cHOICE”
75. He who has the Son has the life; he who
does not have the Son of God does not
have the life.”
“jESUS IS gOD’S cHOICE”
1john 5:12
76. “for if you do not believe that I am He,
you will die in your sins.”
john 8:24
“jESUS forgives sins”
77. “He who believes has eternal life; but
he who does not obey the Son shall
not see life, but the wrath of God
abides in him.”
john 3:36
“Rejecting Jesus Brings Wrath”
78. “I do not set aside the grace of God; for
if righteousness comes through the law,
then Christ died in vain.”
Galatians 3:21
“No other alternatives”
93. “There is only one God and He is God
to all. Therefore it is important that
everyone is seen as equal before God.
94. I’ve always said we should help a
Hindu become a better Hindu, a
Muslim become a better Muslim, a
Catholic become a better Catholic.”
- Mother Theresa of Avila